Bonhoeffer 2014 page 1

Bonhoeffer 2014 page 1 by ric gustafson


Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on February 4 1906 in Breslau. He was the sixth of eight children. The family lived at 9 Birkenwaldchen Strasse in the Breslau suburb of Scheitnig. Across the street was the Alte Oder River and near the doctor's clinic where Dietrich's father worked. Their house stood on the eastern bank of the river. The house had a hipped roof and screened in porch. Their simple backyard had a rose arbor and a small vegetable garden. Under a linden tree, Dietrich's farther built a tree house for the children.
In 1912, Dr Karl Bonhoeffer was offered the chair of neurology and psychology at Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin. The family moved to Bruckenallee near the Tiergarten. Four years later, the family moved to Grunderzeit Villa in Grunewald. The area was the brainchild of Otto von Bismarck who was the first chancellor of the German empire. Grunewald was a beautiful wooded area of pristine forest and was nicknamed ' the green forest'. The family loved their new home and the house was like a classic German country home. Inside were plain cedar floors. Their was an enormous living room. Their was a massive dining table which could sit twelve. A small army of servants kept the house in order.


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