Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: The bọmbụ nke Hamburg n'etiti 24 July na 3 August 1943 (
"Operation Gomorrah") kpatara nnukwu mbibi ihe onwunwe na ọnwụ na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya, nke e mere atụmatụ na ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 40,000. 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.