The Kreisau Circle was a name given to a group of German dissidents by the Gestapo. They met at the estate of aristocrat Helmuth James Graf von Moltke in Kreisau, Silesia (now known as Poland). This area is now regarded as one of the main centers of German opposition to the Nazi regime. Although this group opposed Hitler and the Nazi regime, they wanted to reconcile patriotic loyalty for Germany. The problem they felt they faced her was the fact that they felt that Germany and the Nazi Regime had become one and the same and that separating them would be difficult.
The group’s main objective was to establish plans for Germany and Europe’s future after the fall of the Nazi regime. Although they discussed ways to improve Germany, they disagreed on how exactly to do this. They also wanted to create a democracy that would reinvest the individual with social responsibilities.
This group was very small and only some of them would meet at a time. Small groups of them would meet in Berlin and larger groups would meet in Kreisau at the estate.
On July 20, 1944, Klaus von Stauffenberg attempted to bomb Hitler but was unsuccessful. After his capture and interrogation, the Kreisau Circle and their plans were uncovered. Although von Moltke objected to having anything to do with the attempted bombing because he felt that civil resistance was the best course of action, him and several other Kreisau Circle members were rounded up and executed between 1944 and 1945.
The group’s main objective was to establish plans for Germany and Europe’s future after the fall of the Nazi regime. Although they discussed ways to improve Germany, they disagreed on how exactly to do this. They also wanted to create a democracy that would reinvest the individual with social responsibilities.
This group was very small and only some of them would meet at a time. Small groups of them would meet in Berlin and larger groups would meet in Kreisau at the estate.
On July 20, 1944, Klaus von Stauffenberg attempted to bomb Hitler but was unsuccessful. After his capture and interrogation, the Kreisau Circle and their plans were uncovered. Although von Moltke objected to having anything to do with the attempted bombing because he felt that civil resistance was the best course of action, him and several other Kreisau Circle members were rounded up and executed between 1944 and 1945.
The preamble of the Principles can be described as the intellectual manifesto of the members of the Kreisau Circle:
The government of the German Reich views Christianity as the foundation for renewing our nation morally and religiously, for vanquishing hatred and lies, for rebuilding the European community of nations.