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2015-01-30 2015-01-30Format: Large PrintOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x 1.30 x 7.75l, 2.19 #File Name: 1459691091576 pages | File size: 69.Mb

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. the translated Stasi documents weren't always easy to followBy UnsyAn interesting tale of the consequences of defecting as a top East German cyclist, the translated Stasi documents weren't always easy to follow, especially when anonymous persons were just referenced as (?), and with the jump from commentator to commentator, the narrative didn't always flow evenly. Occasionally I felt that there was more to story than was being told, but when the only sources are Stasi files, propaganda media, and the memories of folks willing to talk about incidents that occurred 50 years ago behind the Iron Curtain, it would be difficult to go deeper. Overall, a decent read that has made me more interested in the history of the Peace Race and GDF sports folks.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ... racer behind the iron curtain and what it is like to have someone else control and make your decisions ...By K. H.An interesting story of life of a bicycle racer behind the iron curtain and what it is like to have someone else control and make your decisions in life. Compelling, but incredibly sad.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy BoguslawMany document copies as pictures - poorly readable on Kindle!

When the 'Iron Curtain' descended across Europe, Dieter Wiedemann was a hero of East German sport. A podium finisher in The Peace Race, the equivalent of the Tour de France, he was a pin - up for the supremacy of over the 'fascist' West. Unbeknownst to the authorities, however, he had fallen in love with Sylvia Hermann, a girl from the other side of the wall. Socialist doctrine had it that the two of them were 'class enemies', and as a famous athlete Dieter's every move was pored over by the Stasi. Only he abhorred their ideology, and in Sylvia saw his only chance of freedom. Now, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse, he plotted his escape. In 1964 he was delegated, once and once only, to West . Here he was to ride a qualification race for the Tokyo Olympics, but instead committed the most treacherous of all the crimes against socialism. Dieter Wiedemann, sporting icon and Soviet pawn, defected to the other side. Whilst Wiedemann fulfilled his lifetime ambition of racing in the Tour de France, his defection caused a huge scandal. The Stasi sought to 'repatriate' him, with horrific consequences both for him and the family he left behind. Fifty years on, and twenty - five years after the fall of the Wall, Dieter Wiedemann decided it was time to tell his story. Through his testimony and that of others involved, and through the Stasi file, which has stalked him for half a century, Herbie Sykes uncovers an astonishing tale. It is one of love and betrayal, of the madness at the heart of the , and of the greatest bike race in history.

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