Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War

Host:

Gregory Rodriguez

Produced by:

Sarah Spitz

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The Wende Museum specializes in collecting personal histories, and everyday and political objects from Cold War-era Eastern Europe. A two-and-a-half ton segment of the Berlin Wall highlights their exhibition "Facing the Wall" opening September 29. Host Gregory Rodriguez speaks with the museum's founder and others about the unique mission of this private museum.

Banner image: Original artifacts from Checkpoint Charlie, original Berlin Wall segment painted by Thierry Noir, Stasi surveillance equpiment

Guests:

Justinian Jampol: Founder of the Wende Museum
Anja Vogel: Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at Cal State Long Beach
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck: Director of 'The Lives of Others'

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