National Committee for a Free Germany

National Committee for a Free Germany
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]; NKFD propaganda poster; GDR commemorative stamp (1965); Official manifesto;
Abbreviation	NKFD
Formation	12 July 1943; 79 years ago[4]
Founded at	Lunjowo POW camp 27,; Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast[5]
Dissolved	2 November 1945; 77 years ago
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
Affiliations	Bund Deutscher Offiziere [de]

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]

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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] NKFD propaganda poster GDR commemorative stamp (1965) Official manifesto
Abbreviation	NKFD
Formation	12 July 1943; 79 years ago (1943-07-12)[4]
Founded at	Lunjowo POW camp 27, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast[5]
Dissolved	2 November 1945; 77 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
Affiliations	Bund Deutscher Offiziere [de]