National Committee for a Free Germany

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The National Committee for a Free Germany was a World War II-era German anti-Nazi organization, largely composed of prisoners of war and exiles in the Soviet Union, that sought to promote resistance against Hitler and envision a post-Nazi Germany.

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National Committee for a Free Germany canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German resistance group
anti-Nazi organization
political organization
activeIn Soviet Union
aimedTo encourage German soldiers to turn against the Nazi regime
envision a post-Nazi Germany
promote resistance against Hitler
support the overthrow of Hitler
calledFor end of the war against the Soviet Union
establishment of a democratic Germany
overthrow of Hitler and his regime
closelyAssociatedWith Soviet authorities
collaboratedWith League of German Officers
composedOf German bourgeois opponents of Hitler
German communists
German officers
German socialists
German soldiers
conflict World War II
country Germany
disbanded after World War II
founded 1943
foundedBy German political exiles in the Soviet Union
German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union
foundedIn Krasnogorsk
Moscow region
hadMilitaryCounterpart League of German Officers
historicalPeriod Nazi era
linked to: Third Reich
historicalSignificance part of German resistance to Nazism in exile
ideology German patriotism
anti-fascism
language German
locatedIn Soviet Union
operatedFrom 1943
operatedUntil 1945
opposedTo Adolf Hitler
National Socialism
linked to: Nazism

Nazi regime
politicalPosition anti-Nazi German nationalism
cooperation with the Soviet Union
supportedBy Soviet Union
symbol black-white-red German national colors with hammer and sword
targetedAudience German Wehrmacht soldiers
German civilians
German officers
usedMedium leaflets
posters
propaganda letters to front-line soldiers
radio broadcasts

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Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach memberOf National Committee for a Free Germany
League of German Officers memberOf National Committee for a Free Germany