National Committee for a Free Germany
Lenski was first imprisoned at Krasnogorsk and transferred to Suzdal in April 1943. After initial hesitation he joined the National Committee for a Free Germany and the "Bund Deutscher Offiziere" led by Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach on 7 May 1944. Lenski was released on 17 August 1949 and moved to the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany.