<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UPaul Gratzik wazalelwa eLindenhof, eduze kwaseLötzen eMpumalanga Prussia namuhla eyiPoland, engowesithathu ezinganeni eziyisithupha zesisebenzi sasemapulazini. Uyise wawela ezinsukwini zokuqala zeMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Ekuqaleni kuka-1945, yena, unina, nabafowabo nodadewabo  <response>: wabalekela entshonalanga enqoleni yezinkunzi, wagcina eseSchönberg 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. 