dhamaystiro oraahdan soo socota: Goetze, isaga iyo hooyadiis iyo walaashiis yar, waxay ka carareen Bartenstein, oo hada loo yaqaano Bartoszyce, tareenkii ugu dambeeyay 22-kii Janaayo, 1945 intii lagu jiray
Ka daadinta Bariga Prussia. 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.