The Race Against The Stasi Av Herbie Sykes
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The Race Against The Stasi Av Herbie Sykes

Cycling Book of the Year 2015 - Cross British Sports Book AwardUnbeknownst 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'', an......
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<P><B>Cycling Book of the Year 2015 - Cross British Sports Book Award</B></P><P>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.</P><P>In 1964 he was delegated, once and once only, to West Germany. 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.</P><P>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
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Cycling Book of the Year - Cross British Sports Book Awards When the 'Iron Curtain' descended across Europe, Dieter Wiedemann was a hero of East German sport. A podium finisher in The Peace Race, the Eastern Bloc equivalent of the Tour de France, he was a pin-up for the supremacy of socialism 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 Germany. 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 Berlin 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 cold war, and of the greatest bike race in history.

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Har du noen gang stått overfor valget mellom plikt og kjærlighet? I The Race Against The Stasi Av Herbie Sykes blir du dratt inn i en verden der kjærlighet og ideologi kolliderer på en dramatisk måte. Boken forteller den sanne historien om Dieter Wiedemann, en stjernesyklist fra Øst-Tyskland, og hans desperate forsøk på å finne friheten i en tid preget av den kalde krigen.

En Gripping Fortelling av Mot og Forræderi

Som en av de mest lovende utøverne i Øst-Tyskland, ble Dieter feiret for sine prestasjoner i Fredsrace, Østblokkens svar på Tour de France. Men bak de glitrende seirene skjulte det seg en som løp fra mer enn bare konkurrenter - han løp fra Stasi.

  • Kjærlighetens Kamp: Dieter og Sylvia Hermann, en jente fra den "andre siden" av Berlinmuren, var "klassefiender" ifølge sosialismen.
  • En Mortal Spill: Dieters kamp for å unnslippe Stasi's lange arm og redde familien fra de fryktelige konsekvensene av hans valg.
  • Spektakulær Defeksjon: I 1964, under et kvalifiseringsløp for Tokyo-OL i Vest-Tyskland, tok han det ultimate steget - en defeksjon som skapte overskrifter.
  • Kald Krigens Madness: Boken er ikke bare en sykkelbok, men også en skildring av den turbulente tiden preget av rivalisering og frykt.

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Med et interessant perspektiv på både sport og samfunn, blander Herbie Sykes dramatikk med dokumentarisk nøyaktighet. Boken er et bevis på styrken i menneskelig ånd, og hvordan kjærlighet kan overvinne selv de mest formidable barrierene.

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