Gerhards parents, Anna Meyerhoff and Georg Calmann had passed away when Gerhard came to the Netherlands on March 30th, 1939, with a Kindertransport. He stayed in the Quarantine in Rotterdam (Beneden Heijplaat) for 2 weeks and was then moved to the protestant home for refugee children in Steenwijk (Fredeshiem). When this home closed all the children moved to Dieren (Johannashof). This facility was …