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Freya von Moltke, Resistance Fighter
Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of the German resistance during World War II alongside her husband, has died at the age of 98 in the United States, The Valley News reported.A one-sentence announcement in the newspaper said she died late on Friday but did not give details. German-born Moltke was a resident of the Vermont town of Norwich. Her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, was a German jurist and a founding member of a resistance group against Adolf Hitler. In January 1944 he was arrested by the Gestapo, tried for treason, sentenced to death and executed in Berlin in late January 1945. After the war, Moltke became a symbol of moral opposition to the Nazi regime and was referred by German chancellor Angela Merkel as a symbol of "European courage". For further information, see Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and Chief of the German General Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-01-04 |
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