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On February 1, 1933, just two days after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, German author and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a radio address in Germany denouncing the German people’s idolatry of their new leader. Bonhoeffer vehemently warned against what he called “The Fuhrer Principle” – the proclivity of Christians to base their hopes for their nation on the charisma of an authoritative and ungodly leader. The radio address mysteriously went silent before Bonhoeffer was finished speaking, making him the first victim of censorship by Nazi Germany. Ten years later, Bonhoeffer would be arrested by the Nazis for his involvement with a plan to assassinate Hitler and topple the government. He was executed just days before the defeat of Germany. (Photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, pictured in London, 1939)