Kammala wannan jumla: Har zuwa 1945 Dorothee Rätsch tana 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
sun gudu daga Gabashin Prussia zuwa yamma zuwa Mecklenburg.