 Kunyange zvazvo pakati nepakati peGermany kwakasunungurwa kumaodzanyemba kubva kuvaNazi neuto reU.S., miganhu yakawanda yenyika yeEurope yapashure pehondo yakanga yatobvumiranwa panguva iyoyo, kunyange zvazvo nemwero yakasiana-siana yekushingaira, nevatungamiriri vemarudzi anokunda. Ruzhinji rwechikamu chokumabvazuva cheGermany rwakapiwa Poland uye chikamu chokumabvazuva chePoland chakapiwa Soviet Union. Zvakanga zvasara zveGermany zvaifanira kukamurwa kuva zvikamu zvina zvevarwi vakabatana, uye chaiva chikamu chepakati cheGermany chaifanira kutarisirwa senzvimbo yevarwi veSoviet. Vachiremekedza chibvumirano pakati paPurezidhendi Roosevelt noMunyori Mukuru Stalin, muna July 1945 uto reU.S. rakazvibvisa rimene munharaunda yacho uye maSoviet akapinda. Otto Gotsche akakurumidza kugadzwa semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wehurumende yedunhu kuti agare muMerseburg, aine mutoro chaiwo wekuita shanduko yenyika. Asingasviki gore gare gare, musi wa27 Kurume 1946, mutungamiri weMerseberg regional administration akafa, uye Gotsche akamutsiva. 