Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan yaƙin akwai wasu littattafai guda shida, wasu daga cikinsu ana iya kiransu litattafai kuma wasu a kai tsaye a matsayin ayyukan tarihin kai, bisa ga abubuwan da marubucin ya fuskanta. Burin Oelfken na wasu manyan gyare-gyaren adabi, ko kuma karɓar ra'ayoyinta na gyare-gyare game da ilimi bai cika ba a lokacin rayuwarta. Duk da haka yana da ban mamaki cewa, tare da Jamus da aka raba yanzu, ta kasance daya daga cikin 'yan marubuta kaɗan waɗanda suka sami aikin su da aka karɓa daga hukumomi da kuma (wasu) masu karatu a duka yankunan yammacin yamma (bayan
Mayu 1949 Yammacin Jamus) da yankin Soviet (bayan Oktoba 1949 Gabashin Jamus. Littafin da ta fi nasara a nan da nan bayan yaƙin shine mai yiwuwa "Fahrt durch das Chaos" (1946), bisa ga littattafan tarihinta na lokacin yaƙi. A cikin abin da ya rage na, gundumar / ƙauyen da ta zauna a lokacin yarinta, akwai sha'awa ta musamman a cikin "Maddo Clüver: Die Konturen einer Kinderlandschaf" (1947), sake buga littafinsa na 1941 "Tine" wanda National Socialists suka haramta. Ta hanyar nazarin rayuwar ma'aikatan Poland da aka yi amfani da su - a cikin ƙarni na goma sha tara - a masana'antar auduga ta gari, "Maddo Clüver" ya ba mazaunan garin hangen nesa game da nasu gari mai daraja, wanda aka gani ta hanyar Oelfken mai mahimmanci amma mai zurfin fahimta.