April 18, 2024 • 30 mins
Gene is sent by the CIA to communist East Berlin, helping the KGB's greatest forger defect to the United States.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Berlin, Germany, is a destination for any traveler interested in history.
Its foundation begins in the fourteenth century, when it was
the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia grew rapidly
in the following centuries and formed the basis of the
German Empire in eighteen seventy one. The German Empire would
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survive until it was defeated in nineteen eighteen in World
War One. Around this time, Berlin also became a major
world city, known for its leadership roles in everything from science, government,
the arts, and beyond. This cultural emergence was marked by
the Weimar Republic the inter war period between Germany's defeat
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in World War One and Hitler's rise to power. During
the Weimar years, Berlin was fertile ground for intellectuals, artists,
and innovators across many fields, including many Jewish Scots. But
with the rise of Nazism and Hitler's ascent in nineteen
thirty three, many of these prominent people fled Germany for
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the United Kingdom and the United States. Thus began the
Second World War, and Berlin was a critical battleground, heavily
bombed during the intervening years until it finally capitulated in
nineteen forty five. By then up to a third of
Berlin had been destroyed, and the country as well as
the city, was split in half. West Berlin was controlled
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by the Allied forces of the UK, France and the
United States, whereas East Berlin was the prize of the
Soviet Union. There were many battles, strikes, and air raids
before they settled into a tense but agreeable standoff. Now
in nineteen sixty one, it is a city and a
people divided, with two different souls, a rich history and
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an uncertain future.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Mina tormin untaren v. Now we cannot descent into bel
and Germany's Templehof airport. Please close your trade tables and
bring your seats into the upright position. Please remain seated
with your seat built fastened until we arrive safely at
the gate. It's been a pleasure having you on board today.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Honey, you're squeezing my hand a little tight. Are you
all right? You're not becoming a nervous flyer, are you?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:26):
It's not dead, then, what is it?
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Flying into Tempelhoff always freaks me out. A former nazierport
surrounded by a communist country.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
None of it is a good place to be.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
You don't have to worry about being near communist territories anymore.
You're a US citizen now. Remember I know I married
you for a reason.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
It's just that I escaped the communist dictatorship once. I
really don't want to do it again.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You won't have to. JFK has made it clear the
US isn't leaving the area. If Templehoff was safe enough
for the Berlin Airlift, it's safe enough for US.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
I suppose you're right.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I am, and it's a little late anyway. Tempelhoff Airport
was the first airport in Berlin. It was built on
what was originally knights Templar land in medieval Berlin, from
which it gets its name. It first opened in nineteen
oh nine, when French aviator Armand Zipfel made the first
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flight demonstration at Tempelhoff, followed by Orville Wright later that
same year. During the Nazi era, the airport was expanded
and its halls and adjoining buildings were intended to become
the gateway to Europe and a symbol of Hitler's world
capital Germania. It is still known as one of the
largest built entities worldwide, and its central location just minutes
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from the Berlin city center, led it to quickly become
one of the world's busiest airports. That is until it
closed during World War II and only reopened to civil
aviation in April nineteen forty five. But just a few
years later, in June nineteen forty eight, Soviet authorities, claiming
technical difficulties, halted all traffic by land and by water
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into or out of the Western controlled sectors of Berlin.
The only remaining access routes into the city were three
twenty mile wide air corridors across the Soviet zone of occupation.
Faced with the choice of abandoning the city or attempting
to supply its inhabitants with the necessities of life by air,
the Western Powers chose the latter course. Thus began the
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Berlin Airlift, in which thousands of US and UK aircrafts
carried tons of food, coal, and other essential supplies into
the city through the airport. As the Cold War continued,
Tempelhoff remained the main terminal for American military transport aircrafts
accessing West Berlin.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
The one thing I like about this is how close
it is to the city it should only be a
five minute taxi riter to the Kimpinski.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
We could always take the scenic route. The architecture of
this airport is really something.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Grab your bags, Darling, let's go, Maxnell.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
The Kempinski Hotel sits on Kerferstendam Street known as Kudam
for short, which is the crown jewel of capitalism in
West Berlin, a street filled with fine dining, luxury shopping
and the finest hotels, a bright, colorful spectacle to contrast
with the drab and colorless Soviet East. First established in
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eighteen ninety seven as a restaurant, the Kampinski quickly became
a beacon of taste and hospitality, keeping pace with the
trends in fashion and design that define each era. It
housed famous parties and performances, and in nineteen fifty two
it became the first new luxury hotel in the city.
