Ralph Kabisch
Ralph Kabisch is a former escape helper on the inner-German border .
Career
Kabisch was a member of a student escape helper group around Wolfgang Fuchs . Between April and October 1964, the group dug an escape tunnel to East Berlin from a rented bakery in Bernauer Strasse 97, later named tunnel 57 . Between October 2 and October 4, 1964, 57 people passed through the tunnel to West Berlin.
He later helped other GDR citizens to escape in a converted Cadillac . In 1967 he was arrested in Prague.
Honors
- 2012: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Contemporary witness café (PDF; 509 kB) at the Berlin Wall Memorial
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| SURNAME | Kabisch, Ralph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German escape agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |