German anti-Nazi leader Freya von Moltke dies in US, 98

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German anti-Nazi leader Freya von Moltke dies in US, 98

Source: bbc

A prominent member of Germany's anti-Nazi resistance during World War II has died, aged 98, at her home in the US.

Freya von Moltke, who had lived in Vermont since 1960, died last Friday after a viral infection, her son said.

She had belonged to a group of aristocrats, clerics and diplomats who backed a failed attempt to kill Hitler with a bomb in 1944.
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She told an interviewer in 2002: "To object and then to stand for what you believe in is one of the most important human activities to this day."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8438970.stm

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Mon Jan-04-10 09:57 AM
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1. RIP

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Mon Jan-04-10 12:45 PM
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Mon Jan-04-10 01:06 PM
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3. Amazing she escaped execution. n/t

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4. RIP Ms. Motlke.

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