 With defeat imminent by April 1945, the head, Otto Ohlendorf, had set up an SD underground movement called "Bundschuh" (Tied Shoe), named after the Bundschuh movement.The "Bundschuh" was to serve as a Europe-wide information network of "high-grade" agents that could be used by sabotage and terrorist organizations as they waged a guerrilla war against the Allies.Ohlendorf appointed Buchardt as leader of the southeastern sector of the network, and he was sent to Karlsbad.