Tunnel 57
99% Invisible
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Rolf's Journey to East Berlin
In 1964, Westerners could still visit the east if they were in good standing with the East German government. Rolf was led to a defunct bakery along the border that had closed because too many of its customers were stuck in the east. Near the baker's entrance, you could actually see East German guard towers looming over the wall. In that bakery, young Berliners were tearing into the ground, trying to dig a tunnel under the wall and into East Berlin.
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