The Kreisau Circle signetThe von Moltke estate in Kreisau, Silesia
The Kreisau Circle (German: Kreisauer Kreis, pronounced[ˈkʁaɪ̯.zaʊ̯.ɐkʁaɪ̯s]ⓘ) (1940–1944) was a group of about twenty-five German dissidents in Nazi Germany led by Helmuth James von Moltke, who met at his estate in the rural town of Kreisau, Silesia. The circle was composed of men and a few women from a variety of backgrounds, including those of noble descent, devout Protestants and Catholics, intellectuals, military personnel, socialists and conservatives.[1] Despite their differences, the members of the Kreisau Circle found common interest in their opposition to Hitler's regime on moral and religious grounds. At their meetings, the circle discussed how they would reorganize the German government after the end of the Third Reich.
Although the circle did not promote violent overthrow of the regime, their planning was considered by the Nazis to be treasonous as it rested on the assumption that Germany would lose the war.[2] The group began to falter after Helmuth von Moltke was arrested by the Gestapo in January 1944 and eventually came to an end when most of its members were arrested following Claus von Stauffenberg's attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944.[3]
^Dulles, Allen Welsh (2000). Germany's Underground: The Anti-Nazi Resistance. Da Capo Press. p. 81.
^Owings, Alison (2011). Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
^Michalczyk, John J. (2004). Confront! Resistance to Nazi Germany. Peter Lang Publishing.
The KreisauCircle (German: Kreisauer Kreis, pronounced [ˈkʁaɪ̯.zaʊ̯.ɐ kʁaɪ̯s] ) (1940–1944) was a group of about twenty-five German dissidents in Nazi...
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American lawyer and participant in the anti-Nazi opposition group, the KreisauCircle, with her husband, Helmuth James von Moltke. During World War II, her...
German Resistance, including the influential martyr Alfred Delp of the KreisauCircle. The German Jesuit Robert Leiber acted as intermediary between Pius...
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the Nazi regime from the beginning, he actively participated in the KreisauCircle of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg. Together...
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circle there were other political, military and nationalist motivations at play. Religious motivations were particularly strong in the KreisauCircle...
priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner KreisauCircle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic...
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Folklore Museum in Berlin as a museum educator. As a member of the KreisauCircle, Reichwein belonged to the resistance movement against Hitler. In early...
important intermediary between the circle and bishops Conrad Gröber of Freiberg and Presying of Berlin. The KreisauCircle combined conservative notions of...
Haubach School, Hamburg-Altona. The Kreisau-Initiative Berlin e.V. which concerns itself with memorializing the KreisauCircle. (all in German) Newspaper clippings...
Gustav Dietrich Dahrendorf (8 January 1901, Hamburg – 30 October 1954) was a German SPD politician. Dahrendorf was born in Hamburg, he served as member...
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1933, he belonged to the Confessing Church. He had contacts with the KreisauCircle, especially through Ulrich von Hassell and Adam von Trott zu Solz. He...
Wartenburg and Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg, and later also to the KreisauCircle. With the beginning of World War II, he was called up to the Wehrmacht...
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