Right away it was the place to be for Berlin's
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fashion forward residence. Heads of state, celebrities and Nobel Prize
winners like Albert Einstein, Ava Gardner, John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock,
John F. Kennedy and Sophia Learn, along with many others,
were drawn to the exclusive hotel in Berlin, Golton talk.
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How may I help you, mister and missus Vodor checking
in Yes.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Of course, fun moment.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
If you'll bring your bags to your room and four doors.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
This envelope arrived for you, and this package for you
door donkishen Oh, it's heavy.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Must be the galleys for the London Book and revised
prousor Monte Carlo.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I know you're eager to take a look.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
I'm also eager for a drink. You want to go
to the bar and help me proof read?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Why don't you head there and get started. I should
check my messages.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Ah order you a scotch and mere schnapps.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Another encrypted message, Hello.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
Jeane, welcome to Germany. Hope this message finds you well.
As you may now know, the Soviet's best forger, known
as code named doctor Jevago, is willing to defect to
the USA and reveal the identities of all the Soviet
spies he has forged passports for as they use Berlin
to slip into the West with other Germans and refugees.
It may also interest you to know Jevago was a
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close friend of your father during the war. In fact,
they disappeared together and if anyone knows where Pathfinder is,
it would be him. Your mission is to enter East
Berlin under cover as a travel writer. You will be
doing a chapter on East Berlin and the press, credentials
and visas have already been arranged. Once you are on
the other side of the wall, you'll meet up with
Shivago as well as his nephew and escort them across
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the border back to the west. Savago has already forged
them the proper passports and paperwork, and they have a
friend at the checkpoint, so it will be a smooth transaction.
You will just be there for additional cover. Rebecca has
your visa and we'll be in contact as to a
meeting point. She will then escort you with her travel
photographer credentials. Take care.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
Is everything all right?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yes? But I don't want you to worry.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Oh no, what is it?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Martin wants me to do a chapter on East Berlin.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
You're not serious.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
He thinks it will sell copies set us apart.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Will they even let you through the checkpoint?
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Martin arranged visas to allow a tour. I don't like it,
I know, but it will only be a few hours.
And probably just a bunch of propaganda, them showing me
what they want us to see.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
I suppose if margin arranged it, it should be fine.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
But it will be fine, I promise.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
If you say so, here's your Scotch.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Plus, you will be far too busy with all these
pages to even notice I'm gone.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
Hmm.
Speaker 8 (09:25):
I'm so sorry to interrupt, but you must be busy photos.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Indeed we are, Ah.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
I am Marie Unga, my family are the proprietors of
this hotel, and we are very honored to have you
as our guest.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You're too kind, A pleasure to meet you.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
I always take your books whenever I travel. Can I
assume you're working on a new belly In edition that
we are well. I so hope I can look forward
to see inclusion of Ze Kampinski.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Of course, we are very happy to finally stay here.
This hotel is everything I expected and more.
Speaker 8 (10:00):
Make sures you paton the nose your drinks around the house.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh you really don't have to insist. Thank you very much, Yes,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Ah.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I see our associate Rebecca in the lobby, and I
believe she has something for me. Will you, ladies excuse
me a moment of course, be right back.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
That is your associate.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
She's our new photographer. We are in the process of
expanding our business.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
Much like Zikompinski. If you don't continue to grow, you die.
It is the reality of business.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
I'm still getting used to it, not just being Gene
and me, But there is so much more to do.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
We need the extra support.
