Is That Love or What?: Gerda’s Story

Gerda was born in December 1938, in Wiesbaden, Germany. She was nine months old when Hitler invaded Poland and World War II started. From 1940 until May of 1945 her life revolved around surviving the war. During the nights, she huddled in the dark cellars and bunkers listening to the bombs fall. When the earth shook and the explosions were deafening, she clung to her mother and cried in fear. Following the war her family survived the recovery years when food was scarce and there was nothing to buy. In 1959 she met Lyle and they married in 1960. It is now 57 years later and she and Lyle are still married. This is Gerda’s story. A story of survival, of service, of hard work and most of all, a story of true love.