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One of the first revelations was of two major spies in the underground, in the Prince

Lower Berg, and there were two figures, particularly one figure Sasha Andersen,

who was thought to be one of the scenes,

talented, avant-garde, hippest poet.

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Alison Lewis, who is a professor of German in the School of Languages

and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is also the co-author of Cold War

spy stories from Eastern Europe, which is published in August 2019. Now, several of our fans are proud owners of a Cold War Conversations coaster,

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patreon.com slash cold war pod. That's p-a-t-r-o-n.com slash cold war pod. Now back to today's

episode, Dr. Lewis is also the author of The Art of Betrayal,

Prenzlauerberg and State Security. Published in 2003,

this tells the story of the alternative writer and artist scene in

Prenslauerberg, East Berlin, in the early 1980s,

and it's infiltration by the Starzy.

We did have a little bit of a problem finding somewhere to record this,

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