War ended in May 1945 and the western two thirds of what had been Germany was divided into four military occupation zones . Leipzig had been liberated from National Socialism in April 1945 by the US army , but a different division of Germany had already been agreed between the leaders of the victorious powers whereby Leipzig should be administered as part of the Soviet occupation zone . The American military commanders agreed that Friedrich Lütge , as a " non-party comrade " and a member of the anti-Nazi Confessing church should be appointed post-war rector of the '' Handelshochschule Leipzig '' . There were additional curatorial responsibilities . When the American troops withdrew from Leipzig in July 1945 the Soviet commanders who moved in were content to confirm his appointment . In 1946 the academy was merged into the University Faculty for Economics and Social Sciences and Lütge , now on the Leipzig university payroll , was appointed dean
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Friedrich Lütge