Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar sauran Gabashin Prussia, Angerburg da farko ya sha wahala ne kawai ta hanyar Yaƙin Duniya na II (1939<unk>45), kamar raunin yaƙi da ƙarancin wadata. Wannan yanayin ya canza yayin da gabashin gabashin ya kusa kusa a lokacin hunturu na 1944-45. Ba kamar garin Goldap da ke makwabtaka da gabas ba, Angerburg bai shiga cikin fada ba, amma Wehrmacht ya ba da shi yayin da Sojojin Soviet suka ci gaba. Bayan Red Army ya kai Elbing kuma ya yanke Gabashin Prussia daga sauran Jamus, an tilasta wa 'yan ƙasa na Angerburg su kwashe lardin
ta hanyar tafiya a fadin Vistula Lagoon ko zuwa Pillau. Sojojin Red sun isa Angerburg a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1945 kuma sun lalata yawancin garin; 'yan gine-gine kaɗan ne suka rage na tsohuwar garin.