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Welcome to episode 20 of Cold War Conversations. Today we're talking to Anchor Holtz, who was born in the GDR during the 1970s in Rochstock on the northern coast.

Anker has returned to Rochstock after many years abroad and now provides tours of GDR sites in the town.

Our conversation highlights how different life was in the provinces of the GDR as opposed to Berlin.

In a wide-ranging frank and honest discussion, we talk about her family life with her mother,

who's a stalwart party member,

Anka's school class role as an agitator, her training in Marxist Leninism, and her weapons

training in the Ernst Tailman Pioneer organization in Rocheck. However, before we start, I'd like to thank our latest iTunes five-star reviewer,

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So Anka, thank you very much for coming on Cold War Conversations.

Where and when were you born? Can you tell us that? I was born in a place called Kulung Spon, which is a little bit half an hour to the west of Hostock, near as big town, in 1917.

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