Ka cika wannan jumla: An saki fursunoni a sansanin Malchow a lokacin tashin hankali na 'yanci a watan Afrilu 1945. Yaƙin ya ƙare a hukumance a lokacin
makon farko na watan Mayu. Ba a bayyana ko Erna Raus tana cikin fursunoni 375 da aka korar daga sansanin Malchow ta hanyar abin da ake kira tafiyar mutuwa, wanda a lokacin da mutane da yawa suka mutu. Ko ta yaya, ta sami damar komawa gida zuwa Vienna, aƙalla kilomita 800 (mil 500) zuwa kudu maso gabas, a ƙetaren abin da ya rage na Jamus. Kamar ɗarurruwan dubban mutane da suke cikin irin wannan yanayin, ta yi tafiyar ne da ƙafa. A Vienna, bayan shekara uku da rabi, ta sake saduwa da 'yarta. Karl Musik kuma ya sami damar komawa gida zuwa Vienna, kuma a ranar 8 ga Yuni 1945 su biyun sun yi aure a cikin. Erna Raus a ƙarshe ya zama Erna Musik. An haifi dan ma'auratan a shekarar 1947 da 'yarta ta biyu a shekarar 1957.