we had it on the air from the cold war to today. many spice stories began and ended here. i'm so i want to flush my passport down the train toilet. we never felt like james bond route, filling spine hot spots past and present till only a small part of the truth. the contract, the city holds even more of the truth told in countless spine movies, the wisdom and eastern secret service is waged. a clash of titans in the name were opposing systems collided. the front line of the cold for the may for tegan is of

the cold war, live door to door in the fine. and i'm this phone an up here, start and things. and so get this if you need these ones. i others, i believe is these ends up soon. this case until he gets us funded by spies was said to look on every corner in berlin from off to world war 2, until the phone with the building will in 1999 1000000000 at the center of the secret services. why? the in 1945 world war 2 was over, and the city lay in ruins. germany had lost the will, is it stops at the allies, britain, france. and the us along with russia, had freed the city from nazi room. the, the pottstown agreement divided building into full sect is $18.00 for the victors.

but hostilities soon followed. the cold war had begun. east spelling was on the soviet rule, while the allies government, the remaining 3 sectors. in 1949 to germany square for the federal republic, which would join nato in 1955 and the democratic republic, which would join the warsaw pact the same here. the bench on costco has been researching berlin and its spies for decades. and his co author was the book, capital of spies at the break comes around to 1947 when it was obvious that the nation so that going in different directions for berlin wisdom, the east germany, was the beginning of the code forward. and that's the point also where the intelligence collection started to get more intense waste late and was now in orland, surrounded by socialist east, germany, east,

and west. and pals crushed the board is but the representatives were allowed to move freely between. sect is perfect for spies. the leading was the only city where this situation could be seen. and obviously this geo political situation offered a lot of possibilities for all for intelligent services. and therefore, i would say building is the capital of the coach or a journey through secret island in search of spies, the dock side of the global cc. we meet full, i'm a spies with incredible stories. we were told to be careful look around, but there was no special training now to recognize the tool or to the

so tom thoughts him into the thoughts as part of the building big i know more important in 1961, the cold war heats up dramatically east germany built a wall between east and west berlin. that's like indian because he's going to mention these up items item the most i found it to be kind of less the best customer when buying building was split into an east germany or guns to shoot anyone trying to flee friedrich strauss that was one of the few border crossings. it's where americans spawning couple, jeffrey and beatrice ship. it's crossed between west and east berlin to meet with members of the administrative, state security, extremities intelligence service. as well as the size of the country secret police . the years they with the country's top spies, the high profile target was the chancellor of the federal republic of germany. the of the department won a. they were specialized in getting information from the chancellor's office. and

this cons. we were shot the we were train the spines and so we had, we knew we had a lot of work there today which is fine on the highest political figure in the country, making them some of the most dangerous agents of the postwar period. the former friedrich stross a check point between east and west. berlin was a place of surveillance and the espionage. the stalls. a monitored who left the country and who met with whom their eyes and ears were almost everywhere. the set at the station, the same from a spice film feels more americans, benjamin the, the,

the, the volume for the extra station was a hot spot for balanced by networking. there was fi gateways in both directions. wanna invited this to the the strategy was formed in 1950 and conducted for an espionage well monitoring east germans as well. it kidnapped dissidents and operated its own prisons. a line in the s and spa ja, nearly 3000 people were hired for the m. s. s, and the 1st 2 years alone is august 8th. on the 5th, and that grew steadily until 1989, one of the one the buys. the sponsors brutality remains a source of cinematic inspiration to this day. lacking clue, a comedic series, the board as on slapstick. loud enough to own with

a slender sandwiches. the lions den, the stones, he will head close to the gnomon and strauss in east berlin. the museum opened to everyone, now stands with secret down. so it was once collected thousands of files restored here, including the reports to ship. it says delivered from the chancellor's office as well as other information from the various sources the my job was to take these reports, which were evaluations and all the shades of grey within the government. i was the one who photographed everything. and then i took the night train boss, so berlin jumped on the train,

went in the toilet. i had to stand on the close and pulled down the ceiling and put the box in there. and then i went home to ship. it says would never expose during their because the years, but all the agents would, over and over again on both sides the, the kleenex of bridge separates west berlin and pottstown. then a part of east germany. the bridge became the symbol of agent exchanges. a not time went to scene in steven spielberg's film shows the cold and ruthlessness of a tough business over the gate. the rudolph, is there not the possibility that my people are going to shoot me? yeah. you're not word. would it help the you give me the book of this life?

