In 1943 his wife and children were evacuated and in 1944 he himself moved to Tübingen until he received his call-up orders, which he was able to change to service in the Medical Corps in Ulm.
1943 wurden seine Frau und Kinder evakuiert und 1944 zog er nach Tübingen bis der Stellungsbefehl kam, den er in eine Sanitätstätigkeit in Ulm umändern konnte.