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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 Neuköln 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 Jürgen 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 Neukölln.
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
Wanted
Berlin is always worth a visit - summer or winter - but where to go? Here are some slightly unusual and very different suggestions for places I like to go.
Interesting places
A B C
"Beelitz-Heilstätten" - Old military hospital |
Bendlerblock" - Memorial and museum |
"Berlin Untervelten" - Berlin's "Underworld" |
"Bernauer Straße" - About the Berlin Wall etc. |
"Bornholmer Straße - Former border crossing east/west |
"Boxhagener Platz - Green area and flea market" |
D E F
"Europacenter" - Shopping center etc. |
Flakturm Humboldthain" - Bunker facility WW2 |
"Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg" - Busy airport |
"Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof" - Recreational area.
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"Escape tunnels between East and West Berlin - Kold krig
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"Friedhof Invalidenhof - Soldiers Cemetery |
G H I J K
"Old Danish Embassy" - Tiergarten |
Gedenkstätte Plötzensee" - Memorial |
"Glienicker Brücke" - Dividing East/ West |
- "Pallasstrasse bunker" Bunker i centrum |
" Weissensee Jewish Cemetery - Jewish cemetery |
Karlshorst - German-Russian Museum" |
L M N O P Q R S
"Majakowskiring" |
Prenzlauer Berg" - Memorial |
"Schöneberg town hall" - JFK tale" |
"Schwerbelastungs- |
" Friedhof Grunewald-Forst - Cemetery for suicides |
SS residences – Zehlendorf |
S T U V X Y Z
"Stasimuseum" - Stasimuseum |
Teufelsberg" - NSA in Grunewald |
"Tiergarten" - The Nordic Embassies" |
"Tiergarten - Siegessäule" 67 meter tall victory column |
"Villa Riefenstahl - Leni Riefenstahls House |
"Zionskirche Prenzlauerberg - Where Bonhoeffer preached |
Recreational areas:
"Grunewald"
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Strandbad Wannsee"
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"Tempelhofer Park" |
"Tiergarten" |
"Volkspark Friedrichshein - Recreational area |
"Volkspark Jungfernheide" - Recreational area |
Food and drinks:
"Biergarden am Neuen See" in the Tiergarten. |
Biergarden "Prater" - From 1837 and the oldest |
Biergarden "Schleusenkrug", "Biergarden in Tiergarten". |
"Mustafa’s Gemüse Kebap" - known all over Berlin |
"Restaurant Zillemarkt" Unfortunately closed by now |
"Zur letzten Instanz" - Oldest restaurant in Berlin |
