Der Tunnelbauer /

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145 Meter in die Freiheit

Ein packender Jugendroman, der eine wahre Geschichte wiedergibt: Achim ist 1961 aus Ostberlin in den Westen geflohen und setzt alles daran, mit einem Tunnel weitere Menschen aus der DDR bei ihrer Flucht zu unterstützen.

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Berlin 1961: Things couldn't be better for Achim - he has his Abitur in the bag, a place at university issecure and Chris, the girl he secretly loves, seems to like him too. But everything changes overnight with the building of the Wall, the GDR regime takes a tougher tone. Distrust, persecution and arrests are the order of the day. When one of his friends ends up in prison, Achim makes a difficult decision he must get out of East Berlin and leave everyone he loves behind. Once on the other side, he does everything he canto help people escape from the GDR. Together with other helpers, he digs tunnels from West to East Berlin in constant fear of being discovered by the Stasi and full of hope that one day he will see Chris again.A gripping novel about the legendary tunnel escapes from the GDR, based on a true story.