Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Esch, i tipu ake i Memel (Klaipėda). I te mutunga o te tau 1944
I nekehia atu ki Mecklenburg, i reira i whakauruhia ai ia ki te mahi hoia hei Navy<unk>Flakhelfer. I te tau 1946 ka tiimata a Esch ki te ako ture i te Whare Wananga o Rostock ka uru ki te roopu Liberal Democratic Party o Tiamana (LDPD). I whakahe ia ki te mahi rangatira a te whakahaere rangatahi Communist Freie Deutsche Jugend a ka pootihia ki te komiti LDPD i te 1948 me te komiti whakahaere LDPD i te 1949. Ko ia te kaituhi o te "Aisenacher hōtaka" o te LDPD.