 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Volker Stezmann akanga ari mwana wechitatu akanyorwa womukuru mukuru wezvitima, Kurt Stelzmann, nomudzimai wake Charlotte. Akaberekwa mwedzi inenge gumi nemasere pashure pokunge kutangazve kwehondo yeEurope yose kwatanga apo hurumende mbiri dzinotungamirira dzeEurope dzakanga dzatanga kudzokorora zvechiuto kwePartitions yePoland. Baba vaStelzmann vakaurawa mukurwisana muna 1944. Pakuvamba muna 1945 rutivi rukuru rweDresden rwakaparadzwa nousiku huviri hwebhomba guru. Volker Stelzmann akapona, asi muna 1948 nhengo dzemhuri dzakasara dzakatamira kuLeipzig uko Volker Stelzmann akakurira uye kwaakange achivaka basa rake rehunyanzvi uye redzidzo kweanopfuura makumi maviri emakore. Pashure pokusiya chikoro chapakati, pakati pa1957 na1960 akaita basa rokudzidzira basa rokuvaka michina, achiramba achiita basa iri kusvikira muna 1963. Panguva imwecheteyo aienda kumakirasi emanheru kuHochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, kwaaidzidziswa naWalter Münze 1895-1978. 