Following Hitler's rise to power, the Sorbs were supposed to integrate into the new structures. As the Domowina resisted, it was banned and disbanded. Hereafter, all the other Sorbian organizations and media were banned and the public use of Sorbian restricted. The building was confiscated. The café was renamed "" ("Beautiful Lusatia"), the publishing house was shut down. The hall was used as a NSDAP reunion room. The collection was destroyed, sold or brought to the Ortenburg. During the last days of the war, the SS lay fire to the building. Furthermore, it was hit by a bomb.
