Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German monitoring base Part 1

[@DanaGrant-lw3nz]

A terriffic historical resouce..thank you

[@ColdWarConversations]

Thanks Dana!

[@irongron]

When Thomas was talking about a "matchbox", does he mean the matchbox cars all us boys liked to play with as kids ? Or did he actually mean boxes of matches ? When he talked about matchbox catalogs I was sure it was a matchbox toy catalog yes ?

[@ColdWarConversations]

Thomas is talking about the Matchbox cars. These were only available in the East German Intershops where you had to use hard currency such as dollars our deutsch marks.

[@nigethesassenach3614]

Brilliant insight. Thank you.

[@ColdWarConversations]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevenblack7928]

again, interesting video, thank you

[@libertinoradio4597]

Interesting stuff. Listening to him talking about military training reminded me of a Hungarian chef I knew, He said they would train to put on a show for the Russian officers, then the Russians would leave early having ticked whatever boxes, presumably with some bottles from the Magyar comrades. Then they would have music and a bonfire and get drunk. The same guy said his uncle was a conscripted P.O.W in WW2. He was released in 58 and had to walk home from Siberia, nearly getting murdered several times on the way (poor bastard).

[@ColdWarConversations]

Incredible stories. Thanks for listening and sharing these.

[@jamietinker]

Superb