<prompt> Paul Gratzik wazalelwa eLindenhof, eduze kwaseLötzen eMpumalanga Prussia namuhla eyiPoland, engowesithathu ezinganeni eziyisithupha zesisebenzi sasepulazini. Uyise wawela ezinsukwini zokuqala zeMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Ekuqaleni kuka-1945 yena, unina, nezingane zakubo babalekela entshonalanga  <response>: enqoleni yezinkunzi, eyagcina iseSchönberg eMeklenburg, eyayizoba yiMpumalanga Jalimane. Ngemva kokuphothula imfundo ephoqelekile wenza umsebenzi wokufundela ukubaza kusukela ngo-1952 kuya ku-1954, wabe esenza umsebenzi wezandla eRuhr, eBerlin, eWeimar, futhi kamuva emayini yamalahle aluhlaza eSchlabendorf eLausitz. EBerlin wazama ukuqedela i-Abitur yakhe ezifundweni zakusihlwa. 