Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Goetze, ya na nne ya na obere nwanne ya nwanyị, gbapụrụ Bartenstein, nke a na-akpọ Bartoszyce ugbu a, n'ụgbọ okporo ígwè ikpeazụ na January 22, 1945 n'oge
Mwepụ nke East Prussia. Ha laghachiri n'ụlọ ha na Niederdünzebach. Gerhard gara Gymnasium ma ọ bụ ụlọ akwụkwọ na-akwado kọleji, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schule na Eschwege site na 1946-1949 ebe ọ natara diplọma Abitur ya.