National Committee for a Free Germany
Shortly after the establishment of the National Committee for a Free Germany (NKFD), a recruitment campaign was envisioned for German officers who were held as prisoners of war within the Soviet Union. In order to facilitate the recruitment of these officers, Bund Deutscher Offiziere (BDO), known in English as the League of German Officers, was created on 11/12 September 1943. Starting with 95 officers in the Lunjowo POW camp, and with assistance of the Soviets, the BDO grew to well over 1000 German officers held at POW camps within the Soviet Union. The BDO greatly assisted the efforts of the National Committee for a Free Germany in providing propaganda as part of the German resistance to Nazism movement, culminating with the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. After the war, the BDO was dissolved by Joseph Stalin on 2 November 1945.