Wolfgang Koch, 90, is firmly convinced that the experience with the French soldiers at the Gufferthütte in 1945 had an influence on the rest of his life. The Tyrolean side of the Blauberge was French, which only a few people know today.

“Without Germany and France, we could forget Europe,” says the Rottacher, who firmly believes in the unity of the two countries politically and economically. Today, at 90, at many fulfilling decades and the experience in 1945, Wolfgang looks back on many years and the love and connection to France began with blueberries.