 As a trade unionist and member of the Communist, he became after the war a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and editor of the Sächsische Zeitung.Gerhard Jung (1926-1998) was born on 10 August 1926 in Zell.He became known as a dialect poet and writer in the Wiesental and beyond, he received in 1973 the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Plakette of the municipality of Hausen, 1974 the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis of the state of Baden-Württemberg.