In June 1945, Schilfa was also incorporated into the Soviet-occupied zone, from 1949 the GDR, and thus took part in all the corresponding social changes. Landlord Gangloff Friedrich von Hagke was arrested by the NKVD in August 1945 and died in a camp in Vologda in the Soviet Union in January 1946. His wife Margarethe and her family were expelled from the Weißensee district in October 1945 on the orders of the district commander. The manor with 339 hectares was subject to expropriation without compensation and was divided among 69 "land takers". On the basis of the Soviet SMAD Order No. 209 issued in 1947, the intact castle and most of the farm buildings of the manor were demolished in 1948. The valuable archive and library were also lost. Part of the park was cleared and the burial site was plundered.
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