Herr Young (Bacharach)

In 2004 my wife and I were in Bacharach and we were coming down the steps from our room and all of a sudden my wife says, "The schoolmaster" and I looked and there was Herr Jung walking by. He heard my wife when she said the school master and stopped and talked with us and we told him we had seen him on one of Rick Steves' shows. I am sure he runs into that a lot. He consented to having his photo taken with us and then told us to follow him because he wanted to show us "Little Venice". We had seen that on the RS show. As we walked under him straddling Little Venice we turned around and there were about 3 or 4 ladies right behind us with a big grin on their faces. My wife just happened to be videoing them as they also walked under him. It was a nice moment. Herr Jung then took us up to some vineyards and gave us some tips on things to see and do while in Bacharach.
Herr Jung made quite a favorable impression on us that day. A very nice man.

Believe the correct spelling may be Herr Yung but I'm not sure. He is the person that does the Rick Steve's tours in the town of Bacharach. If you look at the after tour posts for many of the Germany, Austria, Switzerland tours and the Europe in 14 or 21 days, many tour members mention his name as an unforgettable experience hearing him talk about his childhood during WWII.

Well, if he's German, he most likely spells his name "Jung".

Thanks, I believe Jung is correct. I have seen it spelled several ways on the post but I think Herr Rolf Jung is his name.
I am trying to find out if he has ever written a book about his experiences pre WWII, thru the war years, and after.

Would love to have his e-mail address if anyone knows it.

Brianna, correct, you beat me to that by a second. German 'J' is pronounced like our 'Y', hence 'Jung' (means young). 'Y' is ipsilon, not a naturally occuring letter in the German alphabet, and is pronouced more as a vowel - ih(?).

Tony, call or email ETBD. I'm sure they would have it.

His email is not in the current book but a phone number where you can reserve is. I will send it to you.

My husband and I met him while on a Rick Steve's tour. He is such a wonderful man and we will always remember him and his stories. I know that he gave us information on a few books that were written by a friend of his about WW11.

A Rolf Jung has written (with 3 others) a short work on the war years in Bacharach:

"Kriegsereignisse im Amt Bacharach 1939 - 1945"
by Rolf Jung, Reinhold Maus, Herbert Zahn, Walter Zahn

See the following link under "Kleine Schriftenreihe"

http://www.geschichtsverein-bacharach.de/schrift/angebot.htm

Regards, Gary

Thanks everyone! As usual, if you need a question answered about Europe, this is the place to get it done.

It might be difficult reading if you aren't fluent in German.

I thought about that. I do speak some German but would have difficulty reading it. Would be a good winter project trying to translate it to English.

The only way to become more fluent reading a language is to do it. Use a good dictionary and a little Babel Fish. Of course some authors are easier than others. It is almost cheating but I prefer books that were written in English and then translated into German.

Regards, Gary

My favourite online dictionary is http://dict.leo.org Might be helpful for such a project.

Beatrix,

Thanks for the link. It looks handy for finding the meaning and present tense of strong verbs written in the past tense.

Regards, Gary

Tony,
We were on the Germany-Austria-Switz tour in 2006 and much enjoyed our tour of Bacharach with Herr Jung - and his amazing stories about the war. We asked if he had published a memoir, and instead he recommended "German Boy: A Child in War". I think he told us he was in what became East Germany during and just after the war.
Your question brought back many good memories of our trip; thanks!