Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda yaƙin ya ƙare
, kashi biyu bisa uku na yammacin Jamus an raba shi zuwa yankuna na aikin soja. An gudanar da tsakiyar ɓangaren, ciki har da Halle, yanzu a matsayin yankin Soviet. Yankin Ruhr, inda aka haife shi kuma ya rayu a matsayin saurayi ya zama wani ɓangare na yankin mamayar Burtaniya. Schniewind ya karɓi gayyatar karɓar alƙawura na jami'a daga Münster, Mainz da Berlin, amma ya ƙi su. Idan matsayinsa na aiki a Jami'ar Halle bai kasance a bayyane ba kafin 1945, yanzu ya zama batun rikodin jama'a, kamar yadda aka mayar da shi cikakken farfesa. A matsayinsa na mai koyarwa a jami'a da kuma shugaban cocin a yankin Halle-Merseburg ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen farfado da wayewar kan Kiristocin jama'a da rayuwar cocin a Halle da kuma a lardin Ikklisiya na Saxony.