the cleaning cut bridge is probably the most exaggerated spite location number landlord, and then the skip tubbs safety stuff that you need help with. and with the high, my spies were only exchanged there 3 times. in 1962, 85 and 86 as well. but it was still important in the context of berlin because it was used by vehicles for allied military emissions between west berlin and part of the and the new tendency on seen an officer give a couple of years. but the tales will once agents for the associate k g b who also lived into the land and this quote yacht, they were trained in the city. my wife has been buying for 10 years to be assigned to sleep. the agents in the us, the pre owned guns out of your mind kitchen, the spying is not generally recognized as an occupation shows that there can you

can't just apply um, ease of the adventure. the excitement arose from traveling through 5 countries and 14 days at some time under 3 or 4 different names. hutton toyota a few 15 and um, if i can 15 years with a k g b, i never once held a gun in my hand and i to use my you want me to buy for it and i and i'm to i once flushed my passport down the train toilet then grabbed a new one for you to that, the noise. and then with this, then i had to check into a hotel and completely forgot my new name and vision nom, extend yet i just have a on a hill on the wisdom outskirts. this building is the appropriately titled teufel sped, or devil's mountain. the americans most important listening station was here, alone in the forest and the hillside was barely visible in the distance. the sides is open to visiting its aging poorly. it is still well secured. the

deal is quite a month despite making intercept radio signals here from far into poland. and then that's why the stars the end, the k g b took it very seriously. i'm no more than they were repeatedly able to install their own spies, their thoughts. i can, if you will, not from some of them. so you heads up to 1200 people there and the 3 shift a power system. and those people were listening to the conversations and of washer . and they just listen to it. and this is a boring job, so that is not the life you would expect as a because by boring in film, the choices the style to submit the center, the behind the charge city we need to know why here this

a business here for and everybody knew this place was crawling with spies from all over the world. just as was the regular citizens didn't notice anything and their every day lives on the marine shoulder transit camp in western lane. it's way east german rescue. cheese profess registered in house, but not always innocently west. and secret services like the c, i a in the bush, m i 6, went to the marie and sold it to the elbow. all east german citizens who came to west berlin had to 1st registering marian, failed to pay them. and being questioned by the intelligence services from the 3 allied powers was part of the admission process. because the aim was to persuade people that often now they decide to leave east germany. they might, could work for west germany the,

the ship. it says lived and spied in west berlin, but travelled regularly to this start as a collective in east berlin. because the apartment was used to relate instructions and give them a place to have lunch and chat homeless. we're not for the of the high profile spies that we've met for 13 years. always in that apartment. we weren't friends, but we worked well together. we became a cheese and developing our legend. so if we would ever, because we had it all clear, they gave me virtually fry on to the side, what information would be useful. and then i develop projects for my sources and sent them to get that. we got information about discussions within the government and especially differences whenever it covered and has a policy. there's always differences. so and that was important to know while the

ship it says with active agents, the tools had to wait in the us. they were to live under false identities. on noticed, on the scene, we were of cub i was in need was our job was to establish ourselves as us citizens, in case of the war broke out between the soviet union and the us government. and the embassies close to go to the board traffic. we're closing via and we would have been supported the soviet agents network in the us again. and it says they'll be up in your and we'll definitely try to tie it was really the only hand move we could only rely on each other. and the separation from our family was of course, extremely difficult on so on the tuesday we left months ago, not knowing for how long before last and most calling me was if you got a secret tip at the west and most pointed berlin on the former east gym and border

time seems to have stood still a go to a post once used by the nazis allied victim, britain to critize off to world war 2. it's now i'm going to treat aviation museum the right out for us by here from north. the royal air force was stationed here from 1945 until the early ninety's, after the war, every occupying force had their own air field. that's the only kind of how the americans had temple hoff gospel. the british had got to the front and the french later got take a human on the blueprint. and the british primarily did military recognizance english, which is commonly known as espionage shotwell, left my land lord, taken with him because you will not attend the

who cuts the funds, which the like the air field was directly on the border between west berlin and east germany. the uh, but it's not only did the british spy on east germany, but on that out, the air field was also monitored by east german border troops. and the stars the as well. the, the aunt of the stats, which i got to almost just send a message, joining back in time as it, the end of casablanca had been filmed, t, it, it wasn't good. the images, a deceptively similar the hang of for gas. so if field is particularly intriguing, it's the only hang it remains closed to the public. nissan guns, a 100 of the entire hanger was equipped with down tooth booth with them,

