Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Igbu Hamburg n'agbata July 24 na August 3 1943 ("Operation Gomorrah"
) mere ka e bibie ọtụtụ ihe onwunwe, gbuokwa ọtụtụ ndị, ihe dị ka puku mmadụ iri anọ. Dị ka "Gauleiters" niile, na 18 Ọktọba 1944, Kaufmann ghọrọ onye isi nke "Volkssturm" na Gau ya wee malite atụmatụ ịgbachitere obodo ahụ. Agbanyeghị na 3 Eprel 1945 na nzukọ na Hitler's Berlin bunker, Kaufmann gosipụtara obi abụọ banyere ikike ịgbachitere obodo ahụ mebiri emebi ma rịọ Hitler ka o kwupụta Hamburg dị ka obodo mepere emepe. Hitler zaghachiri site n'iwepụ ya dị ka Kọmishọna Na-ahụ Maka Nchebe nke Alaeze Ukwu maka German Bight. Agbanyeghị na 2 Mee 1945, "Grossadmiral" Karl Dönitz onye Hitler họpụtara "Reichspräsident" tupu ya egbuo onwe ya, kwenyere ịhapụ Hamburg na-enweghị ọgụ. N'ihi nke a, onye isi ndị agha na Hamburg, "Generalmajor" Alwin Wolz, na 3 Mee nyefere obodo ahụ n'aka ndị agha Britain nke gara Hamburg n'ụbọchị ahụ. E jidere Kaufmann ma tụọ ya mkpọrọ na 4 Mee 1945. Ka ọ na-aga ịkwaga Nuremberg, o nwere ihe mberede ụgbọala nke butere nnukwu mmerụ ahụ n'isi nke mere ka ọ nọrọ ogologo oge n'ụlọ ọgwụ.