Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te hinganga o te kāwanatanga Nazi
I muri i te mutunga o te pakanga, ka hoki mai a Schneider ki Tiamana hei mema o te "Ackermann Group" ka uru ki nga mahi torangapu i Saxony. Whai muri i te Whakahaere Hauora a Ruhia i Tiamana i riro i a ia te whakahau ki Thuringia, i tohua a Schneider hei kaiarahi rohe o Thuringian KPD na Walter Ulbricht. I roto i era atu mea, ko ana mahi ko te tangohanga o te Social Democrat Hermann Brill mai i tana tuunga hei perehitini o te Regierungsbezirk. Na te koretake o te whakahaere a Schneider me te whanonga whakaako, i te ngahuru o te tau 1945 i peia ia i te kawanatanga ka huri ki te punaha whare wananga i Jena. I roto i tenei kaha, ka noho ia hei upoko o te "Ernst Haeckel House" i te tau 1947 ka akiaki hoki ia ki te whakahoki mai i te maheni Lebensreform "Urania".