The following articles, specially written for this site, provide a valuable background on the state of religion in Germany prior to and during the rise of the Nazi party. These perspectives can be particularyly valuable in understanding the environment in which Dietrich Bonhoeffer found himself, and in understanding the conditions which helped drive his actions.
THE NAZI CHALLENGE TO THE GERMAN PROTESTANT CHURCH
by Victoria J. Barnett
General Editor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, English Edition
Director for Church Relations, US Holocaust Museum
THE GERMAN CHURCHES BEFORE AND AFTER THE RISE OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM
by John S. Conway
Professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia
author of The Nazi Persecution of the Churches
GERMAN RESISTANCE TO HITLER
Peter Hoffman
Professor of History at McGill University
author of The History of German Resistance
