# Harry Seidel

> Harry Seidel was a German professional cyclist who helped people escape from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) through tunnels in West Berlin. After he got caught in 1962, the highest court under notorious judge Heinrich Toeplitz of the GDR sentenced him to life in prison in a show trial. He was incarcerated at the Brandenburg-Görden Prison. In 1966, the Federal Republic of Germany bought him out of prison.

*Cyclist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/harry-seidel

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1938-04-02
- **Died:** 2020-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Harry Seidel](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel)
- [هارى سيدل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84)
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- [Harry Seidel](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel)
- [Harry Seidel](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586784)

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