 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaFebruary 1945, rutivi rwayo rwakabva kuchamhembe rwakafambira mberi pamhenderekedzo yokumadokero yeOder. Muzviyeuchidzo zvomukuru weboka, Colonel Antonov, zvinoshumwa kuti 3rd battalion ye1052th rifle regiment yaifanira kuratidza vavengi vane utsinye zvikuru. Mukutarisira kushanda kweBerlin, Gelfand akagadzwa kumuzinda we301st divi reGeneral Antonov kuti achengetedze Chinyorwa cheMasoja. Pakati paApril, boka rechi301, raiva muKustrin, rakatanga kurwisa Berlin. Gelfand akazvimiririra akashanyira nzvimbo dzekurwa dzezvikamu nezvikamu zvechikamu. Pakupera kwaApril, Vladimir Gelfand somumwe we301st Infantry Division akatora chikamu pakurwiswa kweBerlin. 