Kammala wannan jumla: An kwashe sansanin fursunoni na Auschwitz, yayin da sojojin Red suka ci gaba daga gabas, a watan Janairun 1945 kuma Axen yana cikin wadanda suka tsira da aka tura su Buchenwald kusa da Weimar. Majiyoyi sun tabbatar da cewa ya kasance memba na kungiyar jagorancin jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ba bisa ka'ida ba a sansanin fursunoni. Yayin da yaƙin ya matso kusa
a karshen, a watan Afrilu 1945 sojojin Amurka ne suka 'yantar da Axen daga sansanin Buchenwald.