In this episode of the podcast, Ulrike Nagel delves deeper into her grandfather’s history. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was a member of the SED, the ruling party in the GDR. Together with her father, she takes a walk through her hometown on the Baltic Sea. There, Ulrike learns more about her grandfather’s role as an officer in the East German army and his beliefs about socialism. She uncovers new stories, such as his involvement in the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. And what was the Netherlands’ role in the Cold War? Ulrike discovers that there was significant trade going both ways.
