Tunnel 57

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Q2459918




Tunnel 57 was a tunnel under the Berlin Wall that on 3 and 4 October 1964 was the location of a mass escape by 57 East Berlin citizens to West Berlin. It was built from the basement of an empty bakery at 97 Bernauer Straße in West Berlin, under the Berlin Wall – which at that time and place consisted of empty, bricked-up apartment buildings on the east side of Bernauer Straße – all the way to a disused outhouse in the rear courtyard at 55 Strelitzer Straße in East Berlin. At a depth of 12 meters (39 ft) and a length of 145 meters (476 ft), Tunnel 57 was the longest, deepest and most expensive flight tunnel built in Berlin. Thirty-five West Berliners, including Wolfgang Fuchs, the future astronaut Reinhard Furrer, and many students from the Freie University in West Berlin, helped to build the tunnel from April to October 1964, until on 3 and 4 October 57 people fled the GDR via the tunnel.

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    sitebunkerAnhalter high bunker BerlinbunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerBunker & air raid shelter Inselstrasse 7bunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerBunker Komplex 5000underground infrastructure systemWikidata
    sitebunkerHochbunker EiswaldtstraßeM500 type bunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerHochbunker Friedrich-Karl-StraßeM500 type bunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerHochbunker Pallasstraßeair-raid shelter, buildingWikidata
    sitebunkerHochbunker Pallasstraße 30hochbunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerLager Koralleunderground infrastructure system, bunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerLuftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 68/70hochbunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerLuna Bunkermodern ruins, air-raid shelterWikidata
    sitebunkerMehrzweckanlage Kudamm-KarreebunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1883Fichte-Bunkergas holder, air-raid shelterWikidata
    sitebunker1936VorbunkerbunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1940Hochbunker Zwieseler StraßeM500 type bunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1940Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 76/80M500 type bunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1941Flakturm Volkspark Humboldthainflak towerWikidata
    sitebunker1941OP-Bunker Teichstraßesurgery bunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1941Zoo Towerdestroyed building or structure, flak towerWikidata
    sitebunker1943BunkerM500 type bunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1943Hochbunker HeckeshornhochbunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1944Führerbunkerunderground infrastructure system, air-raid shelter, bunkerWikidata
    sitebunker1982bunker Ladeburgmilitary museum, bunkerWikidata
    sitecave1757Neptune GrottogrottoWikidata
    sitecave1791Muschelgrotte im Neuen GartengrottoWikidata
    sitemineBiesdorfer Baggerseequarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineButzer Seequarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineElsenseequarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineFlughafenseequarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineLaßzinsseequarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineLimestone Quarry Rüdersdorflimestone quarry, CEMEX DeutschlandWikidata
    sitemineNeuer See Falkenhagenquarry lakeWikidata
    sitemineZiegeleiseelake excavated by a brickyard, lakeWikidata
    sitemine1979Arkenberger Baggerseequarry lakeWikidata
    sitetunnelBerlin Nord-Süd TunnelDB Netz, railway tunnel, railway lineWikidata
    sitetunnelBundesplatztunnelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelExcelsior tunnelpedestrian tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelFeuerbachstraße tunnelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelFluchttunnel Bernauer Straßesecret passageWikidata
    sitetunnelFluchttunnel Wollankstraßerescue tunnel, secret passageWikidata
    sitetunnelGleimtunnelsubway, railway bridgeWikidata
    sitetunnelLindentunneltramway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelMäusetunnelpedestrian tunnel, Berliner VerkehrsbetriebeWikidata
    sitetunnelOperation Goldespionage, tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelOsthafentunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelRail tunnel Jafféstraßerailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelSpreetunnel Friedrichshagenpedestrian tunnel, tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelSpreetunnel Klosterstraßerailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelStettiner Tunnelpedestrian tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTiergarten Spreebogen Tunnelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTiergartentunnelroad tunnel, railway tunnel, Deutsche BahnWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel 29secret passageWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel 57rescue tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel am Adenauerplatzroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Beyschlagsiedlungroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Ernst-Reuter-Platzpedestrian tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Flughafen Tegelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Forstamt Tegelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Grenzalleeroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Innsbrucker Platzroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Rathenauplatzroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Schlangenbader Straßeroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Siegessäule ostwärtspedestrian tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Siegessäule westwärtspedestrian tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelTunnel Tegelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelU3 Tunnelevent venue, architectural structure, tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelUnterführung MessedammsubwayWikidata
    sitetunnelWilmersdorfer Tunnelroad tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnel1897AEG-Bahntunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnel1899Spreetunnel Stralau-Treptowtramway tunnel, architectural structureWikidata
    sitetunnel1917Waisentunnelsubway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnel2006Tunnel Nord-Süd-Fernbahnrailway tunnelWikidata
    commonsimageGedenktafel Strelitzer Str 55 (Mitte) Egon Schultz Commons
    commonsimageFluchttunnel57 Commons
    commonsimageGedenktafel Brunnenstr 135 (Gesbr) Reinhard Furrer Commons
    commonsimageGrabstätte Friedenstr 8-10 (Wanns) Klaus Klein2 Commons
    commonsimageGrabstätte Friedenstr 8-10 (Wanns) Klaus Klein Commons
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