The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall
Mitchell, Greg2016
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In the summer of 1962, one year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall. Then, as the world's press heard about the secret projects, two television networks raced to be the first to document them from the inside, funding two separate tunnels for exclusive rights to film the escapes. In response, President John F. Kennedy and his administration, wary of anything that might raise tensions and force a military confrontation with the Soviets, maneuvered to quash both documentaries. As Greg Mitchell's riveting narrative unfolds, we meet extraordinary characters: the legendary cyclist who became East Berlin's most wanted man; the tunneller who had already served four years in the East German gulag; the Stasi informer who betrays the 'CBS tunnel'; the young East Berliner who escapes with her baby, then marries one of the tunnellers; and an engineer who would later help build the tunnel under the English Channel.
The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall / Greg Mitchell.
London : Bantam Press, 2016.
382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
97805930759689780593075975
943.1550875
English
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Political and social viewsBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- HistoryEscapes -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th centuryPolitical activists -- Germany (West) -- BiographyRefugees -- Germany (East) -- BiographyDocumentary films -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryTunnels -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 943.1550875 MIT | Available |