The moment
I’d received my ARC copy of this book I had been able to find a video for the
“banned” documentary the government didn’t want anyone to see. The documentary
did a marvelous job in presenting a visual of what the individuals involved in
creating the tunnel and their successful escape to freedom. In the NBC documentary
you got to see and understand the risks they had to face in not being caught
and feel the highly fraught emotions they faced each day. The unfortunately
given the time restraints the documentary had to deal with to show everything
important regarding the dire undertakings these individuals took to gain their
freedom from the suppressed living conditions in Berlin in 1962.
There was no
time to dwell into all of the historical background related to the creation of
the divided city of Berlin and the construction of the wall which isolated it
from the rest of the world.
Mr. Greg
Mitchell has gone an exquisite job in gathering the informational minutia
related to the Berlin Wall and all the escape attempts especially as well as
the planning for the specific escape this book deals with and the documentary
which the government tried to suppress during the heighten Cold War period
during the Kennedy’s presidency. The author describes all the players involved
and the specific roles they played in being a hindrance to the escape attempt
and more important helping it move towards its ultimate fruition.
With the all
of the completed appendices and index which will be included in the completed
book, this book about “The Tunnels” being dug in Berlin during the Cold War
will make an awesome edition to any library, which is why I’ve given Mr.
Mitchell 5 STARS for his endeavor here.
If anyone is
interested in viewing the program this book refers to here's the link:
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/33623268#33623268
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