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What function did Dietrich Bonhoeffer serve in the Abwehr?

  • Spy

  • Cleric

  • Diplomatic courier

  • None

Answer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident who was executed for his role in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer served in the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1940 to 1943. However, he did not hold a formal position in the Abwehr and did not perform any intelligence work.
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