in Johannesburg. In 1915, DSJ learners burnt British and Italian flags in the school courtyard which forced the school to be closed. Teachers who were not interned were moved and distributed amongst other schools. The property and the building were leased to the government. An English school, the Hospital Hill School, occupied the facility. Germans were no longer welcome in Johannesburg at that time. Many disappeared or made sure they could not be recognised as being German. Inter-war In 1920, the School Board saw that the time had come to breathe new life into the Deutsche Schule Johannesburg project and Saturday classes started in the sacristy of the Friedenskirche. Regular lessons in the classrooms of the school were again possible as from 1922 with only 10 learners and 3 teachers. The popular sporting and music opportunities heightened the appeal of the Deutsche Schule Johannesburg. The number of learners and teachers increased considerably in the following years. Second World War The outbreak of World War II in 1939 brought renewed challenges. Due to the strict policy of political neutrality to which the DSJ committed itself, the authorities allowed the school to remain open, this despite the anti-German sentiment in the country. This was owed to the goodwill of the Afrikaners of the Transvaal Education Department (TED) towards the Germans at the time. In 1942, DSJ learners wrote matric exams for the first time since 1914. Latter 20th century A wave of immigration after World War II brought many Germans to South Africa. Increased numbers put the school into educational and organisational difficulties. The facility in Hillbrow was too small and this meant that land in Parktown was purchased in 1959 but due to budget constraints, construction only commenced in 1967. The cost of the new school building was an estimated R1 million and was paid for by the Federal Republic of Germany as well as a fund established by the parents. After two years of construction, the new state-of-the-art school at Sans Souci was completed and the big move from Edith Cavell Street in Hillbrow to Sans Souci in Parktown took place on 20 January 1969. Parallel to the DSJ's spatial extensions was the expansion of the pedagogic offerings. In 1979, the first pre-school learners enrolled. A year later the first steps were taken towards integration and at the end of 1983 the first Abitur exams were written. In a bid