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The Degner Defection by Stephen Evans

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The Degner Defection

Author
Stephen Evans
Narrator
Stephen Evans
Publisher
BBC Audio
Publish Date
1 September 2012
Run Time
27 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts
$13.95

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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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Details
Author
Stephen Evans
Narrator
Stephen Evans
Duration
27 minutes
Release Date
1 September 2012
ISBN
9781471301674
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
BBC Audio
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts

Synopsis

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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