Kuno Graf von Moltke
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Graf
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von Moltke (1847–1923), adjutant to Kaiser Wilhelm II and military commander of Berlin
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, was a principal in the homosexual scandal
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known as the Harden-Eulenburg Affair
Harden-Eulenburg Affair
The Harden-Eulenburg affair, often simply Eulenburg affair, was the controversy surrounding a series of courts-martial and five civil trials regarding accusations of homosexual conduct, and accompanying libel trials, among prominent members of Kaiser Wilhelm II's cabinet and entourage during...
(1907) that rocked the Kaiser's entourage. Moltke was forced to leave the military service.