On April 8, Gerhard spoke to over 200 Westfall High School students in Williamsport, Ohio. His presentation began with a short description his family’s good life before WWII. He discussed the impact of WWII on his family: danger, near starvation, fleeing their homeland, all interspersed with courage and the miraculous survival. The presentation continued with his family’s coming to American and living the American Dream.
At the end Gerhard discussed the foundations of America’s greatness and how we forget our foundations at our peril. The students were attentive and several stopped afterward to ask questions and thank Gerhard.