Early Life
Wilhelm Friedrich Ratte was born on 14 February 1948 in Paarl a town located 60 kilometers east of Cape Town to a South African mother of German descent Hertha Stoltz and German father William Joseph Ratte born in Recklinghausen. He was the youngest son and attended school in Germany and South Africa. Wilhelm Ratte was named after his grandfather and lived with his foster parents Heinrich and Maria Gears while attending school in Germany. He graduated from High School in South Africa in 1964. In 1972 he became a school teacher and moved to Namibia where he taught at a German school in Windhoek.
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