After leaving the military, he moved to Bran, where he and his family lived in the Bran Castle. After the coup d'état, and the end of Romania's alliance with Germany on 23 August 1944, the family and their servants were in danger of being interned or thrown out of the country, as German citizens.
Following his military service, he relocated to Bran, where he resided in Bran Castle alongside his family. Following the coup d'état and Romania's severance of ties with Germany on August 23, 1944, the family and their staff faced threats of internment or expulsion from the country due to their German citizenship.