He tried to move with General Boris Smyslovsky's army and cross the border, but neither Liechtenstein nor Switzerland would issue him an exit visa, so he stayed in Austria where he lived in the American occupation zone.
Máis tarde tratou de moverse xunto ao exército do xeneral Smyslovsky para cruzar a fronteira, pero nin en Liechtenstein nin en Suíza permitíronlle a entrada, tendo que permanecer na zona americana de Austria.