Speaker 8 (10:43):
She's quite young no America, yes.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
But very talented.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
She worked full time magazine and now she travels on
the job with Geen. Well, I've moved upstairs to the
editor's office, well hotel room for now, but eventually we
will be settled in one place.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
You must be a very smart business woman and a
very generous wife.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Speaker 8 (11:11):
Rebecca is young and beautiful. I had to be nervous
if she were alone with my husband so often.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Oh, it's not like that.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
American girls, in particular, with their new burth control and
sexual liberation, they are.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
Not to be trusted. But Jeane is.
Speaker 8 (11:32):
I'm sorry. I'm sure you're right.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
And they are never alone for more than a few
hours anyway, of.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Course, my apologies, but I actually must get going already.
Rebecca has our visas and made all the arrangements with Martin.
She just came by to pick me up. I see, Marie,
it was lovely to meet you. Thank you for your hospitality,
My pleasure by Darling Jean. Be safe, of course, I'll
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be back before you know it. Ready, Yes, where exactly
where are we going?
Speaker 9 (12:17):
We'll cross in the East Berlin at Banhof friedrich Strasser.
Speaker 10 (12:21):
It's just across town.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Let's make it quick. I'd love to be back to
take lass at the dinner.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
We better get going then, Hello, Chairman Albrecht speaking er Rulbert,
this is KGBI spetz Naz Alpha.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
We have received intel from verified sources inside US intelligence
that doctor Jivago maybe in their threatened only move. The
loss of this asset could compromise thetententeities of hundreds of
agents and missions. Jeevago is too important a resource to
fall into the hands of the enemy. We strongly suggest
immediate protection and transfer, or, if all else fails.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Elimination understood, Commandant, I will send my best men to
secure an asset.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
It's almost as if the vibrancy of West Berlin is
to compensate for the utter drabness of East Berlin. A
dark gray place where the citizen's disposition matches the stern architecture.
The border can be crossed legally only through a limited
number of air, road, rail and river routes. Travelers to
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and from Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Czechoslovakia can pass fairly
easily through East Germany, but access rights for non Germans
are otherwise very restricted. If you are thinking of entering,
you must submit an itinerary to the East German State
Tourist Office up to nine weeks in advance, pay booking fees,
and register with the local police on arrival. You may
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purchase fuel only from specially approved petrol stations and must
spend a prescribed minimum of money each day. You are
also required to stay in state owned inter hotels, which
do not come cheap. If you feel intent on seeing
East Berlin and have the foresight to plan ahead and
the cash to spend, do not expect a warm welcome
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or inspiring cuisine awaiting you on the other side. With
this approach to hospitality, it's no surprise the East has
not become a bustling hub of tourist activity. Step forward,
state your name, Eugene Fodor. I'm a travel writer, and
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this is my associate and photographer, Rebecca Ralston. Bus is
your business. I own a guidebook company and we're here
to show the world why they should visit East Berlin.
Of course, here you are.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
We are so excited to see East Berlin. Our readers
are going to feel so special. Do you mind if
I take your picture?
Speaker 9 (15:12):
I've always had a thing for men in uniform, smile.
Speaker 10 (15:18):
Or not, very handsome.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
Doncashin your visas are good for five hours. If you
do not exit East Berlin before they expire, you will
be vested. We promise not to cause any trouble.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
You may go through. Welcome to East Berlin. Quite serious
around here, aren't they.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
This station is where tens of thousands of East Germans
have been affecting West. It's mostly the young and educated,
a perfect loophole in their closed borders. It also happens
to be the perfect place for spies to cross on
both sides.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
So now that we're through, where are we going?
Speaker 10 (16:03):
We're meeting Jivago in his print shop at Hakkashov.
Speaker 13 (16:07):
It's in Mitta.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Oh great, We're only a few blocks away exactly. The
Hakshehofa is the renowned complex of courtyards spread around the
Shoenenfiatal Quarter, located outside the city walls for centuries. It
was renamed the barn Quarter at the end of the
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seventeenth century, when barnes were removed from the city center
and moved here. The fortunes of the area began to
change at the beginning of the twentieth century when large
numbers of Jews from Eastern Europe settled here, giving rise
to major changes. Shops and businesses began to open, turning
the area into a hive of activity. Opening onto Rosenthalestrase
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is a complex of eight interconnected courtyards and originally built
as a market in nineteen oh seven by the architect
Kurt Bard. The main entrance is at number forty, a
building with a splendid Art nouveau facade, takes you into
the first courtyard, featuring buildings with walls covered in colored tiles.
