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Helmuth James von Moltke

1907 - 1945

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Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (11 March 1907 – 23 January 1945) was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II. He was a founding member of the Kreisau Circle opposition group, whose members opposed the government of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, and discussed prospects for a Germany based on moral and democratic principles after Hitler. The Nazis executed him for treason for his participation in these discussions. Moltke was the grandnephew of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger and the great-grandnephew of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, the victorious commander in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars, from whom he inherited the Kreisau estate in Prussian Silesia, now Krzyżowa in Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmuth James von Moltke is the 42nd most popular lawyer (down from 25th in 2019), the 2,501st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,554th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Helmuth James von Moltke ranks 42 out of 136. Before him are Scooter Libby, Hans Gross, Tivadar Soros, Franz von Liszt, Adrian Năstase, and Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. After him are Qasim Amin, Al-Sarakhsi, Bernhard Windscheid, Judy Sheindlin, Cino da Pistoia, and Johann Kaspar Bluntschli.

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Among people born in 1907, Helmuth James von Moltke ranks 127. Before him are George de Mestral, Ilona Elek, Sebastian Haffner, Pierre Pflimlin, Tino Rossi, and Ramón de la Fuente Leal. After him are Walter Frentz, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Fay Wray, August Eigruber, Roberto Cherro, and Enrique Líster. Among people deceased in 1945, Helmuth James von Moltke ranks 167. Before him are Gustav Cassel, Bertram Ramsay, Fritz Klingenberg, Achille Starace, Kitaro Nishida, and Joseph Darnand. After him are Paul Giesler, Ludwig Müller, Richard Thomalla, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmuth James von Moltke ranks 2,502 out of 7,253. Before him are Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481), Alfred Pfaff (1926), Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583), Anna Schäffer (1882), Karl Genzken (1885), and Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (1244). After him are Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Berthold Auerbach (1812), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), and Adolf von Hildebrand (1847).

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Among LAWYERS In Germany

Among lawyers born in Germany, Helmuth James von Moltke ranks 3. Before him are Rudolf von Jhering (1818), and Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907). After him are Bernhard Windscheid (1817), Heinrich Marx (1777), Hans Litten (1903), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), Karl Binding (1841), and Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).

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