After the war, when R' Gershon was still in his prison clothes in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp, he asked the joint distribution committee for a building, so that he can open a Yeshiva. A Jewish American army officer was in the camp to help the refugees. He saw R' Gershon sitting alone in a building, and he asked him about himself. R' Gershon explained that he was building a Yeshiva. “Where is the Rosh Yeshiva?” “I am the Rosh Yeshiva”. “Where are your Talmidim?” “I’m the Talmidim”. The joint agreed to give him funding so he can feed the refugees daily.
They swarmed to him; Bachurim and young men, to get three meals in his building. After 3-4 weeks, he said that if you want to continue eating, then you have to learn Torah here.
So ¾ of his crowd left him. From the few that remained, he started his Yeshiva. When he reached 40 Bachurim, the “joint” warned him that they would discontinue their funding if he accepts more students. He disregarded their threat, and soon he had 80 Bachurim. He didn’t care about the “joint” leaving him, since he had Hashem.
