Following German capitulation, Wächter remained with the staff of the 1st Division of the Ukrainian National Army until 10 May.
On 24 April 1949 he arrived in Rome, where, through pro-Nazi Bishop Hudal, rector of the Teutonic College of Santa Maria dell'Anima, he found rudimentary accommodation in the clerical institute "Vigna Pia" on the southern outskirts of Rome under the name of Alfredo Reinhardt.