the surprises i was shoving and i'm ready to dive into the hands of human to you. have you have a window port yet? please go to the spot. on the on expected sides of the building, the capital finds patricia's dream. we were told to be careful. look around, if we would ever, because we had it all 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 the cold war. live door to door, invalid. fine. and i'm just following up here starting in 16. so if you get this, if you need these ones, i others, i believe, is these ends up soon. this kind of until he gets to isn't us on face spies was said to look on every corner in berlin from off to world war 2 until the phone with the building will in 99 to non berlin at the center of the secret services. why

the in 1945 world war 2 was of 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 not see room the . the pottstown agreement divided, building into 4 sectors, one each for the victors. but hostilities soon followed the cold, who had been gone east fairly and 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 spies for decades. and his co author was the book, capital of spies. and the break comes around to 1947 when it was obvious that the nation start going in different directions for berlin wisdom, the east germany, was the beginning of the code forward. and that's a point also where the intelligence collection started to get more intense waste late and was now in island 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. berlin 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 berlin is the capital of the code for the journey through secret island in search of spies. the dock side of the global c. c. 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 high school gym in t o t thought you spoke to a filling fixed. 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, he's got fighters, 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 of one a. they were specialized in getting information from the chancellor's office. when 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 with the postwar period the almost

free to express 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 their eyes and ears were almost everywhere. the set at the station, the same from a spice film feels more american venture, and the volume for the extra station was a hot spot for berlin's by network. and there was 5 gateways in both directions. wanna invited his to the, the strategy was formed in 1950 and conducted for an espionage well monitoring

extra him and says, 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, 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 is on slapstick long 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 open to everyone, now stands with secret down. so it was once collect to 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 when in the toilet. i had to stand on the clo and pull 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 were over and over again on both sides. the, the gleaning could bridge separates westberg and unplug stuff. 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. open the gate, the rudolf is there not the possibility that my people are going to shoot me? yeah. you're not worried. would it help the you gave me the book of this life? the cleaning cut bridge is probably the most exaggerated spy location member landlord, and then the skip tubbs safety stuff that you need help with. and with the high mile spies were only exchanged there 3 times. in 1962, 85 and 86. 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 uh and the need him, the ceiling finished of taking

a couple of steps. the tools will once agents to the soviet 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, [000:00:00;00] the fuel and grants, are you mind kitchen just buying is not generally recognized as an occupation of that, or you can't just apply um the, 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 did 15 years with a k g b, i never once held a gun in my hand and i to somebody who can do a buffet and a 100 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 of billing is the appropriately titled, teufel, speck, or devils 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 pieces. it's 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 want to add some some. yeah,

so you heads up to 1200 people. the and the 3 shifts a power system. and those people were listening to the conversations and of law states. 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, just the nib center, the behind the charge city. we need to know why here this does this here for and everybody knew this place was crawling with spies from all over the world because this was the a, you know, but regular citizens didn't notice anything in their everyday lives become the marie and shelter transit camp in west berlin, its way east german rescue, cheese profess registered and housed,

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 the moon and being questioned by the intelligence services from the 3 allied powers was part of the admission process. before hartford 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 to mat apartments. 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 the policies are always differences of opinion. 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 gov of i was in need was our job was to establish ourselves as us

citizens in case of 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 agent network in the us again. and then 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 north and last call me was if you got a secret chip at the west and most pointed berlin on the full in the 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, [000:00:00;00]

the r o l for by here find the item, the royal air force was stationed here from 1945 until the early ninety's was absent. 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 to take a human on the blueprint. and the british primarily didn't military recognizance english, which is commonly known as espionage shotwell, left my land lord, taken with him because you will not attend the zip codes for the fun safety. like the air field was directly on the border between west berlin and east germany. the uh, but 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 a cinematic journey 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 4 guy. so if field is particularly intriguing, it's the only hanging that remains closed, the public nissan guns ahead of the entire hanger was equipped with down truth booth went down with the state of the art listening equipment and stopped him. a nose coach officers knew the americans, and the british always shared how can i put to submit about they were always british air force personnel and the tooth was bug 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 building district of dunham need. the former american ministry headquarters spied spreads compared to with the c. i. analyzing sources and the brush planning a surveillance tunnel. the options will not be turned on, investing in the toner con to find that present position expands. not send the, i'm get something copy that was thrown into the given one day. it wasn't feeling good spinning coupon that went to elders in san tyler. you brought up and yet i'm going to the list of joining mess up on the,

on the bus downtown after that building on the play store, the toner in, i know i'm in the comments on the desktop zone in the allied museum now exhibits original pumps from the famous tunnel it takes me tough to reach us by a 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 that associates southern mich administration was doing the tunnel was problematic from the start pre k, g b, u that the americans and the british read 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 nicer. a 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 by east lynn to moscow, where he thought in 2020 the why do people like like cool, the shepherds has become spies, power, money, ideals, east germany as an attempt at a bench of society. this experiment in the east was a worthy experiment. after the whole of cost, but no $1.00 talks about a were the experiment because it didn't work. and so okay, we've accepted that. but 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 the really 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 water. 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 on that line for the house called in the midst of the rice, a 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, the checkpoint, charlie is one of the buildings best known landmarks. the 2 world history was written on november, the 9th, when the berlin wall fell and the cold war era seemed to end beyond 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 details were in the us when they learned 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 then because i did what 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, the, those have been 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 to 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 okay for 4 years and then they came on the 4th of may. they rang the doorbell. 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 koreas without the criminal record. nobody was killed. we weren't killed either. so we went on with our lives the, the spine museum opened in central, in, in 2015, nearly 20 years later. it's now a most for spies, funds and recounts buildings story as an espionage hotspots, with exhibitions on surveillance, and want to typing techniques, people scandals, historical tiles, and reports on current cousin cases. the cold pool is also, but agents continue to authorize his spelling again between the front of a new cold war. the 1st example, an execution. send him change and go severely. a georgian shot dead in the t a got

in punk, his dad suspected to have been ordered by the russians secret service. second example. in 2021, a man 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 and there can embassy in berlin was wanna tapping top jim and politicians, including the chancellor politicians were furious. the tip of the iceberg, the best for land is the european spike capital said the 2012, the 2018 president of the federal office for the protection of the constitution. i'm 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 dock c cushion,

sometimes deadly assigned to this city the the, the, the little breton in the dawn you fed up with the chaos of rex. it in britain, this economic crisis, more and more brits are moving to france. but new beginnings can be tricky. a story or language barriers, bureaucracy, buckets,

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we cannot guarantee that we could protect munich frankfurt. berlin tend to face with russia is more against ukraine. the world's gracious military lines shows weakness. which of a holiday, from reality. and now we're dealing with the consequences of that. can nato offer its mendez suspicion protection? your p. o security basic $0.51 on the us. if it were a tax, what the alliance really close rang out to

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