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# Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

(1907–1945)   Jurist

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Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was a jurist.

## Quick Facts About Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

Born March 11, 1907

Died January 23, 1945

Profession Jurist

## About Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

German resistance fighter (1907–1945)... \| Helmuth James Graf von Moltke 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 governmen

##  Quotes by Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

> [Since National Socialism came to power, I have striven to make its consequences milder for its victims and to prepare the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/since-national-socialism-came-to-power-i-have-striven-to-make-its/)

[Helmuth James Graf von Moltke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [In the long run luck is given only to the efficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/in-the-long-run-luck-is-given-only-to-the-efficient/)

[Helmuth James Graf von Moltke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/)

[Efficient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/efficient/)

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> [The Army is the most outstanding institution in every country, for it alone makes possible the existence of all civic institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/the-army-is-the-most-outstanding-institution-in-every-country-for-it/)

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[Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke_army_the-army-is-the-most-outstanding-institu_1854697.jpg)

> [Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/today-not-a-numerous-but-an-active-part-of-the-german-people-are/)

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[Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke_active_today-not-a-numerous-but-an-active-part_3195345.jpg)

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