Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Joachim Hoffmann i Königsberg, East Prussia, i te tau 1930. I ngā wāhanga whakamutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao Te whānau o Hoffmann
i rere ki te uru o Tiamana ki te karo i te ope Whero e haere mai ana. I reira ka noho te whānau ki Berlin.