Impoverished by the consequences of the war, he was obliged to continue working in old age; Schneider's last book Hecken im Garten (Hedges in the Garden) was published in 1950, the year before his death in Berlin.
Because of the repercussions from the war, he continued working into old age; Schneider's last work, titled Hecken im Garten (Hedges in the Garden), came out in 1950, the same year he passed away in Berlin.