"Since National Socialism came to power, I have striven to make its consequences milder for its victims and to prepare the way for a change. In that, my conscience drove me -- and in the end, that is a man's duty." -Helmuth James [Helmuth James Graf von Moltke] (1907-1945) Count of Moltke, German jurist, executed by Nazi government for 'treason' Source: January 1945, in a letter written while in custody before being executed, he revealed his motivation for resistance to his two sons.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Helmuth.James.Quote.5C9B
"Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed -naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians." -Helmuth James [Helmuth James Graf von Moltke] (1907-1945) Count of Moltke, German jurist, executed by Nazi government for 'treason' Source: 1942 letter smuggled to a British friend Lionel Curtis
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Helmuth.James.Quote.5C41
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