Afgespeeld
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Sorry for delay. Next up: big historical episode about white guard & red military volunteers
https://t.me/RWApodcast
00:00:00 - A year of hellish sanctions00:03:20 - Wagner updates, New trade routes
00:09:11 - Russians in Africa, Loving colonialism
00:15:00 - Frontlines update: Bakhmut, Ugledar
00:26:25 - Ukrainian mobilization
00:29:00 - Advanced Ukrainology: Cossacks, Second-Hands and Flush Toilets
00:43:00 - 'Taras Bulba' by Nikolay Gogol
00:48:15 - Russian mindset
00:52:40 - The Surzhik race & Ukrainian language
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Dirk lived in the town of Bernau about 15 miles from East Berlin. Just outside Bernau was Wandlitz the residential estate of the East German leadership. As a result, Bernau had one of the highest densities of Stasi facilities in East Germany.
Dirk shares details of his childhood growing up in a Plattenbau block of flats where his school friends were children of NVA officers, Stasi officers, and Soviet Army officers.
He shares some fascinating details of school life and visits the homes of his school friends in Bernau. However, his parents clashed with his school teachers as they bullied Dirk for wearing western clothing.
We also hear how his parent's anti-soviet view originated with his grandparents fleeing the World War 2 Soviet invasion of East Prussia and an Uncle who was arrested and disappeared in Berlin in 1945.
0:00 Introduction and Dirk's early life in East Germany
8:45 Impact of the Berlin Wall on Dirk's family and visits from West German relatives
16:22 Confrontations with teachers over Western influences and passive resistance to East German authorities
22:36 Discretion about Western influences and maintaining friendships with children of East German and Soviet army officers
27:38 Visiting the homes of Russian friends and experiences with Russian conscripts
35:21 Treatment of Soviet conscripts as observed by British troops and daily life amidst the Soviet and East German armies
41:09 Hidden bunkers, bases in East Germany, and Stasi surveillance of Dirk's family
45:01 Discussion about escaping East Germany and family visits to West Germany
47:06 Preview of Dirk's story in the next episode and acknowledgments
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:45 - 'Taras Bulba' by Nikolay Gogol
00:06:00 - Russian mindset
00:12:28 - The Surzhik race
00:14:55 - Ukrainian language
00:21:30 - Belarus
