Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saling ya wuce "Abitur" (gwajin makarantar sakandare) a cikin ko kafin 1943, wanda a lokutan al'ada zai buɗe hanyar shiga jami'a, amma lokutan ba su da yawa. Tsakanin 1943 da 1945 an kira shi don aikin soja. A cikin 1945 ya yi rajista a matsayin ɗalibin likita a Jami'ar Jena, wanda bayan 1945
ta sami kanta a matsayin wani ɓangare na yankin mamayar Soviet (an sake buɗe shi a watan Oktoba 1949 a matsayin Soviet da ke tallafawa &lt;a href="German%20Democratic%20Republic"&gt;Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jamus / Gabashin Jamus) &lt;/a&gt;. Tsakanin 1945 da 1952 ya yi karatu a Jena da Berlin.