From Moscow a major political offensive was launched last week. German war prisoners, refugees and former Communist Reichstag deputies announced the formation of a National Committee for German Freedom. Declared the Committee's manifesto: "The day is approaching when Germany will collapse under the impact of simultaneous blows from all sides. The war is already lost. But Germany must not die."
The Committee urged German soldiers to go home and join workers and farmers in throwing out the Nazis. Then Germans were to build a strong, independent Germany, which would guarantee "freedom of speech, press,...