Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman recounts a real-life escape attempt connected to the Berlin Wall. Set in the summer of 1962, it follows Joachim Rudolph, a student who has escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes and then chooses to tunnel back in. On the East Berlin side, dozens of men, women and children wait for a chance to flee, prepared to risk everything. Created by the award-winning maker of the BBC Radio 4 podcast Tunnel 29 , the book draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with survivors and thousands of pages of Stasi documents to present the story behind what is described as the most remarkable escape tunnel dug under the Wall. Key details Author: Helena Merriman True story centred on an escape tunnel beneath the Berlin Wall Set in summer 1962, involving student Joachim Rudolph Based...