The Last Days of East Germany (121)

<p>Michael Paterson first visited East Germany just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and provides a vivid account of its subsequent decline and fall during the move to reunification with West Germany. Michael is a military historian, author, researcher and illustrator. He began his career with the military magazine &apos;Battlefields Review&apos; as a writer and illustrator, before working in the printed books department at the Imperial War Museum, London. Michael has lectured frequently on military history and related subjects.</p><p>Now if you are enjoying the podcast I’m asking for a few quid or dollars a month to help keep us on the air. It’s not much, perhaps a coffee or two a month, plus you become the envy of your friends with that sought after CWC coaster too.</p><p>Just go to <a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/</a></p><p>If you can’t donate financially then you can also help us by leaving a written review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast.</p><p>Fancy a Cold War Conversations mug? Check out our merchandise store, just go to <a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/store/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/store/</a></p><p>Back to today’s episode, Michael has a beautifully illustrated notebook from his time in East Germany and he has kindly allowed us to show some of the illustrations. <br/><br/>Don’t miss those in the show notes which can also be found as a link in your podcast app here  <a href='https://coldwarconversations.com/episode121/'>https://coldwarconversations.com/episode121/</a></p><p>We welcome Michael Paterson to our Cold War conversation…</p><p>Hi there, a quick word from your host – <b>we won an award for Best Arts &amp; History podcast </b>at the QTT Media awards last week!</p><p>Cold War Conversations is now officially an award-winning podcast which would not have been possible without all of you that listen to us as well as our financial supporters</p><p>Thank you one and all of you!&nbsp;</p><p><a rel="paym