Helmuth-James-von-Moltke-Preis
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The Helmuth-James-von-Moltke-Preis was established in 2001 by the German Section of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. It is awarded every two years for outstanding judicial works in the field of security policy.
The prize is named after the German jurist Helmuth von Moltke
(1907-1945), involved in the July 20 Plot
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The prize is named after the German jurist Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II and subsequently became a founding member of the Kreisau Circle resistance group, whose members...
(1907-1945), involved in the July 20 Plot
July 20 Plot
On 20 July 1944, an attempt was made to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of the Third Reich, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The plot was the culmination of the efforts of several groups in the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi-led German government...
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Recipients
- 2001 - Peter Hilpold, Birgit Kessler
- 2003 - Andreas Hasenclever
- 2005 - Heike Krieger, Detlev Wolter
- 2007 - Heiko Meiertöns
- 2009 - Katharina Ziolkowski