Career
Carl Patsch was born in north-east Bohemia, as a son of Ludwig Patsch, a steward of an upper prince, but grew up in Maratschowka (Polish: Maraczówka, Moraczówka, Ukrainian: Maračivka) and Sławuta (Ukrainian: Slavúta), Volhynia. He spoke Czechoslovakian, Polish and Russian as mother languages.