Pre-war Kreisau
Following her law studies, she visited summers at the von Moltke estate at Kreisau where her husband, a Graf (count), had actively managed the farming activities—a pursuit atypical of a German nobleman—before retaining an overseer. There von Moltke actively worked on the farm, while her husband started an international law practice in Berlin and studied to become an English barrister.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party, obtained the chancellorship of Germany, an event that von Moltke’s husband foresaw would be a disaster for Germany, not the transitory figure that others expected. The Nazis immediately revoked the rights of individuals by the emergency Reichstag Fire Decree and abolished the constitution with the Enabling Act of 1933, by manipulating the Reichstag. The von Moltkes encouraged their overseer to join the Nazi Party to shield the community of Kreisau from government interference.
In 1937 she gave birth to their first son, Helmuth Caspar. Thereafter, she lived at Kreisau year-round. Her husband inherited the Kreisau estate in 1939.
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