The Resource The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall, Greg Mitchell
The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall, Greg Mitchell
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The item The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall, Greg Mitchell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780593075975
- Label
- The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall
- Title
- The tunnels
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall
- Statement of responsibility
- Greg Mitchell
- Subject
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- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc -- History
- Documentary films -- Censorship -- United States -- History
- Documentary films -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Escapes -- Germany (East) -- History
- Escapes -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Political and social views
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Political activists -- Germany (West)
- Political activists -- Germany (West) -- Biography
- Refugees -- Germany (East)
- Refugees -- Germany (East) -- Biography
- Tunnels -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- National Broadcasting Company -- History
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- WWBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mitchell, Greg
- Dewey number
- 943.155
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kennedy, John F.
- National Broadcasting Company
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Escapes
- Political activists
- Refugees
- Documentary films
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Tunnels
- Escapes
- Political activists
- Refugees
- Documentary films
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall, Greg Mitchell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- cartographic image
- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- cri
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058882560
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780593075975
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961801402
- Label
- The tunnels : the untold story of the escapes under the Berlin Wall, Greg Mitchell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058882560
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780593075975
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961801402
Subject
- Columbia Broadcasting System, inc -- History
- Documentary films -- Censorship -- United States -- History
- Documentary films -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Escapes -- Germany (East) -- History
- Escapes -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Political and social views
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Political activists -- Germany (West)
- Political activists -- Germany (West) -- Biography
- Refugees -- Germany (East)
- Refugees -- Germany (East) -- Biography
- Tunnels -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- National Broadcasting Company -- History
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
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