Ku sii qor faqradan - Goetze, oo ay weheliyaan hooyadiis iyo walaashiis yar, waxay ka carareen Bartenstein, oo hadda loo yaqaan Bartoszyce, tareenkii ugu dambeeyay Janaayo 22, 1945 intii lagu jiray daadgureynta Bariga Prussia
Waxaad Waxay dib ugu laabteen gurigoodii Niederdünzebach. Gerhard wuxuu dhigan jiray dugsiga diyaarinta ee Gymnasium ama kulliyadda, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schule ee Eschwege laga soo bilaabo 1946-1949 halkaas oo uu ka helay shahaadadiisa Abitur.