9 november 2024 — 35 jaar na de val van de muur. Beluister het interview met Mischa Blok op Radio 1 over de podcast “Over de Muur“: Ulrike Nagel kijkt met de blik van nu terug op haar jeugd in de DDR en vraagt zich af hoeveel DDR er nog in haar zit.
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I come from a country that no longer exists. The Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago, on November 9, 1989. I grew up on the eastern side of it, but I’ve now been living in the Netherlands for half my life.
In the podcast “Over de Muur,” I look back. What memories do I still have? And how do my elementary school classmates look back on this? But the Netherlands also played an important role in the Cold War and maintained (trade) relations with the GDR. How did my new homeland view my old one back then?

Article in the VPRO Guide about the podcast series "Over de muur"
Journalist Ulrike Nagel, who grew up in East Berlin and now lives in the Netherlands, explores in the six-part podcast series “Over de muur” what the GDR era still means to people who grew up there as children.
VPRO Magazine published an article about Nagel and her podcast series, which can be read on the VPRO Guide website.
"When I Was 12" podcast by NPO Zapp / KRO-NCRV, the fall of the Wall
In the podcast series “When I Was 12,” Ulrike talks about life in the GDR and the fall of the Wall.
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