111 - Hardy, the Stasi and the Fall of the Wall

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Nov 9, 201610:51News & Politics

The 9th of November marks the 27th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and with it the end of the German Democratic Republic and the start of German reunification. But to understand what life was like behind the w...

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