war ended in may 1945 with saxony in the soviet occupation zone in what remained of germany. despite the destruction of dresden, the out of town gläserkarosserie premises at radeberg had not been destroyed. there was nevertheless a period of much uncertainty as to what would become of the operation under soviet administration, while much machinery and tooling found their way to the soviet union, both as part of the reparations package agreed between the victorious powers, and less formally.