Cold War Conversations

Alastair - Witnessing the Wende (91)

Nov 10, 2019 Season 4 Episode 91

Ian Sanders & Alastair Bassett

Alastair took up a teaching post in Halle, East Germany in August 1989 and continued to work in Halle for the next 9 years, seeing the unraveling of the GDR first hand.

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So back to today’s episode – Alastair arrived just in time to see the early protests and the opening of the border with West Germany. He recounts the Wende with some great stories detailing the impact of the Wende and the effects of reunification.

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