Cold War East German Army Officer Training

 

Today we speak with Torsten Belger who trained as an Artillery Officer in the East German Army. Torsten also runs Germandotmilitaria which is a web site selling various items of East German militaria and civilian items too. It’s well worth a visit

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Now back to today’s episode. Torsten tells us in fascinating detail  about his schooling, and how he ended up on the officer training course.  

You can listen to other episodes with Torsten here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode53/ and here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode45/

Spoiler alert, this episode does end on a cliffhanger… we welcome Torsten Belger.

 

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