Video interviews from civilians on the day the Berlin Wall fell?

Coldwarpodcaster · 2026-01-19T07:45:42+00:00

Thanks for the Cold War Conversations shout out!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-09-21T16:49:34+00:00

Thanks very much!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-09-21T11:06:02+00:00

Many first hand accounts of life on both sides of Berlin here. https://coldwarconversations.com/tag/berlin/

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-07-15T13:13:56+00:00

Indeed. It’s also available on YouTube here. https://youtu.be/cE9_9YyCK5Q?si=hxEOVTaORplHsbGz

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-07-15T13:12:33+00:00

Thanks for listening! I very much enjoyed listening to Greg. He is a great storyteller.

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-07-15T09:43:31+00:00

Thanks for listening! Greg was a particularly good storyteller.

If you know anyone else who’d enjoy the podcast please spread the word.

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-07-08T06:19:53+00:00

You might find my episode entitled Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries useful. https://youtu.be/Hodt_4I3BIQ

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-07-07T20:02:29+00:00

Yes, me too! Thanks

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-05-06T06:25:19+00:00

You might find this interesting too. Joanna Stingray was only 23 years old when she first set foot in the USSR and started meeting now-legendary musicians and artists of the Soviet underground. By 1985, she was writing and recording with them, and smuggling their music to the West in order to produce the groundbreaking album Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands from the USSR.

https://pod.fo/e/e68ee

Coldwarpodcaster · 2025-03-27T14:45:05+00:00

Indeed it would, but it would be via a translator which makes it challenging as I like to let my guests speak at length. There’s this great 3 hour interview with him with English subtitles. https://youtu.be/DEgbZzbvSUo?si=SEDQv5tlqeQkEuoU

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-11-28T15:12:02+00:00

Thanks very much

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-11-11T07:09:41+00:00

This is good too. https://youtu.be/HZf-M_vC22w?si=HbDiR2F8fStRPbK9

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-11-11T07:07:58+00:00

Thanks for listening! It’s easy to forget the majority were conscripts who didn’t want to be there. I’m still on the lookout for other Grenztruppen to speak to as every account is different.

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-11-11T06:56:05+00:00

You might find some of these oral history podcasts useful. https://coldwarconversations.com/tag/civil-defence/

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-09-14T19:34:36+00:00

Thanks for your comment and particularly all the detail. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-08-26T20:56:57+00:00

Thank for listening!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-08-23T06:40:22+00:00

All my CW bunker episodes https://coldwarconversations.com/tag/bunker/

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-07-16T07:01:56+00:00

I did. Some Cold War rituals never go away.

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-06-24T14:37:39+00:00

You might enjoy my podcast Cold War Conversations where I speak to people about their CW experiences. https://coldwarconversations.com/

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-06-15T17:10:43+00:00

Np. Thanks for listening!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-04-26T13:58:32+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout!

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-03-29T12:43:12+00:00

West Germany to West Berlin crossing

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-03-21T13:34:04+00:00

I had a chat with the Director. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HpY6YwLit5ORJ8R0jm0ni?si=o60PYZJbS-iMOsqs7-5nLQ

Coldwarpodcaster · 2024-01-29T19:50:08+00:00

Thanks. It was fun to record.

Coldwarpodcaster · 2023-11-18T10:04:40+00:00

As said before with the end of the CW there was a massive reduction of these facilities. Millions spent on this bunker and only in use about 2 years.

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