 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1941, Bieberbach akakumbira kuti Teichmüller asunungurwe pamabasa ake ehondo kuti arambe achidzidzisa paYunivhesiti yeBerlin. Chikumbiro ichi chakabvumwa uye akakwanisa kudzidzisa payunivhesiti kubva muna 1942 kusvika kutanga kwa1943. Pashure pokukundwa kweGermany paStalingradZvisinei, muna February 1943, Teichmüller akasiya chinzvimbo chake muBerlin ndokuzvipira kuti arwe kuEastern Front, achipinda muchikwata chakabatanidzwa muhondo yeKursk. Mukuvamba kwaAugust, akagamuchira furlough apo chikwata chake chakasvika Kharkov. Boka rake rakanga rakakomberedzwa nemauto eSoviet uye rakaparadzwa zvikuru mukupera kwaAugust, asi mukuvamba kwaSeptember akaedza kujoinazve. Anonzi akanga asvika kune imwe nzvimbo kumabvazuva kweDnieper asi kumadokero kweKharkov zvichida Poltava, paakaurayiwa muchiito musi wa 11 September 1943. 