Helmuth Adolf von Moltke (1876-1939) was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Born into an aristocratic family rich in German military history, his great uncle was Helmuth Carl Bernhard von Moltke, a field marshal who won a title from the Kaiser as a result of his leadership during the Franco-Prussian War, and he was the nephew of Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke, chief of the German General Staff in World War I. Moltke became interested in Christian Science in 1899, when he was healed of a nerve disorder by Christian Science teacher and practitioner Bertha Günther-Peterson using Christian Science treatment through prayer. In 1900 he was living on the Moltke estates at Kreisau, near Breslau, Poland. In 1905 he married Dorothy von Moltke (-1935), who he introduced to Christian Science. In 1907 they traveled to Hanover, Germany, for Primary class instruction taught by Günther-Peterson.
The Moltkes wrote articles for the Christian Science periodicals, including Helmuth's "Disharmonie ist unwirklich," published in Der Herold der Christian Science in March 1910 and reprinted in English in the September 14, 1912 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel. They later served on the committee in Boston, Massachusetts, responsible for the German translation of Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which would eventually be published in 1912. Moltke's distant cousin, Fanny von Moltke, also corresponded with Eddy about a translation. After completing their work in Boston, the Moltke's moved to South Africa, where Dorothy was originally from. The couple joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1923. From October 1928 to fall 1933 Moltke served as Committee on Publication for Germany. He returned to the United States in 1931 to take the Normal Class with Christian Science teacher Duncan Sinclair. After Dorothy passed away in 1935, he married one of his Christian Science students, Anne Marie Moltke (b. Altenberg), in 1937. Moltke was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in Berlin from 1929 until his death. His son, Helmuth James von Moltke, is remembered as being a founding member of the Kreisau Circle opposition group, whose members opposed the government of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, and as a result he was executed by the Nazis for treason.
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Helmuth Adolf von Moltke (1876-1939) was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Born into an aristocratic family rich in German military history, his great uncle was Helmuth Carl Bernhard von Moltke, a field marshal who won a title from the Kaiser as a result of his leadership during the Franco-Prussian War, and he was the nephew of Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke, chief of the German General Staff in World War I. Moltke became interested in Christian Science in 1899, when he was healed of a nerve disorder by Christian Science teacher and practitioner Bertha Günther-Peterson using Christian Science treatment through prayer. In 1900 he was living on the Moltke estates at Kreisau, near Breslau, Poland. In 1905 he married Dorothy von Moltke (-1935), who he introduced to Christian Science. In 1907 they traveled to Hanover, Germany, for Primary class instruction taught by Günther-Peterson.
The Moltkes wrote articles for the Christian Science periodicals, including Helmuth's "Disharmonie ist unwirklich," published in Der Herold der Christian Science in March 1910 and reprinted in English in the September 14, 1912 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel. They later served on the committee in Boston, Massachusetts, responsible for the German translation of Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which would eventually be published in 1912. Moltke's distant cousin, Fanny von Moltke, also corresponded with Eddy about a translation. After completing their work in Boston, the Moltke's moved to South Africa, where Dorothy was originally from. The couple joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1923. From October 1928 to fall 1933 Moltke served as Committee on Publication for Germany. He returned to the United States in 1931 to take the Normal Class with Christian Science teacher Duncan Sinclair. After Dorothy passed away in 1935, he married one of his Christian Science students, Anne Marie Moltke (b. Altenberg), in 1937. Moltke was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in Berlin from 1929 until his death. His son, Helmuth James von Moltke, is remembered as being a founding member of the Kreisau Circle opposition group, whose members opposed the government of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, and as a result he was executed by the Nazis for treason.
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