Tag: Germany AudioWriter of the month: Stories from behind the Berlin WallFriday 5 December 2014Hester Vaizey discusses her latest book, Born in the GDR: Living in the Shadow...AudioCars and democracy: British trusteeship of Volkswagen 1945 to 1949Friday 2 August 2013This talk gives an overview of British policy and the decisions relating to the...VideoInspecting Captured German DefencesThursday 2 August 2012In this short sequence we see Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the wrecked...AudioThe Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years onFriday 9 September 2011This talk covers the circumstances which brought about the construction of the wall, what...AudioSecurity Service file release August 2010Thursday 26 August 2010Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 25th Security Service records release, which contains 170 files,...AudioInternmentMonday 21 September 2009On the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, some 70,000 Germans and Austrians...AudioVoices of the Armistice: German soldier’s war diaryTuesday 4 November 2008The translation of a German soldier’s diary from August to September 1916. Original document...AudioSecurity Service file release August 2008Sunday 31 August 2008Over 150 Security Service files dating from around the time of the Second World...