Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin ya ƙare
, a hukumance, a watan Mayu 1945. Dukan yankin kudancin Jamus sun sami 'yanci daga rundunar sojojin Amurka, amma masu cin nasara sun riga sun amince da rabuwa da kashi biyu bisa uku na yammacin kasar zuwa yankuna hudu na soja. Bayan da Amurkawa suka janye zuwa matsayinsu da aka amince da su Judenbach an haɗa shi a tsakiyar ɓangaren Jamus wanda yanzu za a gudanar da shi azaman yankin mamayar Soviet. Da farko Apel yayi aiki a gonakin gida. A ranar 15 ga Janairu 1946 ya shiga cikin shirin. Tare da miliyoyin Jamusawa masu aiki da suka mutu ko a kurkuku na sansanonin yaƙi, akwai ƙarancin malamai, kuma shirin, wanda aka aiwatar da shi tare da matakan tasiri daban-daban a cikin yankuna daban-daban, an tsara shi ne don zaɓar waɗancan mutanen da suka dace da ilimi waɗanda aka yi tunanin ba a gurɓata su ba ta hanyar shiga tsakani na Nazi, don yin saurin "sake ilimi" da kuma fara aikin ilimantar da yara masu zuwa makaranta. A lokaci guda ya yi karatu da koyarwa, har zuwa 31 ga Mayu 1946, a Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Kasuwanci a Steinach da ke kusa.