A pastor living in Heidelberg, Germany, she also teaches theology, bible studies, and church history at the Evangelischen
Fachhochschule Für Religionspädagogik in Nürnberg. She has been involved for many years in the Christian
Peace Conference and in groups for solidarity with Latin America.
Summary
Vividly and concisely written, critical as well as appreciative, and containing material never before published
in English, this new biography paints a memorable portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German theologian
hanged by the Nazis in 1945. Portraying the complexity of Bonhoeffer's personality and the difficult, lonely course
his life took, Wind especially brings out Bonhoeffer's early realization of the horror of Nazi treatment of the
Jews, and despite misunderstanding by fellow church members, his brave involvement in the resistance against Hitler,
his resolve to become "a spoke in the wheel."
