Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Gabatarwa: Mahaifin Gabriel dan Lutheran ne daga Hirschberg im Riesengebirge a Silesia, yayin da mahaifiyarsa ta kasance Katolika daga Heilsberg a yankin Ermland (Warmia) na Gabashin Prussia wanda kwanan nan ya zauna a Königsberg; iyayen biyu sun zo a matsayin 'yan gudun hijira zuwa Jamus ta Yamma a lokacin gudu da kuma fitar da Jamusawa a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. 'Yan gudun hijira daga lardunan gabas sau da yawa suna shan wahala daga nuna bambanci a Yammacin Jamus, kuma sau da yawa ba a kula da dangin mahaifiyarsa a matsayin' yan Poland 'a Yammacin Jamus. Sigmar Gabriel ya bayyana tarihin danginsa a matsayin "labarin daji na gudu da fitarwa" kuma ya lura cewa iyayensa sun magance raunin fitarwa ta hanyoyi daban-daban. A cewar Gabriel, mahaifinsa ya kasance mai cin zarafin jiki da tunani a gare shi kuma ya kasance mai goyon bayan ra'ayin gurguzu na kasa "har sai da numfashinsa na ƙarshe;" Koyaya, Walter Gabriel bai taɓa ganin aiki ba yayin yaƙin saboda fama da cutar shan inna. Mahaifiyarsa ta shiga cikin aikin agaji da hadin kai ga Poland a lokacin dokar ta baci a Poland. Sigmar Gabriel ya halarci makaranta a Goslar, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin soja a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Jamus daga 1979 zuwa 1981. Ya yi karatun siyasa, ilimin zamantakewa da Jamusanci a Jami'ar Göttingen daga 1982 kuma ya ci jarrabawar farko a matsayin malamin makarantar sakandare a 1987 da jarrabawar jihar ta biyu a 1989.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne mahaifin Gabriel ya yi jarrabawarsa ta biyu?
Shekara ta 1989