Joachim Rudolph
escapee, later tunnel builder
Named in 2 stories, 1961–1962: 1 successful escape and 1 failed attempt. At least 2 people reached the West in these events.
28 September 1961
Joachim Rudolph through the Tegeler Fließ
On 28 September 1961 the student Joachim Rudolph and a friend crossed a green field from Schildow in the GDR and waded through the Tegeler Fließ, the border stream, into Lübars in West Berlin. A year later he helped dig Tunnel 29.
7 August 1962
The Betrayed Kiefholzstraße Tunnel
Several escape-helper groups joined forces on a tunnel to a small house on Kiefholzstraße for a planned mass escape, but a Stasi informer among the couriers betrayed it and dozens of would-be refugees were arrested.
Named alongside
- Fritz Wagner (1 story)
- Harry Seidel (1 story)
- Hasso Herschel (1 story)
- Ulrich Pfeifer (1 story)