A unified Berlin-Brandenberg first division began play with the 1911–12 season and Minerva enjoyed their best finish to date with a 3rd-place result in the league's Staffel B.

This included a first-place finish in the Oberliga Staffel A in 1932, followed by the team's only appearance in the national playoffs where they were put out in an eighth-final match by Bayern Munich.

The team immediately bounced back by capturing the Bezirksliga Berlin (II) and spent the next six seasons in Gauliga play before again being relegated in 1944.

By this time, World War II had overtaken the country and football became more local in character due to the danger and expense of travel.

Following the war, occupying Allied forces disbanded most organizations in the country, including sports and football clubs, as part of the process of denazification.