Eileen - A British student living in Cold War East Germany (32)

Eileen - A British student living in Cold War East Germany (32)

Today we speak with Eileen Ford-Price who was British student in the GDR in the 1980s in Rostock. Before we start I’d like to thank all our Patreon who donate monthly to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras. Monthly donations can be as small as $1 or a quid and every donation helps keep us broadcasting and expending the show. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate Now back to today’s episode. Eileen shares some great details with us including her reasons for being a student in the GDR. Her first journey across the border and what life was like in 1980s Rostock as a foreign student. It’s a fascinating story that includes the Stasis’s attempt to recruit her as an informer on her fellow students. We welcome Eileen Ford-Price Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Cloak & Dagger in Cold War Prague (9)

Cloak & Dagger in Cold War Prague (9)

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Warsaw Pact Armoured Fighting Vehicles (8)

Warsaw Pact Armoured Fighting Vehicles (8)

Welcome to Episode 8 of Cold War Conversations where we talk about the armoured fighting vehicles of the Warsaw Pact.   Russell Phillips has written several books on Warsaw Pact military equipment and...

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Interview with Stasi Child author - David Young (7)

We speak with David Young who has written the Stasi Child - Karin Müller series of crime thrillers set in East Germany in the mid 1970s. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ ...

5 Maj 20181h 3min

The 1953 Cold War East German Uprising with Dr Richard Millington (6)

The 1953 Cold War East German Uprising with Dr Richard Millington (6)

We talk about the relatively little known Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.  A lot of focus justifiably is on the fall of the Berlin Wall, but it can be argued that the Uprising of 1953 sowed the seed...

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Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 2 (5)

Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 2 (5)

Welcome to episode 5 which is part 2 of our Cold War Conversation with Shane Whaley of Spybrary .  Show notes at coldwarconversations.com/episode5/  We talked for some time ,so I have split this inter...

20 Apr 201834min

Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 1 (4)

Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 1 (4)

Welcome to episode 4 (part 1) of Cold War Conversations. Today we’re talking about Cold War espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host, Shane Whaley.  Shane runs the Spybrary podcast at spy...

18 Apr 201856min

The Strange World of East German Football (3)

The Strange World of East German Football (3)

Welcome to Episode 3 of Cold War Conversations where we hear about the strange world of football in East Germany and even if you are not interested in football it’s a fascinating chat.  Craig McCrack...

7 Apr 20181h 10min

Berlin during the 1960s and 70s  and Signals Intelligence (2)

Berlin during the 1960s and 70s and Signals Intelligence (2)

Welcome to the first full episode of Cold War Conversations where we start with a fascinating eyewitness account of Berlin during the Cold War.  Michael lived in Berlin as a child of US Airforce pers...

1 Apr 201840min

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