A review by margaret21
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

5.0

This is the story, much of it seen through the eyes of one young ex-East Berliner, of what it was like to live in East Berlin, particularly during the period of The Berlin Wall. It describes the privations, limitations, securities and insecurities of this society which made itself responsible for you from cradle to grave. It describes the reach of the Stasi, which recruited its informers even in West Berlin, and then goes on to describe the story of one group who strive to build an escape tunnel. This is a story full of suspense, anxiety and heartache. Despite our knowing that the wall is no more, and that many of the characters described survive to tell the tale, this book is a real page turner. And in among, we learn about the Stasi and its methods and their prisons. A real must-read.