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that people always seem to have in their minds when they think about East Germany.

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Welcome to episode 37 of Cold War Conversations.com. Welcome to episode 37 of Cold War Conversations.

Today we're talking to Ancher Arnold, the author of The Girl Behind the Wall, which tells

the story of a girl growing up in East Germany in the 1980s.

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