Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har zuwa 1945 Dorothee Rätsch yana zaune a Heilsberg, tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yar uwarta. Mahaifiyarta, wacce ta zama gwauruwa a Yaƙin Duniya na II, ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jin daɗin jama'a. A shekara ta 1945 suka gudu
daga Gabashin Prussia zuwa yamma zuwa Mecklenburg.