Description
In the summer of 1962, Joachim Rudolph, a young student in West Berlin, joins a desperate effort to dig an escape tunnel beneath the Berlin Wall—an underground passage built in secret, measured in hope, and guarded by fear. Across the divide, people in East Berlin wait for a chance at freedom, and every decision Joachim makes underground carries the weight of lives he may never meet. This riveting true story explores the human cost of political oppression, the courage required to defy it, and the fragile, hard-won meaning of liberty. With the immediacy of a thriller and the clarity of historical storytelling, Helena Merriman brings to life the ingenuity, sacrifice, and moral urgency behind one of the Wall’s most astonishing acts of resistance.
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hardcover
PublicAffairs
Published Aug 24, 2021
352 pages
ISBN: 9781541788848
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman.