"It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order--and left a few notes specifically for Hitlers men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this quiet...

A biography of Martin Luther, a monk who posted his "Ninety-five Theses" in hopes of starting an academic debate, but instead ignited a controversy that forever changed Western Christendom, and discusses how Luther's ideals of faith and courage inspired the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism of today.

A biography of the German monk who led the Protestant Reformation in Europe from its beginning in 1517 until his death in 1546.

First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out--because I was not a Communist..." Few today recognize the name Martin Niemöller, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me , Matthew Hockenos traces Niemöller's evolution from a Nazi supporter to a determined opponent of Hitler, revealing him to be a more complicated figure than previously understood. Born into a traditionalist Prussian family, Niemöller welcomed...