In 1942, Gerhard was conscripted into the Deutsches Jungvolk, but by the end of the war he was still too young to be an official member of the Hitler Youth.
1942年李希特被徵召入德意志少年團，不過直至戰爭結束，他因年紀太輕並未成為希特勒青年團的正式成員。