The Last Days of Cold War East Germany (121)

Shane Whaley from the GDR Radio Podcast and Spybrary podcast and I speak with Peter Millar. Peter is an award-winning journalist who was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year for his reporting on th...

15 Des 20181h 12min

We speak with Torsten Belger who trained as an Artillery Officer in the East German Army.   Torsten also runs Germandotmilitaria which is a web site selling various items of East German militaria and...

8 Des 201843min

Today we’re talking to Neil Gussman who trained on the M60A1 tank in the 1970s. This was the standard main battle tank of the US Army from the 1960s through to the 1980s. If you are enjoying the podc...

1 Des 201837min

Today we're talking to Antje Arnold, author of “The Girl Behind The Wall” which tells the story of a girl growing up in East Germany in the 1980s. Patreon is an easy way for you to support the podcast...

24 Nov 201858min

Today we visit the Totally East: Life in East Germany Photography Exhibition. Run-down façades, punks and ordinary workers: This exhibition shows the works of Harald Hauswald, who documented everyda...

18 Nov 20181h 4min

We talk with John Sutton who owns a Foxtrot class Soviet Submarine moored in the middle of the River Medway in Kent. This may seem an unlikely location for a Soviet submarine but John tells an interes...

10 Nov 201842min

Today we talk with Samy who as a native West Berliner describes growing up in the city during the 1970s and 80s. He describes in detail the difference between West Berlin and West Germany, including ...

3 Nov 201850min

Eileen shares some great information with us of working & living in East Berlin, with some surprising details.  She also generously reveals details about the contents of her Stasi file. It’s a fasci...

26 Okt 201837min