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From here you can explore the other courtyards, which form
a microcosm of the city. The Hakashehoffa is also a
monument for Berlin's Jewish community because in nineteen thirty nine
it belonged to a Jewish businessman and was home to
the Jewish school until the owner was compelled to sell
it to the Nazis and the school was evicted and demolished.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Villukomen, that's all right, allowed these customers.
Speaker 13 (17:47):
You may take your break.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Sofie Punkah.
Speaker 13 (17:50):
You must be Eugene. You was a spitting image of
your father, and you must be Cormi Zivago for now,
you're early.
Speaker 10 (17:59):
We didn't want to be.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
My nephew is still at school. I didn't want to
keep him home out of fear it might raise suspicion.
He should be back within the hour.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
That should be fine. We have five hours until our
time is up.
Speaker 13 (18:12):
We'll be ready to go right away. You have the paperwork, Yes,
the leasas are forged. We are US citizens here to
visit a dying relative at the jerry Dale Hospital. Good.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
Then I can give you these passports.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
I didn't know you were hiding those. I didn't want
to worry you, thayanks, but I already made some.
Speaker 13 (18:33):
See for yourself.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
These are very impressive, as good as the real thing,
maybe better.
Speaker 13 (18:40):
Yes, I am good at How about we pick up
my nephew from school and go from there. No point
waiting around longer than needed.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
That works for us.
Speaker 13 (18:49):
Let me just get my coat.
Speaker 9 (18:53):
I think we've got trouble.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
What is it.
Speaker 13 (18:57):
Police?
Speaker 1 (18:58):
They aren't marked as police car.
Speaker 10 (19:00):
It's Cristasi Easter, German's secret police.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Well, whoever they are. They're blocking the exits and entering
the hof.
Speaker 13 (19:06):
Heavy back door. Follow me.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
They're covering the back too. Which way do we go?
Speaker 13 (19:18):
We should separate? It's me them on?
Speaker 1 (19:20):
No, this way we can lose them in the Marketwn
they're still after us.
Speaker 13 (19:31):
Aramsis stall is the tram.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Shit, they're at the entrance.
Speaker 10 (19:41):
They'll have to hold on, jump here and hold on.
I was close and they're clearly on to us. We
should go back to the checkpoint and cross back to
the west immediately.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
No.
Speaker 13 (19:58):
I won't desert my nephew.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
But your life is in danger. Eh.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
It's both of us or either of us.
Speaker 10 (20:07):
Okay, I know a place we can go. It's an
old CIA safehouse. It's not far.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Is there someone there who can help us?
Speaker 10 (20:15):
No, but we can hide there until we get a plan. B.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
What about our visas?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
We still have a few hours left. Let's hope we
don't need more.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Is the ass boit chairman Olbricht for General Secretary.
Speaker 13 (20:42):
Khrushchev dah one moment, Yes, gut and target.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Cruise, Chef, I regret to inform you that doctor Shivoko
has gone missing. The suspectim may be in US hands.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
How is this possible?
Speaker 13 (20:59):
He must be in our position at all costs.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
We believe he has yet to cross the Vest, but unfortunately,
with the current border security in Berlin, I cannot assure
you that I can prevent his escape. We have already
lost hundreds of thousands of our best, unprightest to the Vest,
and we are most assuredly lose him as well unless
something drastic he's done.
Speaker 14 (21:22):
What do you suggest, Comrade, We shut it down, all
of it. I will order guards double the ditch post.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
That isn't enough. We need to build a wall. It's
the only way to guarantee no one can leave. Not
a soul can slip through, not Sivago and no citizen
of the GDR.
Speaker 14 (21:41):
That is quite drastic. It would bring a strong reaction.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
We can't concern ourselves this international perception. Only East German survival.
Young Kennedy already told you that the US would take
no action if a permanent barrier were built.
Speaker 14 (22:00):
Full shoot as hand, but the talking actions are very
different things.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
The time to build a voll is now, and we
must act fast before it is too late.
