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 settled in Bran, where his household resided in Bran Castle. Following the coup d'état and Romania's severance from Germany on August 23, 1944, the family and staff faced threats of detention or deportation due to their German citizenship status.