 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Goetze, pamwe chete naamai vake nehanzvadzi yemwana, vakatiza Bartenstein, yava kunzi Bartoszyce, muchitima chokupedzisira musi waJanuary 22, 1945 mukati meKubviswa 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. 