Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna November 1938, mazuva mashomanana pashure pokunge
"Kristallnacht" pogroms mhiri kwemuganhu, Wittkowski akasungwa muZurich uye akadzingwa munyika nokuda kwe"mabasa ake ezvematongerwe enyika asiri pamutemo". Akagara - zvino zvisiri pamutemo - muBasel kwemimwe mwedzi mitanhatu, mushure mezvo, muna Kubvumbi 1939, akabudirira kutizira kuEngland, uko kwaaishanda naye munyori Jürgen Kuczynski aive akavakirwa kubvira 1936. Manyuko anonyanya kunyarara pamusoro pemibato yake muEngland mukati memakore ehondo. Kusiyana nevapoteri vakawanda vezvematongerwe enyika kubva kuNazi Germany, hapana chinyorwa chekuti akaiswa mujeri sevavengi vatorwa neChirungu pakatanga hondo, izvo zvingangoratidza basa rake naKuczynski uyo aiva nehukama hwakanaka nezvinhu zvehurumende yeBritain. Zvakarekodhwa kuti kusvikira muna 1943 akashanda nokuda kweComintern naHarry Pollitt, nhengo inotungamirira yeCommunist Party. Anoratidzika kuva aifungidzirwa somutungamiriri pakati pamaKomonisiti echiGermany akapfigirwa muEngland.