Escape from Leipzig / Harald Fritzsch ; translated by K. Heusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fritzsch, Harald, 1943-2022.

Contributor:

Heusch, Karin.

Hooft, G. 't.

Standardized Title:

Flucht aus Leipzig. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Escapes--Germany.

Escapes.

Political refugees--Germany.

Political refugees.

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

Germany (East).

Fritzsch, Harald, 1943-2022.

Fritzsch, Harald.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 125 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1960's, Leipzig was the center of resistance in East Germany. Harald Fritzsch, then a physics student, contemplated escape. But before he left, he wanted to demonstrate to the government that they had gone too far when they destroyed St. Paul's Church in May 1968. He accomplished that by unrolling a protest transparency in spectacular fashion. Despite the great efforts of the secret police, the STASI, the government was unable to find out who was responsible for this act. Soon after, together with a friend, Fritzsch began his journey to Bulgaria in order to escape into Turkey by traversing...

Contents:

Foreword; Prologue; Contents; Autumn 1967; Rheinsberg; In the Bay of Danzig - Summer of 1967; As a Scout in Bulgaria - November 1967; Spring in Prague; Destruction of the Church - May 1968; Preparations and a Visit by the Secret Police; The Transparency; The Following Days; Farewell to Leipzig; At the Golden Beach; The Escape; Going Ashore at Igneada; Istanbul; The Years Thereafter; Back in East Germany; After the Fall of the Wall; Reflections in 2004 - Leipzig Pauliner Society

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-93827-0

9786611938277

981-279-010-1

OCLC:

261350796