Editing Dietrich Bonhoeffer (section)

== Childhood and family ==
Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906 in [[Wrocław|Breslau]], Germany (now Poland), into a large family.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gruchy |first=John W. de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cZYM1TE0O-UC&pg=PA24 |title=The Cambridge Companion to Dietrich Bonhoeffer |date=13 May 1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-58781-5 |page=24}}</ref> Dietrich had a twin sister, [[Bonhoeffer family|Sabine Bonhoeffer Leibholz]]: he and Sabine were the sixth and seventh children out of eight.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|8}} His father was [[Karl Bonhoeffer]], a psychiatrist and neurologist, noted for his criticism of [[Sigmund Freud]];<ref name="RoarkBonhoeffer">{{Cite book |last=Roark |first=Dallas M. |title=Dietrich Bonhoeffer |publisher=Word Books |year=1972 |isbn=0876802536 |editor-last=Patterson |editor-first=Bob E. |location=Waco, Texas }}</ref>{{rp|13}} his mother Paula Bonhoeffer was a teacher and the granddaughter of Protestant theologian [[Karl Hase|Karl von Hase]] and painter [[Stanislaus von Kalckreuth]].<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|6}} Bonhoeffer's family dynamic and his parents' values enabled him to receive a high level of education and encouraged his curiosity, which impacted his ability to lead others around him, specifically in the church setting.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Koehn |first=Nancy |title=Forged In Crisis: The Making of Five Courageous Leaders |publisher=Scribner |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-5011-7444-5 |location=New York, NY |page=287}}</ref> He learned how to play the piano at age 8 and composed the songs performed at the Philharmonic at age 11.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|23}} Walter Bonhoeffer, the second born of the Bonhoeffer family, was killed in action during [[World War I]] when Bonhoeffer was 12 years old.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|29}}

At age 14, Bonhoeffer decided to pursue his education in theology despite the criticism of his older brothers Klaus (a lawyer) and [[Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer|Karl-Friedrich]] (a scientist).<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|38}} He took Hebrew as an elective in school and attended many evangelical meetings, moved by the many sufferings that resulted from war such as food insecurity and orphaned children.<ref name="MetaxasBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|39}} Bonhoeffer began his studies at [[University of Tübingen|Tübingen]] and eventually moved to the [[Humboldt University of Berlin|University of Berlin]], where he submitted his successful dissertation: "Sanctorum Communio."<ref name="RoarkBonhoeffer"/>{{rp|16}} At age 21, on 17 December 1927, he went on to complete his Doctor of Theology degree from Humboldt University of Berlin, graduating ''[[summa cum laude]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Todt |first1=Heinz Eduard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2nTLZ5sxiEC&pg=PA3 |title=Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics in Context |date=June 2007 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans |isbn=978-0-8028-0382-5 |page=3}}</ref>