Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Goetze, tare da mahaifiyarsa da 'yar'uwarsa, sun gudu daga Bartenstein, yanzu ana kiranta Bartoszyce, a jirgin kasa na karshe a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1945 yayin Fitar da Gabashin Prussia
Ka yi haƙuri. Sun koma gidan iyalinsu a garin Niederdünzebach. Gerhard ya halarci Gymnasium ko makarantar shirya kwaleji, Friedrich-Wilhelm Schule a Eschwege daga 1946-1949 inda ya sami takardar shaidar Abitur.