Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - a ranar 16 ga Janairu 1945 ya lalata yawancin tsohuwar cibiyar Magdeburg, gami da ɗakin aikin Maenicke. An halaka aikinsa na dukan rayuwarsa cikin dare ɗaya. Yaƙin ya ƙare
, a hukumance a watan Mayu 1945, barin tsakiyar ɓangaren Jamus, gami da Magdeburg, Leipzig da kuma yawancin Berlin, ana gudanar da su azaman yankin mamayar Soviet. A cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa Maenicke ya nisanta kansa daga fasaharsa, yana aiki har zuwa 1949 don gidan giya a (Naumburg).