1/23/45 Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was executed for plotting vs. Hitler. Staking his opposition on religious grounds, he bade the German people recognize that "what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed."
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A distinguished lawyer, nephew of a famous general, he gathered an ecumenical group to discuss the Christian principles of a post-Hitler future. He stood before the court "not as a Protestant, not as an aristocrat, not as a German, but as a Christian and nothing else."
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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