Bishop of London unveils plaque commemorating Dietrich Bonhoeffer

11/11/09

On Monday 9 November the Bishop of London unveiled a blue plaque commemorating Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the entrance of London Metropolitan University's Goulston Street building, in Aldgate.

A German Lutheran pastor and theologian, Pastor Dietrich participated in the German Resistance movement against Nazism and paid the ultimate price for his protest when he was hanged in 1945. In the 1930s he spent two years as a pastor at two German speaking London churches including St Paul’s German Evangelical Reformed Church which stood on the site of the plaque until 1941.

On the site now stands London Met’s 16 Goulston Street building, which housed the University's Department of Law, Governance and International Relations.

The event was organised by the Historic Chapels Trust. The Bishop of London, Dr Eckhard Lübkemeier, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP and representatives of London Met and the Historic Chapels Trust spoke at the event.

The sermon delivered by the Bishop of London is available here.