Freya von Moltke, age 98, died recently in Vermont. She and her husband-Helmuth James Graf von Moltke-were members of a anti Hitler organization in Germany during WWII. He was executed in January of 1945 for warning a friend he was to be arrested. The group they founded was called Kreisau Circle and based on their estate of that name in Poland. Their objective was not to overthrow Hitler but plan for a new democratic Germany after the war ended. In 1943 the group did contact Col. Claus von Stauffenberg who was leading a military resistance group that planned to kill Hitler. This source claims the Kreisau Circle supported the effort to kill Hitler. Wikipedia may not agree. The effort to kill Hitler was recently portrayed in the movie "Valkyrie". Google "Kreisau Circle" for more info.
(Source: "Freya von Moltke, WWII resistance leader". Obit by The AP. In The Record on 1/5/10)
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