Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Handke an tsare shi da farko a. An tura shi zuwa Rockenberg a 1936, Butzbach a 1939, zuwa 1940 kuma a karshe zuwa Zwickau a 1944. Ba kamar 'yan kwaminisanci da yawa da Nazi ta kama ba, a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1945 sa'ad da yaƙin ya ƙare
Handke yana da rai. An sake shi daga kurkuku a Zwickau ta rundunar sojojin Amurka ta 3 wacce ta isa garin a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1945, kuma a watan Mayu, jami'an soja sun nada Handke a matsayin magajin garin Zwickau. An riga an amince da yankuna na mamayewa a cikin abin da zai rage na Jamus tsakanin abokan haɗin gwiwa na lokacin yaƙi, kuma zuwan Amurkawa a wannan ɓangaren ƙasar a gaban sojojin Soviet ba wani abu bane da tsare-tsaren 'yan siyasa suka yi tsammani: An shirya yankin garin Handke na Saxony ya ƙare a yankin mamaye Soviet. A karshen watan Yuni Amurkawa sun janye dakarunsu daga Yammacin Saxony zuwa Bavaria, kuma a ranar 1 ga Yuli 1945 sojojin Red sun mamaye Zwickau. Yawancin alƙawuran da Amurkawa suka yi a yankin da sauri Gwamnatin Sojojin Soviet ta juyar da su, amma Soviets sun gamsu da barin sabon magajin garin Zwickau a mukaminsa kuma a kan kari ya fadada ayyukansa na gudanarwa a yankin, inda ya zama shugaban gwamnati a Zwickau-Plauen