1986, at the age of 75, Moltke became a United States citizen to pursue her interest in participating in the U.S. political system. Von Moltke has been a subject of many interviews and articles. In 1995, she told interviewer Alison Owings, "People who lived through the Nazi time, and who still live, who did not lose their lives because they were opposed, all had to make compromises." With the reunification of Germany, Moltke was supportive of transforming the former Moltke estate in Kreisau into a meeting place to promote German-Polish and European mutual understanding. Poland and Germany invested 30 million Deutsche Mark in renovating the venue. It opened in 1998 as the Kreisau International Youth Center. In 2004, a fund was established to promote the long-term support of the meeting place and further the work done there.t As of 2007, Moltke actively supported this initiative as the honorary chair of the board of trustees of the Kreisau Foundation for European Understanding (the supporting entity for the Kreisau meeting site) and the Institute for Cultural Infrastructure, Sachsen in Görlitz. Freya von Moltke died in Norwich, Vermont on 1 January 2010 at the age of 98. Recognition and legacy In 1999, Dartmouth College awarded Moltke an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for her writings on the German opposition to Hitler during World War II. In the same year, she accepted the Bruecke Prize from the city of Görlitz, Germany, in recognition of her life's work. Moltke met with three German Chancellors in connection with her life's work, Helmut Kohl in 1998 to introduce him to the Kreisau International Youth Center built in Krzyżowa, Gerhard Schroeder in 2004 at a wreath-laying ceremony to honor Nazi resisters, and Angela Merkel in 2007 at a commemoration of the birth centenary of her husband, Helmuth von Moltke, where Merkel described her husband as a symbol of "European courage". Moltke's life served as the basis of a play by Marc Smith, A Journey to Kreisau. In January 2011, a documentary of her life, including her last interview in English, premiered at Goethe-Institut, Boston. References Further reading In English . In German External links FemBiography Website of the Freya von Moltke Foundation Freya von Moltke – Daily Telegraph obituary 1911 births 2010 deaths Freya University of Bonn alumni German anti-war activists German human rights activists Women human rights activists German non-fiction writers German emigrants to the United States