Speaker 14 (22:14):
The do it, shut it down, whatever it takes.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Not the coziest of places, You're sure no one will
find us here.
Speaker 10 (22:32):
This is one of the most secret safe houses we have.
It's not the compinski, but we can breathe easy.
Speaker 13 (22:38):
I'm terribly sorry for the trouble I seem to have
gotten you into.
Speaker 9 (22:42):
What's important is we get you out safe. Tell me
about your nephew.
Speaker 13 (22:47):
Here is his photo. His school isn't far from my shop.
He gets out in a minute now, But today he
knows to wait at the school and he won't head
back to the shop alone. Good.
Speaker 9 (22:58):
No one should be looking for him yet. I'll go
get him and bring him here.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Is that safe?
Speaker 10 (23:04):
He looks like he could be my brother. I doubt
anyone will raise an eye.
Speaker 13 (23:09):
Give him this note so he trusts you.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
Thanks.
Speaker 9 (23:12):
I won't be long, Jean. Come lock the door behind me.
Keep a close eye on Jivago and set the alarm
on your watch. If I'm not back in an hour,
take him to cross the border before your visas expire.
What about you, I'll find a way to get back
myself if you get caught, or if it ever becomes
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a question if you or him save yourself?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Understood, understood. So it is just us for the moment.
Speaker 13 (23:50):
Do you mind if I put that record play into use?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Be my guest.
Speaker 13 (24:02):
I can't get over how much you resemble your father
hum I.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Heard that often growing up. When did you and him
first meet?
Speaker 13 (24:12):
We served together in counterintelligence at the end of the
war and became fast friends. It started as we got
to know one another. We shared a profound love of
art and the profound loss of family. Beside me. The
only member of mine who survives the Nazis was my nephew,
just a baby at the time. You see, this is
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why I cannot leave him. We are all the other has.
The Soviets helped save me and him, which is why
I've worked for them all this time.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
You're Jewish.
Speaker 13 (24:44):
Yes, my family thrived here in this very neighborhood during
the Weimar Republic, but you wouldn't recognize it from what
you see to day. It was alive with youthful activity,
explosive sexual freedoms, art, liberal ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
It's been called the Babylon of the twenties.
Speaker 13 (25:04):
I suppose it was provocative, cabaret shows, excessive drug use,
knights of hedonistic partying, open and same sex relationships. There
were many strong women in the movement as well, with
performers such as Marlene Dietrich and the Nita Berber becoming icons.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
It was also the.
Speaker 13 (25:24):
Decade of giants such as Breckt de Nichevood.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Sounds like an amazing time.
Speaker 13 (25:29):
The city was alive in ways you couldn't imagine, but
then the Nazis took power. My family's gallery was closed,
my parents arrested, and I was forced to work for
the fascist pigs, catalogings at art thefts as they murdered
and pillaged their way through Europe.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
That's horrible, I'm sorry.
Speaker 13 (25:50):
By day I was forced to work for them, but
by night I used the material to forge papers for
other Jews to escape.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Oh why didn't you escape yourself?
Speaker 13 (26:01):
Well, doo, I had no home or family left, but
by staying I had a purpose. And then the Soviets
came to liberate us. They saved me, and they saved
my nephew. He was just a baby then, but he
was all I had. That's why I can't leave him.
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I'll never leave him behind.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
That's how you started working for the Soviets.
Speaker 13 (26:29):
I felt I owed them at first for saving us,
but they used me, just like the Nazis made me
their chief forger in Berlin, creating fake passports so their
KGB agents can travel freely.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Then why leave now? Why risk it all?
Speaker 13 (26:46):
My nephew is becoming a man, a brilliant man with
a bright future. But there's no future for him here,
and I cannot continue to create fake passports for horrible people.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I'm sure your nephew is safe with Rebecca.
Speaker 13 (27:00):
He reminds me of you, actually me. You barely know me,
but your father spoke about you all the time. How
brilliant you were from a young age, How you could
read the globe like you could read the alphabet. How
in America you are free to realize that potential to
build your dreams. There are no dreams here, only harsh reality.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
You know, you may end up just working for another
governing power, better than the Nazis or Soviets, but a
master just the same.
