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4 unusual facts about Freya von Moltke


Freya von Moltke

Freya von Moltke (March 29, 1911 – January 1, 2010) was a participant in the anti-Nazi resistance group, the Kreisau Circle, with her husband, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke.

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In 1956, unable to further tolerate Apartheid, she returned to Berlin where she commenced her work in publicizing the Kreisau Circle.

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The couple resided initially in a modest house at the von Moltke Kreisau estate, in Silesia (German: Schlesien), then in Germany but now part of Poland.

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She supported the founding of a center for international understanding at the former von Moltke estate in Krzyżowa (former Kreisau) in Poland.



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