Lutheran History
April 9, 2026
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every year that begins at 12:00 am on day 9 of April, repeating indefinitely
April 9, 1945: The Gestapo hangs German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, after discovering his involvement in a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer’s last recorded words were, “This is the end—for me, the beginning of life”
