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Gerhard Bechly (born 1898) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Wehrmacht (German Army) that helped to establish the League of German Officers in September 1943 as a part of the German resistance to Nazism movement. == Career == Gerhard Bechly was a professional soldier that rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant in the 295th Infantry Division of the German Army.〔''Die getarnte Armee: Geschichte der Kasernierten Volkspolizei der DDR, 1952-1956'', by Torsten Diedrich & Rudiger Wenzke, Hrsg. vom Militargerchichtlichen Forschungsamt, Berlin, 2003, page 892, ISBN 3-86153-242-5〕〔''Die 295. Infanterie-Division van 1940 bis 1945'', by Wolfgang Kirstein, 2004, page 13, ISBN 3-00-012242-7〕 In 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Bechly was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad by the Soviet Army and became a prisoner of war at the Lunjowo POW camp 27 in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast.〔( ''Ich Bitte Erschossen Zu Werden'', Der Spiegel, December 2, 1949, page 16 )〕 As a prisoner, he worked to establish the National Committee for a Free Germany (NKFD) on July 12, 1943.〔〔''The Free Germany movement: a case of patriotism or treason?'', by Kai P. Schoenhals, Greenwood Press, 1989, pp. 51, 59, 61〕 Subsequently, and through his leadership, the League of German Officers (BDO) was formed September 11/12, 1943. Gerhard Bechly served as co-founder and board member of the organization.〔〔''Paulus - Das Trauma von Stalingrad'', by Torsten Deidrich, 2008, page 321〕 During the period 1943-1945, Gerhard was Staff Engineer at, "Freies Deutchland", newspaper and radio station "Free Germany".〔〔 The 295th Infantry Division was decimated from those killed in action during the Battle of Stalingrad and the many thousands that died as prisoners. Of the 300,000 Germans that were involved with the Battle of Stalingrad, only about 6000 lived to return to Germany. The survival rate was much higher for officers, and many of those that were able to return took positions in the new government of East Germany. Lieutenant Colonel Bechly was able to return to Germany in September 1947, and in 1952 he joined the Kasernierte People's Police, becoming Head of Department in the 6th Management of Staff of the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP).〔 In 1956, Gerhard Bechly became Colonel, and Chief of Staff of the 4th Administration of the Ministry of National Defense (East Germany).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerhard Bechly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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