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The Degner Defection

by Stephen Evans
Stephen Evans
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Fifty years ago a dashing, ultra-talented motorbike racer planned to escape from Communist East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Award-winning presenter Stephen Evans tells how Degner, a hero in his homeland, risked everything including the life of his young family to flee to the west, taking with him groundbreaking technology developed deep behind the Iron Curtain. All that stood in his way was an increasingly repressive regime, the notorious Stasi and the building of a certain wall that changed the course of European history.
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Publisher: BBC Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781471301674
  • File size: 13275 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2012
  • Duration: 00:27:39

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subjects

Performing Arts Travel Nonfiction

Languages

English

Fifty years ago a dashing, ultra-talented motorbike racer planned to escape from Communist East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Award-winning presenter Stephen Evans tells how Degner, a hero in his homeland, risked everything including the life of his young family to flee to the west, taking with him groundbreaking technology developed deep behind the Iron Curtain. All that stood in his way was an increasingly repressive regime, the notorious Stasi and the building of a certain wall that changed the course of European history.
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Performing Arts Travel Nonfiction