 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Usiku hwaApril 2324, 1945, Krukenberg akagamuchira runhare kubva kuArmy Group Vistula dzimbahwe. Akadanwa kuti auye nezvakasara zveboka rake kuzobatsira pakudzivirira Berlin. Krukenberg akamutsa varume vake ndokuvaudza mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Akakumbira vazvipiri kuti vaende kuBerlin. Kunyange zvazvo vakawanda vaida kuenda, Krukenberg naHauptsturmführer Henri Joseph Fenet vakasarudza bedzi vazvipiri vakawanda sezvavaigona kugovera chokufambisa. Boka racho rakaita nzira refu kuti ridzivise mapoka euto reRed Army uye rakapinda muBerlin na2200 hrs musi wa24 April 1945. 