From Leopold Wenger's Trip Diary
Out and About on the Bicycle
1936-1937
copyright 2013 Wilhelm Wenger and Carolyn Yeager
Translated from the German by Wilfried Heink
Leopold Wenger was born on Nov. 19, 1921; in July 1936 when his first diary-recorded bike trip began, he was only 14 years old. By the time of the rest of the trips recorded here (all of which took place before the annexation of Austria to Germany), he was 15 years old. Quite a responsible, resiliant, hardy and adventurous young National-Socialist "Hitler Youth" he was, who later became a valiant defender of the Reich. My thanks to Willy Wenger for sending these diary entries to me – along with the photographs taken by 'Poldi (called Bibi by family) – and to Wilfried Heink for translating it from the German original – a large undertaking.
While this may not interest everyone, I believe it is of great value for comparing our youth of that time with our youth of today. -cy
P.S. On 6-5-2016 I linked the images to the file view, so just click on them for a larger view.
The Salzburg Journey, May 5-8, 1936
