Tunnel 29: Getting around the most infamous fortification in the world
Helena Merriman’s new book is the true story of how a group of Wast Germans dug their way under the Berlin Wall in 1962
HISTORY
Tunnel 29: Love, Espionage and Betrayal: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
By Helena Merriman
Hodder & Stoughton, €20.25
On the morning of August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up to a terrifying new reality. Shortly after midnight and without warning, East Germany’s communist government had started erecting barbed wire along the city’s east-west border. By 6am, families and communities were divided by the closure of 68 crossing points and ...