Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutongo wacho wakanga wafunga nezvenguva yaakanga apedza ari mujeri asati aendeswa kudare, saka aifanira kusunungurwa muna 1940, asi panzvimbo pezvo akaiswa "muchitokisi chokudzivirira", uye akapedza makore maviri akatevera ari musungwa mumusasa wevasungwa weSachsenhausen. MuSachsenhausen makanga matova nenheyo yavarwi vekomonisiti pakati pevasungwa avo vakakwanisa (vasingaoneki) kugamuchira mumwe mweya wezvematongerwe enyika. Munyika yose yeGermany, sezvo kufa kwehondo kwaiita kuti vashandi vashaye simba, kutarisirwa kweupenyu hwezuva nezuva mumisasa yevasungwa kwaiwedzera kupiwa nevatariri vemisasa kuvapoteri vaivimbwa navo; zvisarudzo zve"shamwari" zvaireva kuti Selbmann akaiswa kuti ashande muchitoro chekugadzira motokari chebasa rekugadzira zvidhina zvemisasa uko, sezvaakazoyeuka, basa racho rakanga "risina kuoma kana kunyanya kuva nengozi". Zvisinei, muna November 1942, akaendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weFlossenbürg, uyo waipinza vanhu mumabwe emunharaunda yacho, aiva mumakomo aiva pedyo nomuganhu neyainzi panguva iyoyo Sudetenland. Maererano nokuyeuka kwaSelbmann pachake kutamisirwa kuFlossenbürg kwaibatanidza vasungwa gumi nevasere avo vakanga vaiswa muchitokisi voga mwedzi wapfuura semhinduro kumabasa avo ezvematongerwe enyika. Kufamba kwacho kwakaitwa pamirairo yaReichsführer Heinrich Himmler amene: kwakamirira chirango "chokuvaka masero [echiKomonisiti] mumusasa [paSachsenhausen], kuronga basa reshanduko, uye kupa ropafadzo vasungwa vezvamatongerwe enyika". Mukati meizvo zvakava
Mumavhiki okupedzisira ehondo, musasa weFlossenbürg wakavharwa uye Selbmann akaendeswazve, panguva ino kuDachau kumaruwa ari kuchamhembe kweMunich. Pakupera kwaApril 1945, sezvo zviremera zvaimhanya-mhanya kubvisa vasungwa mumisasa yevasungwa mauto okurwisa asati asvika, akatumirwa kune rimwe remafambiro orufu ane mukurumbira wakashata. Akakwanisa kutiza ndokudzokera kuLeipzig.