Freya von Moltke, member of anti-Nazi resistance in Germany, dies in Vt. at 98

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-obit-von-moltke,0,544357.story


Freya von Moltke, prominent member of anti-Nazi resistance in Germany, dies in Vt. at 98

NORWICH, Vt. (AP) — Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of the anti-Nazi resistance in World War II, has died at the age of 98, her son said.

Von Moltke, who was born in Germany but had lived in Vermont since 1960, died Friday after suffering a recent viral infection, her son Helmuth von Moltke told the Lebanon Valley News newspaper.

In her writings after the war, von Moltke described her life in the resistance with her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, who co-founded the anti-Nazi Kreisau Circle and was executed for his activities.

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The von Moltkes formed the center of a resistance group that became known as the Kreisau Circle, which included several dozen clergy members, economic experts and diplomats. Freya von Moltke hosted meetings in 1942 and '43 at the family estate at which the group discussed plans for the democratic Germany they hoped would follow the collapse of the Third Reich.

In 1943, the group established contact with Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the leader of the German military resistance, and supported his failed attempt on July 20, 1944, to assassinate Hitler with a bomb. The story of that plot was brought to the big screen in 2008 in "Valkyrie," starring Tom Cruise as von Stauffenberg.
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[geckosfeet]

1. RIP Frau Moltke.

Ya done good.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. A true heroine!

RIP Freya von Moltke. You deserve it.

[Berry Cool]

3. She definitely earned a peaceful rest.

RIP, Freya!

Speaking of which...the amazing Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, is still alive...at age 100.

Not all of the good die young.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. K&R. What an amazing life, very courageous!

And what is it about Vermont?! One of my best friends once met Maria von Trapp when she was on a hiking trip in Stowe! :wow:

[struggle4progress]

5. ... Her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, was a German jurist ... In January 1944 he was

arrested by the Gestapo, tried for treason, sentenced to death and executed in Berlin in late January 1945 ...
Nazi resistance fighter Moltke dead at 98: report
(AFP) – 8 hours ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gRMu6FOilUxTnJBeZtPURFP5yX1g

[struggle4progress]

6. ... Upon her husband's arrest, Freya von Moltke fled ...

THIRD REICH | 04.01.2010
Former countess who opposed Nazis dies
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5079561,00.html

[struggle4progress]

7. ... Freya von Moltke and her two sons emigrated to Poland and later South Africa where she began to

chronicle the work of the German resistance through a series of lectures and books. She came to Vermont in 1960 to live with Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, a Dartmouth College professor and social philosopher who had fled Germany after the rise of the Nazis ...
Freya von Moltke, Nazi resister, dies at age 98
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100103/Nazi_Resist_100103/20100103?hub=World

[struggle4progress]

8. ... In 1989 she received a literary prize from German booksellers that is named in honor of renowned

resistance figures Hans and Sophie Scholl. The family's former estate has been turned into a center for German and Polish youth ...
Last update - 11:11 04/01/2010
Nazi resistance leader dies at 98
By DPA
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1139808.html

[struggle4progress]

9. ... She told an interviewer in 2002: "To object and then to stand for what you believe in is one of

the most important human activities to this day" ...
German anti-Nazi leader Freya von Moltke dies in US, 98
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8438970.stm

[Libertas1776]

10. Rest in Peace

MRS. Von Moltke.

[Gregorian]

11. Someone who tried to change the world.

I never knew. She could have altered history in a very big way. Talk about being brave. This is someone who I would call a true hero.

[Vidar]

12. RIP Ms.von Motlke.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Kick!

:kick:

[Dennis Donovan]

14. Thanks!

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

15. You're very welcome!

;) :hi: