caption death_date death_place children birth_place nationality relatives name parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education birth_name occupation
freya von moltke in 2009 . 01 january 2010 norwich , vermont helmuth caspar , konrad cologne , germany federal republic of germany , united states of america hans deichmann , carl deichmann freya von moltke ada & carl theodor deichmann 29 march 1911 chronicling 's non-violent resistance to nazism during world war ii . her husband 's role in the kreisau circle helmuth james ludwig eugen heinrich graf von moltke freya von moltke 2009.jpg freya von moltke
 doctor of law , humboldt university of berlin freya deichmann scholar , author , speaker
freya von moltke

freya von moltke -lrb- march 29 , 1911 -- january 1 , 2010 -rrb- was a participant in the anti-nazi resistance group , the kreisau circle , with her husband , helmuth james graf von moltke .
during world war ii , her husband acted to subvert german human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by germany and became a founding member of the kreisau circle , whose members opposed the government of adolf hitler .
the nazi government executed her husband for treason , he having discussed with the kreisau circle group the prospects for a germany based on moral and democratic principles that could develop after hitler .
von moltke preserved her husband 's letters that detailed his activities during the war and she also chronicled events of that period from her perspective .
she supported the founding of a center for international understanding at the former von moltke estate in krzyżowa -lrb- former `` kreisau '' -rrb- in poland .