Speaker 13 (27:36):
I am prepared to do whatever it takes and to
help the Americans however I can, if it means my
nephew gets the life and the future he deserves, and
I will help you too if you get us across,
help me with what you want to find your father?
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Do you not.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
You know where he is?
Speaker 13 (28:01):
Well? I might know how to find him. What's that sound?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
Yes?
Speaker 13 (28:10):
Have they found us?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Army trucks are moving in. The soldiers are carrying bricks
and spades, not rifles.
Speaker 13 (28:18):
Do you think feel safe? Should we flee?
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Stay away from the windows. We'll wait until Rebecca returns.
What is that my watch alarm? It's nothing if you're.
Speaker 13 (28:32):
Sitting ducks in here? If they found us, perhaps Rebecca
of us caught and revealed a location.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
No, no, let me think.
Speaker 10 (28:41):
It's me open up.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Just in time, too, Jean, this is my nephew. It's
glad you made it, but we should leave now. Our
vices are about to expire.
Speaker 10 (28:55):
It's too late for that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
No, we still have time.
Speaker 10 (28:58):
If we hurt, it doesn't The Soviets and Stazi have
stopped all the trains, shut down the checkpoints, and are
setting up barbed wire barricades in the streets. It's a
total lockdown.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
It sounds like more than just setting up a few barricades.
Speaker 10 (29:15):
It's much more than that. Gene. They're building a wall.
Speaker 15 (29:26):
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Berlin, Germany, is a destination for any traveler interested in history.
Its foundation begins in the fourteenth century, when it was
the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia grew rapidly
in the following centuries and formed the basis of the
German Empire in eighteen seventy one. The German Empire would
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survive until it was defeated in nineteen eighteen in World
War One. Around this time, Berlin also became a major
world city, known for its leadership roles in everything from science, government,
the arts, and beyond. This cultural emergence was marked by
the Weimar Republic the inter war period between Germany's defeat
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in World War One and Hitler's rise to power. During
the Weimar years, Berlin was fertile ground for intellectuals, artists,
and innovators across many fields, including many Jewish Scots. But
with the rise of Nazism and Hitler's ascent in nineteen
thirty three, many of these prominent people fled Germany for
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the United Kingdom and the United States. Thus began the
Second World War, and Berlin was a critical battleground, heavily
bombed during the intervening years until it finally capitulated in
nineteen forty five. By then up to a third of
Berlin had been destroyed, and the country as well as
the city, was split in half. West Berlin was controlled
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by the Allied forces of the UK, France and the
United States, whereas East Berlin was the prize of the
Soviet Union. There were many battles, strikes, and air raids
before they settled into a tense but agreeable standoff. Now
in nineteen sixty one, it is a city and a
people divided, with two different souls, a rich history and
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an uncertain future.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Mina tormin untaren v. Now we cannot descent into bel
and Germany's Templehof airport. Please close your trade tables and
bring your seats into the upright position. Please remain seated
with your seat built fastened until we arrive safely at
the gate. It's been a pleasure having you on board today.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Honey, you're squeezing my hand a little tight. Are you
all right? You're not becoming a nervous flyer, are you?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:26):
It's not dead, then, what is it?
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Flying into Tempelhoff always freaks me out. A former nazierport
surrounded by a communist country.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
None of it is a good place to be.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
You don't have to worry about being near communist territories anymore.
You're a US citizen now. Remember I know I married
you for a reason.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
It's just that I escaped the communist dictatorship once. I
really don't want to do it again.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
You won't have to. JFK has made it clear the
US isn't leaving the area. If Templehoff was safe enough
for the Berlin Airlift, it's safe enough for US.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
I suppose you're right.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I am, and it's a little late anyway. Tempelhoff Airport
was the first airport in Berlin. It was built on
what was originally knights Templar land in medieval Berlin, from
which it gets its name. It first opened in nineteen
oh nine, when French aviator Armand Zipfel made the first
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flight demonstration at Tempelhoff, followed by Orville Wright later that
same year. During the Nazi era, the airport was expanded
and its halls and adjoining buildings were intended to become
the gateway to Europe and a symbol of Hitler's world
capital Germania. It is still known as one of the
largest built entities worldwide, and its central location just minutes
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from the Berlin city center, led it to quickly become
one of the world's busiest airports. That is until it
closed during World War II and only reopened to civil
aviation in April nineteen forty five. But just a few
years later, in June nineteen forty eight, Soviet authorities, claiming
technical difficulties, halted all traffic by land and by water
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into or out of the Western controlled sectors of Berlin.
