Norsk Luftfartsmuseum

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Wolfgang continues from the previous interview. He states that he worked as a lecturer in Great Britain from 1969 to 1971. During this time, he had to renew his passport at the London embassy. As a result, when he came back to Berlin to visit friends in East-Berlin, he didn’t have to go the usual route, but rather through the checkpoint all foreign

Florian continues from the previous interview.

Florian has heard about the Cold War and describes himself as a child of the Cold War, as he is from a country that no longer exists, the GDR. He was born there in 1985. He didn’t hear much about the Cold War growing up, but after the wall fell in 1989, he and his parents went to West Germany. In this regard, the Cold War has had a huge impact on h

Christian grew up in Berlin Spandau in the 1970s. He grew up close to the wall and remember being able to ride his bike to the wall. He remembers this being exciting since they could see army jeeps and English soldiers. As a young man, after finishing his training as a chef, he describes himself as being a very free spirit with very colourful hair.

Wolfgang begins by stating that he wants to tell a story from Berlin right after the war. He was in Berlin right after the war and then not there for two years. Back in the 1950s was unique as you could still have visitors from East-Berlin, and you could also travel to East-Berlin. But you could not go to Potsdam, as it was passport controlled. Wol

Erika experienced the Cold War as a young adult and then later as a grown up. She begins by telling a story back in the 1960s. Her family had relatives in East-Berlin and through the pass agreement, she had the possibility of getting into East-Berlin. She further states that her husband is American, and their two children both have American citizen

Monica states that the Cold War was a period of time when she was younger, and the only thing she really remembers is the nuclear arms race. She feels like a lot of fear existed back then, like Russia was going to bomb the US at any moment. Reflecting on whether or not the Cold War has affected her or anyone she knows, she states that the one thing

Maxwell has heard about the Cold War, primarily in school and from his grandparents. He knows that it wasn’t a hot war, and included the space race and the arms race, as well as wars like the Vietnam and Korean war. He talks about it ending in the 90s or 80s when Russia tried to invade a nation in the Middle East. He talks about the Cold War as a c

Graydon begins by stating that he has heard about the Cold War. He lived most of his youth and young adulthood through the Cold War. He states that he is far more conscious of its ending than its beginning. He states that he remembers well the Berlin Wall coming down and following closely what was happening in the streets of Moscow when the Soviet