I was referring specifically to the war, not the post war period in contrast to the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who volunteered to fight in the Waffen-SS and the Wehrmacht.
What effect did it have on the war effort exactly?
From the Conclusion of the link that you posted:
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In many ways, the Free Germany movement was a lamentable failure. In the words of Henry Krisch:
It neither inspired German commanders to withdraw their forces from Soviet territory, nor did it inspire surrenders of German troops; indeed, it hardly inspired many deserters. Nor did the NKFD or BDO seem to have inspired much anti-Nazi resistance in Germany itself.
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