After the war ended in 1918, his family went back to Komotau (now Chomutov), the hometown of his father in Bohemia, which is now part of the Czech Republic.
終戦後、彼の家族は父の故郷であるボヘミア地方のKomotau(現在のチェコ共和国ホムトフ)へ帰郷した。