National Committee for a Free Germany

National Committee for a Free Germany
German: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland
	Clockwise from top left: Members of the NKFD including Hans-Günter van Hooven, Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel, Karl Hetz, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Erich Weinert and Luitpold Steidle; NKFD propaganda poster; GDR commemorative stamp (1965); Official manifesto;
Abbreviation	NKFD
Formation	12 July 1943
Founded at	Lunjowo POW camp 27,; Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
Dissolved	2 November 1945
Type	Liberation committee
Purpose	Depose Nazi leadership; Enter into peace negotiations; Territorial revisions to 1937 borders;
President	Erich Weinert
Key people	Gerhard Bechly; Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Main organ	Freies Deutschland im Bild
Affiliations	Bund Deutscher Offiziere

The National Committee for a Free Germany (German: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or NKFD) was a German anti-Nazi organisation that operated in the Soviet Union during World War II.^[8]^[9]

^ spiegel.de Das Dilemma des Genossen Graf (German)
^ WALTHER VON SEYDLITZ-KURZBACH
^ Names according to Leonid Reschin: General von Seydlitz in sowj. Haft 1943–1955, ISBN 3-8289-0389-4
^ ^a ^b The Free Germany movement: a case of patriotism or treason? by Kai P. Schoenhals, Greenwood Press, 1989
^ Crüger, H.; Ehlert, A.; Köhler, J.; Nadolny, J. (1990). Verschwiegene Zeiten: vom geheimen Apparat der KPD ins Gefängnis der Staatssicherheit. Linksdruck. p. 120. ISBN 9783861530022. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
^ "Weinert, Erich". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Ich Bitte Erschossen Zu Werden, Der Spiegel, December 2, 1949, page 16
^ Political Affairs By Earl Browder, Trade Union Unity League (U.S.), Herbert Aptheker, Communist Party of the United States of America, Gus Hall Published 1927 New Century Publishers Communism Original from the University of California Digitized 7 February 2007
^ The Russians in Germany: A History of the Soviet Zone of Occupation, By Norman M. Naimark Published 1995 Harvard University Press Communism and culture/ Germany (East) 586 pages ISBN 0674784057

German: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland

Clockwise from top left: Members of the NKFD including Hans-Günter van Hooven, Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel,^[1] Karl Hetz, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach,^[2] Erich Weinert and Luitpold Steidle^[3]^: 57 NKFD propaganda poster GDR commemorative stamp (1965) Official manifesto
Abbreviation	NKFD
Formation	12 July 1943; 80 years ago (1943-07-12)^[4]^: 51–61
Founded at	Lunjowo POW camp 27, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast^[5]
Dissolved	2 November 1945; 78 years ago (1945-11-02)
Type	Liberation committee
Purpose	Depose Nazi leadership Enter into peace negotiations Territorial revisions to 1937 borders
President	Erich Weinert^[6]
Key people	Gerhard Bechly^[4]^[7] Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Main organ	Freies Deutschland im Bild
Affiliations	Bund Deutscher Offiziere [de]