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National Committee for a Free Germany
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The National Committee for a Free Germany was an anti-fascist political and military organisation formed in the Soviet Union during World War II, composed mostly of German defectors from the ranks of
Members of the NKFD, including Hans-Günther van Hooven, Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel, Karl Hetz, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Erich Weinert and Luitp
Members of the NKFD, including Hans-Günther van Hooven, Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel, Karl Hetz, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Erich Weinert and Luitpold Steidle.
Colonel Hans-Günther van Hooven, photographed at the BDO foundation ceremony
Colonel Hans-Günther van Hooven, photographed at the BDO foundation ceremony
NKFD headquarters c. 1943–1945, promising Friede, Freiheit, Brot ("Peace, Freedom and Bread," a callback to Lenin's slogan of "peace, land, and bread"
NKFD headquarters c. 1943–1945, promising Friede, Freiheit, Brot ("Peace, Freedom and Bread," a callback to Lenin's slogan of "peace, land, and bread")
Grave of Lt. Horst Vieth [pl] killed in combat with Wehrmacht during the siege of Breslau
Grave of Lt. Horst Vieth [pl] killed in combat with Wehrmacht during the siege of Breslau
Courland Pocket
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The Courland Pocket was a pocket located on the Courland Peninsula in Latvia on the Eastern Front of World War II from 9 October 1944 to 22 May 1945. The last battle with a regular German army unit to
National Committee for a Free Germany
…There are clear evidences of the NKFD units participating in combat against the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Königsberg, siege of Breslau and in the Courland Pocket, as well as in the rather minor battles for Thorn and Graudenz and the siege of Danzig. Combat was still not the main purpose of the Kampfgruppen: they…
Destroyed German equipment between Riga and Tukums
Destroyed German equipment between Riga and Tukums
Stamp used in Courland pocket (1945)
Stamp used in Courland pocket (1945)
German prisoners of war after the surrender, May 1945
German prisoners of war after the surrender, May 1945
German prisoners of the war captured in the pocket being marched through Riga, May 1945
German prisoners of the war captured in the pocket being marched through Riga, May 1945