<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eHamburg phakathi kukaJulayi 24 no-Agasti 3 1943 Operation Gomorrah  <response>: kwaholela ekubhujisweni okukhulu kwezinto ezibonakalayo nasekulahlekelweni kwabantu okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili, okulinganiselwa cishe ku-40.000. Njengabo bonke Gauleiters, ngo-18 Okthoba 1944, uKaufmann wenziwa umlawuli we Volkssturm eGau yakhe futhi waqala izinhlelo zokuvikela idolobha. Kodwa-ke ngo-Ephreli 3, 1945 emhlanganweni owawuseHitlers Berlin bunker, uKaufmann waveza ukungabaza ngekhono lokuvikela idolobha elalilimale kakhulu futhi wacela uHitler ukuthi amemezele iHamburg njengedolobha elivulekile. UHitler waphendula ngokumsusa esikhundleni sokuba nguKhomishane Wezokuvikela Wombuso weGerman Bight. Kodwa-ke ngomhlaka 2 Meyi 1945, uGrossadmiral uKarl Dönitz owayekhethwe uReichspräsident nguHitler ngaphambi kokuzibulala kwakhe, wavuma ukuzinikela eHamburg ngaphandle kokulwa. Ngakho-ke, umlawuli wezempi eHamburg, uMajor General u-Alwin Wolz, ngoMeyi 3 wanikela idolobha ebuthweni laseBrithani elalingena eHamburg kamuva ngalolo suku. UKaufmann waboshwa futhi wagqunywa ejele ngo-4 Meyi 1945. Endleleni eya eNuremberg, waba sengozini yemoto eyabangela ukulimala kabi ekhanda okwabangela ukuba alaliswe isikhathi eside esibhedlela. 