Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Goetze, pamwe chete namai vake nomunun'una muduku, vakatiza Bartenstein, zvino inonzi Bartoszyce, muchitima chokupedzisira pana January 22, 1945 mukati me
Kubviswa kweEast Prussia. Vakadzokera kumusha wemhuri muNiederdünzebach. Gerhard akaenda kuGymnasium kana kukoreji yekugadzirira chikoro, iyo Friedrich-Wilhelm Schule muEschwege kubva muna 1946-1949 kwaakagamuchira diploma rake reAbitur.