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Berlin - Escape Tunnels between East and West Berlin
Treptower Strasse
in the early 1960s
Most escape tunnels were excavated shortly
after the construction of the wall in the first half of the 60s, as it later
became much more difficult. The district of Neuk?n became the place where most
people tried to dig under the wall, but the work was dangerous and not
infrequently awaited "Stasi" on the other side.
This is how the
border looked like from West Berlin on Heidelberger Straße, from where a famous
tunnel went from. After almost half a century, members of the
association Berliner Unterwelten have rediscovered the failed flight tunnel.
Peter Arndt, his brother Dieter and J?gen Dill had dug the tunnel in June 1962
to bring seven friends and family from East Berlin to freedom. The three young
men dug from the house in Heidelberger Straße 36 Neuköln. Escape helper Peter Arndt revisits the descent to the
tunnel Address: Heidelberger Str. 36, 12059 Berlin Approx. 15 minutes' walk to Treptower Park S station