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World Service,09 Oct 2013,9 mins

Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall

Witness History

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In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from communist East Germany despite the wall built to keep them in. Hear from Ralph Kabisch and Joachim Neumann who spent weeks digging what became known as Tunnel 57. (Photo: A refugee is pulled out of Tunnel 57. Courtesy of Ralph Kabisch).

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