Boris Franzke
2 Nov 2019
To save his friends and reunite his family, Boris Franzke dug seven tunnels from West Berlin to East Berlin: a risky project in the face of Stasi control. It was only thanks to a member of the latter that Boris Franzke escaped death.
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