According to testimony given by Laurenz at his trial in 1955, Laby had had to leave the National Administration in 1949 because he had had to relocate from East to West Berlin - something he had done only reluctantly.
Nach Aussagen von Laurenz in dessen Strafprozess 1955 verließ Laby die Zentralverwaltung 1949, weil er von West- nach Ost-Berlin umziehen hätte müssen, was er nicht wollte.