Achim Neumann
Achim Neumann , actually Joachim Neumann , (* 1939 in Berlin-Friedrichshain ) is a former escape helper on the inner-German border .
Career
Together with his friends Reinhard Furrer , Hubert Hohlbein and Christian Zobel, Neumann was a member of a student escape helpers group led by Wolfgang Fuchs . From April to October 1964, the group dug an escape tunnel to East Berlin from a rented bakery in the building at Bernauer Strasse 97 , later named tunnel 57 . Between October 2 and October 4, 1964, 57 people came through the tunnel to West Berlin .
Honors
- October 29, 2012: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Tunnel 57 , ed. v. Federal Agency for Civic Education and Robert Havemann Society e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation of Achim Neumann on the homepage of the Berlin Wall Memorial , accessed on berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de on January 6, 2016
- ↑ Report on the award of the Federal Cross of Merit, accessed on fluchthilfe.de on January 6, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Neumann, Achim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neumann, Joachim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German escape agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Friedrichshain |