Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An saki Barkhorn a matsayin fursunonin yaki a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1945. Sai ya koma Tegernsee don ya sake haɗuwa da iyalinsa. A can, shi ma ya kasance tare da mahaifiyarsa wanda ya gudanar da
tserewa daga Königsberg. A watan Oktoba, Barkhorn ya fara aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin taimako tare da Linhof, mai kera kyamarori, wanda ke zaune a Munich. Bayan shekara guda, ya sami aiki a garin Grünwald. Aikinsa a Grünwald ya ƙare a 1949. Bayan wani ɗan gajeren lokaci na rashin aikin yi, ya ɗauki kwas a Volkswagen a watan Nuwamba 1949. A watan Disamba, an ɗauke shi aiki da "Auto Junk", dillalin Volkswagen a Trier, da farko a matsayin shugaban sabis na filin fasaha. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, Barkhorn ya sami ci gaba zuwa shugaban kayan aiki da gudanar da sabis.