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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Berlin Wall
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 17:12:01 +0000
Thanks for that link, ChrisT.

We’ve had documentaries on the radio (BBC Radio 4) with interviews with some of 
the diggers.

Chris

> On 7 Nov 2019, at 20:49, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     On 13 August 1961, the Berlin Wall went up, one of many global and 
> regional events that happened while I was living in France, about 60 miles 
> south of Paris at Headquarters US Army Europe (later moved to Ramstein). My 
> father came home for weeks with a helmet, fieldpack, and a rifle.  I wasn't 
> much aware of what was happening, but later when the wall came down 30 years 
> ago I realised just how precarious life had been while living over there.  
> Despite all this, it was one of the most pleasant times of my childhood.
> 
>     The BBC has posted a very interesting and lengthy article about what one 
> small, bold group of people did to help smuggle people out of East Berlin by 
> way of a tunnel.  It's well worth reading.
> 
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Od4dL9Lip2/tunnel_29 
> <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Od4dL9Lip2/tunnel_29>

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