Checkpoint Charlie: The Berlin Wall and the most dangerous place on Earth (89)

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Ian Sanders

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🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Our interview today is with Iain MacGregor, the author of a new book on Checkpoint Charlie. Weaving together personal testimonies, this book is described as a gripping narrative with vivid interviews with those on all sides whose lives were directly affected by that grim symbol of the East-West divide that poisoned Europe for almost half a century. BUY THE BOOK AND SUPPORT THE PODCAST HERE Now if you like the podcast you can help to support us from $3 a month. You’ll be helping to cover the show’s increasing costs and keep us on the air, plus you get the sought after CWC coaster too. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ So back to today’s episode – Iain MacGregor tells us about some great stories from the history of Checkpoint Charlie featuring a number of guests from the podcast as well as a number of stories unknown to me. We welcome Iain Macgregor to our Cold War conversation… There’s further information on this episode in our show notes, which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode89 Radio GDR 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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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:05.8	Via a cable communication that had been closed down between the Soviets and the British
0:12.4	during the 1948 Berlin airlift from the Soviet High Command was a note saying,
0:19.7	we will not forget what you've done for us this night.
0:22.9	No one's been told that story before.
0:26.6	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts.
0:36.5	Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app
0:39.1	or join our emailing list at cold warconversations.com.
0:45.0	Our interview today is with Ian McGregor,
0:48.7	the author of a new book on Checkpoint Charlie.
0:52.6	Weaving together personal testimonies, this book is described as a gripping narrative with vivid
0:59.0	interviews with those on all sides whose lies were directly affected by that grim symbol
1:05.5	of the East-West divide, that poisoned Europe for almost a century.
1:10.3	Now, if you like the podcast, you can help to support us from $3 a month.
1:16.2	You'll be helping to cover the show's increasing costs and keep us on the air.
1:20.2	Plus, you get a Cold War Conversations drinks coaster too.
1:25.3	Just go to cold warconversations.com slash donate.
1:29.9	So back to today's episode, Ian McGregor tells us some great stories from the history of
1:35.5	Checkpoint Charlie featuring a number of guests from the podcast as well as a number of
1:42.1	stories unknown to me.
1:47.8	We welcome Ian McGregor to our Cold War Conversation.
1:56.9	My dad was in Korea and he was in the British Army of the Rhine in the 50s.
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