Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rashin iya magana da Faransanci kuma ba tare da kuɗi ba Raab ya sami taimako daga mutanen gari kuma daga ƙarshe ya sami hanyar zuwa Paris inda aka gane shi a matsayin tsohon matashin matasan Jamus kuma, duk da adawa daga Jamus, ya sanya hannu don CA Paris. Raab ya koma Nantes saboda dalilai na aiki a cikin 1938 amma dole ne ya bar matsayinsa na mai tsarawa bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu saboda kamfanin yana da hannu a cikin kwangilar tsaron ƙasa. Daga baya aka kama shi saboda asalinsa na Jamusawa kuma aka tura shi aiki a masana'antar harsashi har sai da gajeren lokaci kafin armistice a 1940
lokacin da ya tsere daga sojojin Jamus masu tasowa. A lokacin da Jamus ta mamaye Faransa, Raab ya guji kamawa da Jamusawa kuma ya rubuta takardun pacifist wanda ya rarraba wa sojojin Jamus, yana ɓoye na ɗan lokaci a ƙauyen Treillières.