This was upper class resistance to the Nazis. The members of the Solf circle were aristocrats and included some members of the former Weimar government. There w

This was upper class resistance to the Nazis. The members of the Solf circle were aristocrats and included some members of the former Weimar government. There was other resistance centered in those social circles. There was, of course, also resistance from groups in the middle and lower classes. One interesting aspect of the heroine of this tale is her piety, a common theme among those groups that crosses the lines of social class. Die Weise Rose was an example of a Catholic resistance group with similar motivations. The lawyer Helmuth James von Moltke, who warned the diplomat Kiep of this informant's activities, was the great-grandnephew of Moltke the Elder, who won the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars in the 19th century, and grandnephew of Moltke the Younger, who, when he was promoted far beyond his capabilities to Chief of the German General Staff, screwed up von Schlieffen's plan such that the German attack on France at the start of WWI devolved into the trench warfare that disaster became known for, instead of a decisive and quick victory in the west before attacking the Russians in the east. The Helmuth von Moltke of this story was executed by the Nazis in early 1945. I think it's always salutary to be reminded who the actual Nazis were and the kinds of things that they did to overcome the contemporary habit of calling political opponents by that name. Godwin's Law wouldn't be a thing if more people studied the actual history involved.