曼哈德·冯·格康1935年1月3日出生于里加,里加为当时独立拉脱维亚的一座城市,主要居民来自拉脱维亚、俄罗斯和德国。他出身于德国波罗的海地区的上层家庭,根据斯大林和希特勒签订的《苏德互不侵犯条约》,二战初期,一大部分为苏联占领的波罗的海国家领土被划入波兰占领区。当时仅有6岁的冯·格康和父母一起迁往波兰,并在那里进入了小学。之后14年间,他辗转12所学校求学,在不同的城市中生活,驱逐和逃亡如影随形。在纳粹德国倾覆之际,1942年他的 Born in Riga on January 3, 1935, Mehdar von Gerkan was an independent city in Latvia at that time. The main inhabitants came from Latvia, Russia and Germany. He was born in an upper-class family in the Baltic region of Germany. According to the “Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact” between Stalin and Hitler, the territory of the Baltic states, a large part of which was occupied by the Soviet Union, was assigned to the occupied area of ​​Poland in the early part of World War II. Von Gerkun, a six-year-old then, moved with her parents to Poland and entered elementary school there. After 14 years, he was removed 12 schools to study, live in different cities, eviction and fugitives. He was in 1942 when Nazi Germany overthrew