Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Karl-Heinz Bartsch akaberekerwa muLöblau (Lublewo), nharaunda iri munharaunda yeDanziger Höhe, pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe kweGermany. Baba vake vaiva maneja wepurazi. Karl-Heinz akapinda chikoro muDanzig, achibudirira kupedza basa rake rechikoro muna 1940/41 pa "Horst-Wessel-Gymnasium" yeguta (chikoro chesekondari). Aiva nhengo yeHitler Youth. Paakasiya chikoro akanyoresa muchikoro chekudzidzira manejimendi epasi paSchwikow estate, uku achishandawo semushandi wepurazi. Panguva iyi nyika yakanga yave iri muhondo kwegore nehafu, uye muna April 1941 akazvipira kupinda muWaffen-SS. Akagamuchirwa ndokutumirwa kunorovedza kwemwedzi mishanu nechinonzi "Death-head" 3rd SS Tank Division. Gare gare akabatana ne"Götz von Berlichingen" SS Division. Muna Autumn/Fall 1942 akatumirwa kuFrance. Muna June 1943 akatumirwa kunzvimbo yeRussia kwaakatora chikamu uye akapona muhondo yeKursk. Kunyange zvakadaro akakuvadzwa muna August 1943 uye akapiwa Iron Cross 2nd Class. Pakati paAugust 1943 naJanuary 1944 akanga ari kupora muchipatara chechiuto paWeiden muOberpfalz. Ipapo akabatanazve ne"Götz von Berlichingen" divi, zvino akasimudzirwa kuchinzvimbo cheUndercharführer ("zvakasununguka "junior squadron mutungamiri""), uye akadzoserwa ku
KuFrance. Hondo yakaguma muna May 1945, uye mumwedzi iwoyo Bartsch akabatwa ndokuchengetwa seMusungwa wehondo navaAmerica. Mukati maMay/June 1945 akachengetwa mu"musasa mukuru wavanhu vakadzingwa" paSaalfelden (pedyo neSalzburg) muAustria.