with the state of the art listening equipment and stuff, and all spelled out. so she knew the americans and the british always shared how can i put to submit about they were always british air force personnel and the toys, those bugs, surveillance station in the car and american personnel were also here in gato told us and pushed spies more especially active the way their response, they're also defective and double agents working both sides. george blake was one of the best known bush double agents. he's the key to the story of the mysterious tunnel. the allied museum is in the southern poland district of dunham. need the form of american ministry headquarters spied spreads compared to with the c i, analyzing sources and the brush planning a surveillance tunnel. the

a dan. it's often to not meet the investment and then the toners come to find that present position expands not send the, i'm get something copy that was thrown into the 11 day. it wasn't feeling good, splitting a coupon that went to elders and 10 toddler who bought up. and yet i'm getting to the least up to one and messed up on the, on the bus downtown up to that building on the place. so the toner in, i'm in the comments on the desktop zone in the allied museum now exhibits original pumps from the famous tunnel 6 meters, which us by tunnel that was built in the early fifties and then was in service for 11 months to tape the telephone conversation on the east german side of the telephone conversation associates, southern mich administration, was doing the tunnel was problematic from the start pre k, g. b knew that the americans and the british were listening to them.

and this is because produced a double agent, george blake told the k g b, the americans and british, i'm building this tunnel the can you be had a problem? because if the tunnel would have been found very, very early in time, americans and british belt as a way of as low as the science officially found the tunnel. 6 months later ending operation gold. as it was not pictures of the spine tunnel went around the world. and double agent, george blake would like to flee via east berlin to moscow, where he died in 2020. the. why do people like play called the shepherds has become spies, power, money, ideals, east germany as an attempt at a bench of society. this experiment in the east was where the experiment after the whole of cost. but

no one talks about where the experiment because it didn't work. and so okay, we've accepted that. so we don't forget as jewish people, what happened in this country here? we did see an attempt to keep this more cold and not let it escalate to be really the checkpoint charlie in central but in the legendary crossing between west and east charles to us now. but we've been closely guarded by both sides. the one more to they wanted to make sure that no one from an american or other western allied region entered east germany without registering. when they went in one of the for when they came out, we have an outline for the house called in the midst of the rise of famous agent crossed the check point. his political mission was just as important as the sense

of entering absolutely hostile territory. solitude of the agent, the great, the check point, charlie is one of the millions best known landmarks. the 2 world history was written on november, the 9th. when the berlin wall fell and the cold war ears seemed to end feeling cut and crumbled, re uniting the city. but not all were pleased. many spies lost their jobs to political backgrounds. they've reason to be the or

the tails who are in the us when they learn the rules at full and the k g. b agents decided to return to the most cove on before. when we were back in moscow, they tried to persuade us to continue and use the keys or drugs you will have disorder. and they said, the situation had changed so much, or that if we were in berlin, they couldn't help us anymore. this, you know, into the system for you. we were afraid at 1st because the c i a and f b, i work, kidnapping people off the street here in berlin, in the early ninety's. now conducting those events, and we thought of something like that happened. nobody would help us and not was it not as well. and with the other spies also afraid off the phone of the will where they punished. you know, jeffrey said, i think we have to be prepared and we were prepared. it was ok for 4 years and then they came on the 4th of may. they rang the doorbell,

so i wasn't even there. and jeffrey was arrest. and our son was with jeff. they put me in the current course. and our neighbor came over to be a witness. well, the house was search in the end. agent shifts was acquitted. the couple entered this fine korea's without the criminal record. nobody was killed. we weren't killed either. so we went on with our lives, the, the spine museum opened and central in, in 2015, nearly 20 years later. it's now a most for spies funds and were counseling story as an espionage hotspots, with exhibitions on surveillance, and want to typing techniques, people scandals, historical tiles and reports on current cuz it cases the cold pool is also but agents continue to authorize his been and again between the

front of a new cold war 1st example, an execution. send him change and go severely. a georgian shot dead in the t a got in punk, his did suspect to have been ordered by the russians secret service. second example, in 2021 demand felt his death from a russian embassy window in berlin. his body vanished shortly after blacky back to moscow, a spine. the example in 2013 room is raged at the man can embassy in berlin was wanna tapping top jim and politicians, including the chancellor politicians were furious. the tip of the iceberg, the ben pearlman is the european spike capital said the 2012. the 2018 president of the federal office for the protection of the

constitution. i'm the supervisor. sure. in 2019 the gym and federal intelligence service responsible for, for an intelligence gathering. moved into a 260000 square mesa building in building a massive building for 4000 and stuff. put to the old building still seems to be a popular choice for intelligence agencies. we know only that there is a doc c cushion, sometimes deadly assigned to this city. the the

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