Moscow-paris Express Train To Freedom
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Very clean bright copy. Signed by author on title page. English edition. Living History Volume 1. January 1964 a group of young East Berliners plan a risky escape to West Berlin. One after the other, they escape by jumping on the daily Moscow-Paris Express train departing from the Friedrichstrasse station in East-Berlin. The Stasi discover the secret spot after one of the young men, Karl-Heinz Richter, falls off the train und severely injures himself. He is arrested and sent to a Stasi prison. From this first-hand account, Karl-Heinz Richter takes us through his story about yearning to flee the GDR, his desolate incarceration and the relentless Stasi interrogations. Through the eyes of a seventeen year old we see how freedom cannot be walled in and how life and love triumph over everything. Karl-Heinz Richter, Born in Schwarzheide in 1946. Completed his general High School education in 1963 and began an apprenticeship as a Machine Mechanic. In January 1964, he failed to escape to West Berlin, was severely injured and later on arrested and detained in a Stasi prison. After his release from jail, he completed his apprenticeship and worked in various fields. He was granted a visa and immigrated to West Berlin in 1975. Working as a long-distance truck driver he was issued a transit ban by the GDR because of his role in trying to help others escape. After living abroad for many years, he now currently lives and works in Berlin.
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