Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 2

[@hakangustavsson3538]

This evokes so many memories of the long cold war. Great document of recent history. This channel is pure gold👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ColdWarConversations]

Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm so pleased you are enjoying the episodes.

[@petebondurant58]

This channel is outstanding! Thank you very much for all that you do!

[@ColdWarConversations]

Thanks. That’s very kind of you to say.

[@petebondurant58]

@@ColdWarConversations You're quite welcome!

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

How was the East German Beer?

[@ColdWarConversations]

Not bad from my recollection.

[@peterlj613]

Very interesting stories you present, enjoy listening to them. Sadly it has very low view count. Well done!

[@ColdWarConversations]

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[@hinnantp]

Very Interesting! I was in the US Navy (83-05) which included deployments to the Mediterranean and Black Sea and shore assignments in Europe. I was in communications as well. It’s fascinating to hear the story of someone on “other side” my age and in communications well.

[@ColdWarConversations]

I’m glad you enjoyed this episode. I have a no of episodes from former Soviet bloc armies.

[@hinnantp]

@ Have a few of my own stories from the Cold War in Europe!

[@Michael_Hunt]

I love this channel, I hope it blows up. It deserves a lot more views.

[@ColdWarConversations]

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[@arisagustoni9706]

Fascinating story ! Wow !

[@Alex-lg6nz]

Regarding the very end of the episode - I'm not sure that "strange" is the best word to describe what happened. People's own beloved children, whom you loved and supported all your life - they took everything we could give them, then repaid us for everything - they not only betrayed us by selling out our entire society to our worst enemies... they rejected and condemned their own ideals, community, family, upbringing, and identity. They didn't just erase entire lives of past generations, they couldn't even let their own parents enjoy the well deserved retirement and peaceful death, before they tore up and sold for scrap everything we spent our life on creating for them to enjoy. They covered it in poop and threw in a river, because we're stupid and they know better than everyone. I hope that can of Coca-Cola was worth giving up independence, millions of lost lives, absence of self-identity, despair and a narcissism pandemic.

[@davidcharnes9161]

If life was so good in East Germany, why did they have to build a wall to keep people in? Why did people risk their lives to leave if life was so good in the GDR?

[@hakangustavsson3538]

That was a sad pathetic diatribe from someone deeply depressed over the fact that Germany is now a free country, democratic, open and prosperous. The nostalgic communists miss the wall, the repression, the occupation, the censorship, the lies, the rigged elections etc, in short, the misery.