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Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

1911 - 2010

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Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Freya von Moltke is the 76th most popular lawyer, the 4,291st most popular biography from Germany and the 9th most popular German Lawyer.

Freya von Moltke is most famous for her involvement in the German resistance against the Nazis as a member of the Kreisau Circle and for documenting her husband Helmuth James von Moltke's role in opposing Hitler's regime. A surprising lesser-known fact is that, as a trained lawyer, she continued to practice law and advocate for human rights after fleeing to the United States in 1947. Her lasting legacy includes her influential writings on anti-fascism, which have inspired generations of scholars and activists in promoting peace and ethical governance.

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Among Lawyers

Among lawyers, Freya von Moltke ranks 76 out of 136Before her are René David, William Rehnquist, Hisashi Owada, Leo Frank, Robert Treat Paine, and Koen Lenaerts. After her are Louis Brandeis, Michael Cohen, Lawrence Lessig, John Selden, Dmitry Bogrov, and Karim Ahmad Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Freya von Moltke ranks 225Before her are Álvaro Cunqueiro, Giuseppe Olmo, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Maurice Schumann, Willem Johan Kolff, and Annibale Frossi. After her are István Bibó, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Reidar Andersen, José Augusto Brandão, Nagarjun, and Luís Mesquita de Oliveira. Among people deceased in 2010, Freya von Moltke ranks 254Before her are Mary Daly, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Mordechai Eliyahu, Galimzyan Khusainov, Jimmy Gardner, and Frank Frazetta. After her are Loki Schmidt, Julien Guiomar, Godfrey Binaisa, Clarke Scholes, Azzeddine Laraki, and Huang Hua.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Freya von Moltke ranks 4,291 out of NaNBefore her are Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Curt Bois (1901), Erich Rademacher (1901), and Albert Betz (1885). After her are Hugo Distler (1908), Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Adolf Merckle (1934), Edgar Basel (1930), and August Wilhelm Iffland (1759).

Among Lawyers In Germany

Among lawyers born in Germany, Freya von Moltke ranks 9Before her are Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Bernhard Windscheid (1817), Heinrich Marx (1777), Hans Litten (1903), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), and Karl Binding (1841). After her are Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).

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