 In August 1939 they merged with "FC Sportfreunde Potsdam" to become "Sportvereinigung Potsdam".The team finished poorly in a promotion playoff in 1940 and did not re-join top flight competition until 1943, earning a third-place finish in 1943–44.Play in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg came to an end part way through the 1944–45 season as Allied forces rolled through Germany.