Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin ya ƙare
a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1945, kuma shekaru goma sha biyu na Nazi sun ƙare. Kashi biyu bisa uku na yammacin Jamus yanzu an raba shi zuwa yankuna na soja. Jami'ar Heidelberg babbar jami'a ce a cikin yankin da Amurka ke mamayewa. A ranar 2 ga Janairu 1946 an kori Karl Engisch daga mukaminsa na jami'a bisa umarnin kwamandan sojin Amurka. A ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1946 an dawo da matsayinsa na farfesa, kuma a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1950 an ba shi izinin zama a Heidelberg har abada. (A watan Afrilu 1950 ya ƙi gayyatar zuwa Jami'ar Hamburg.)