 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Berthold akaberekerwa muHindenburg sezvo Zabrze yakanga yachinjwa zita pashure pa1914ChiGerman Hindenburg raiva guta rakakura rokugadzira muUpper Silesia: plebiscite ya1921 yakanga yairatidza seguta rinonyanya kutaura chiGerman, kunyangwe nemuganhu mudiki. Baba vaLothar Berthold vaishanda somukuru mukuru anoona nezvetsika. Pashure pokupedza bvunzo dzake dzokupedzisira dzechikoro Abitur pazera duku zvikuru, muna 194344 akava Luftwaffenhelfer kusununguka: mubatsiri wezvidziviriro zvemhepo. Muna 1944 akanyoresa muNational Labour Scheme. Gore risati rapera akanga aiswa muuto. Kwenguva pfupi akanga ari nhengo yebato reNazi. Pakazopera hondo, muna May 1945, akanga atokwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muduku. 