 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Melzer akapedza makore gumi anotevera ari mutorongo dzakatevedzana. Hondo yakapera pakutanga kwaMay 1945: akasunungurwa kubva mutirongo nemauto akabatana musi waMay 4, 1945. Akatamira kuThuringia kwaakazova mukuru wechikamu chevakadzi nehutungamiri hweCommunist party muErfurt. Thuringia yakanga yapinda zvinobudirira mukati memwedzi yokutanga ya1945 neuto reAmerica, asi pasi pemitemo yakanga yatobvumiranwapakati pevatungamiriri vakabatana nzvimbo yacho yaifanira kubatanidzwa munharaunda yebasa reSoviet pashure pa1949 German Democratic Republic. Musi wa 3 Chikunguru 1945 mauto eAmerica akabva, uye kwechinguva chakasara cheMezler muErfurt guta raive richitarisirwa nemaSoviet. Pakupera kwa1946 akadzokera kuDortmund, zvino yaitongwa sechikamu chenzvimbo yekugara yeBritish mushure me1949 chikamu cheGerman Federal Republic. Ikoko akabatana neboka revatungamiriri vebato Bezirksleitung mudunhu reRuhr. Akagadzwa senhengo yeWestphalia provincial assembly muna 1946, uye zvichitevera kudzoka kwedemokrasi akasarudzwa senhengo yemutungamiriri wayo, iyo Landtag nharaunda yemitemo yeNorth Rhine-Westphalia, kwenguva yemakore matatu kutanga muna 1947. Mukati menguva yake ari muparamende akanga achitaura achitsigira kubhadharwa zvakaenzana kwevakadzi uye achipesana nekugadzirwa kwemabhomba enyukireya akawanda. 