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He has my passport in his hand.

I am escorted to a red plastic bench, And I thought, I'm going to end up

in the Shazzy prison. And my crime is a purple hair. This is Cold War Conversations. If you're

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Cold War history accounts. Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list

at Cold Warconversations.com. Welcome to episode 42 of Cold War Conversations.

Gillian Cox visited the GDR as a student in October 1989 just before the wall came down.

In this episode, you will hear her eyewitness account of what she saw in East Germany on the cusp of its destruction. Before we start the

episode, I wanted to thank everyone who's supporting the podcast financially via Patreon and

one-off donations. This includes our latest supporters, William Wallace, Peter Ryan, George Foster and James Chilcott.

Now, some of you may not realise that this podcast is a one-man band and the podcast is

finance out of my own pocket. When I started this in March 2018, I had no idea how popular

this was going to be and have been astonished by the

interest, your feedback and the generosity of my guests in allowing me to share their stories.

Now, this popularity does increase the costs of putting the podcast out and if all of our listeners

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