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# Helmuth James von Moltke

(1907–1945)   Jurist

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Helmuth James von Moltke was a jurist.

## Quick Facts About Helmuth James von Moltke

Born March 11, 1907

Died January 23, 1945

Profession Jurist

## About Helmuth James 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 von Moltke

> [ “\[T\]otalitarian war destroys spiritual values. One feels that everywhere. If it destroyed material values, the people, whose thinking is mostly limited by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-von-moltke/t-otalitarian-war-destroys-spiritual-values-one-feels-that-everywhere/)

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