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Eberhard Bethge
German theologian and pastor (1909-2000)
Eberhard Bethge (August 28, 1909 – March 18, 2000) was a German theologian and pastor, best known for being the close friend and biographer of the theologian and anti-NaziDietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Early life
Bethge was born in Warchau, Landkreis Jerichow II, Province of Saxony, the Kingdom of Prussia, near Magdeburg, on August 29, 1909. He attended several universities, as is customary for theology students in Germany, before attending the underground Finkenwalde Seminary in Pomerania where Bonhoeffer taught in the name of Germany's Confessing Church (part of the anti-Nazi resistance).
Bethge became Bonhoeffer's close friend and confidant.[1] With the help of pietist congregations within the old-PrussianEcclesiastical Province of Pomerania, the seminary would be relocated twice after Nazi-imposed closures.
Resistance
Although a member of the Resistance, Bethge was drafted to serve in the German arm