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The Last Days of Cold War East Germany (121)
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Michael Paterson first visited East Germany just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and provides a vivid account of its subsequent decline and fall during the move to reunification with West Germany. Michael is a military historian, author, researcher and illustrator. He began his career with the military magazine 'Battlefields Review' as a writer and illustrator, before working in the printed books department at the Imperial War Museum, London. Michael has lectured frequently on military history and related subjects.
Now if you are enjoying the podcast I’m asking for a few quid or dollars a month to help keep us on the air. It’s not much, perhaps a coffee or two a month, plus you become the envy of your friends with that sought after CWC coaster too.
Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/
If you can’t donate financially then you can also help us by leaving a written review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast.
Fancy a Cold War Conversations mug? Check out our merchandise store, just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/
Don’t miss those in the show notes which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode121/
We welcome Michael Paterson to our Cold War conversation…
If you are interested in East Germany we can highly recommend our friends over at Radio GDR.
Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod
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342 episodes
Manage episode 261208049 series 2312958
Michael Paterson first visited East Germany just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and provides a vivid account of its subsequent decline and fall during the move to reunification with West Germany. Michael is a military historian, author, researcher and illustrator. He began his career with the military magazine 'Battlefields Review' as a writer and illustrator, before working in the printed books department at the Imperial War Museum, London. Michael has lectured frequently on military history and related subjects.
Now if you are enjoying the podcast I’m asking for a few quid or dollars a month to help keep us on the air. It’s not much, perhaps a coffee or two a month, plus you become the envy of your friends with that sought after CWC coaster too.
Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/
If you can’t donate financially then you can also help us by leaving a written review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast.
Fancy a Cold War Conversations mug? Check out our merchandise store, just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/store/
Don’t miss those in the show notes which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode121/
We welcome Michael Paterson to our Cold War conversation…
If you are interested in East Germany we can highly recommend our friends over at Radio GDR.
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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