The only remaining access routes into the city were three
twenty mile wide air corridors across the Soviet zone of occupation.
Faced with the choice of abandoning the city or attempting
to supply its inhabitants with the necessities of life by air,
the Western Powers chose the latter course. Thus began the
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Berlin Airlift, in which thousands of US and UK aircrafts
carried tons of food, coal, and other essential supplies into
the city through the airport. As the Cold War continued,
Tempelhoff remained the main terminal for American military transport aircrafts
accessing West Berlin.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
The one thing I like about this is how close
it is to the city it should only be a
five minute taxi riter to the Kimpinski.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
We could always take the scenic route. The architecture of
this airport is really something.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Grab your bags, Darling, let's go, Maxnell.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
The Kempinski Hotel sits on Kerferstendam Street known as Kudam
for short, which is the crown jewel of capitalism in
West Berlin, a street filled with fine dining, luxury shopping
and the finest hotels, a bright, colorful spectacle to contrast
with the drab and colorless Soviet East. First established in
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eighteen ninety seven as a restaurant, the Kampinski quickly became
a beacon of taste and hospitality, keeping pace with the
trends in fashion and design that define each era. It
housed famous parties and performances, and in nineteen fifty two
it became the first new luxury hotel in the city.
Right away it was the place to be for Berlin's
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fashion forward residence. Heads of state, celebrities and Nobel Prize
winners like Albert Einstein, Ava Gardner, John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock,
John F. Kennedy and Sophia Learn, along with many others,
were drawn to the exclusive hotel in Berlin, Golton talk.
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How may I help you, mister and missus Vodor checking
in Yes.
Speaker 6 (06:31):
Of course, fun moment.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
If you'll bring your bags to your room and four doors.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
This envelope arrived for you, and this package for you
door donkishen Oh, it's heavy.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Must be the galleys for the London Book and revised
prousor Monte Carlo.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I know you're eager to take a look.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
I'm also eager for a drink. You want to go
to the bar and help me proof read?
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Why don't you head there and get started. I should
check my messages.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Ah order you a scotch and mere schnapps.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Another encrypted message, Hello.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
Jeane, welcome to Germany. Hope this message finds you well.
As you may now know, the Soviet's best forger, known
as code named doctor Jevago, is willing to defect to
the USA and reveal the identities of all the Soviet
spies he has forged passports for as they use Berlin
to slip into the West with other Germans and refugees.
It may also interest you to know Jevago was a
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close friend of your father during the war. In fact,
they disappeared together and if anyone knows where Pathfinder is,
it would be him. Your mission is to enter East
Berlin under cover as a travel writer. You will be
doing a chapter on East Berlin and the press, credentials
and visas have already been arranged. Once you are on
the other side of the wall, you'll meet up with
Shivago as well as his nephew and escort them across
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the border back to the west. Savago has already forged
them the proper passports and paperwork, and they have a
friend at the checkpoint, so it will be a smooth transaction.
You will just be there for additional cover. Rebecca has
your visa and we'll be in contact as to a
meeting point. She will then escort you with her travel
photographer credentials. Take care.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
Is everything all right?
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yes? But I don't want you to worry.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Oh no, what is it?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Martin wants me to do a chapter on East Berlin.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
You're not serious.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
He thinks it will sell copies set us apart.
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Will they even let you through the checkpoint?
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Martin arranged visas to allow a tour. I don't like it,
I know, but it will only be a few hours.
And probably just a bunch of propaganda, them showing me
what they want us to see.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
I suppose if margin arranged it, it should be fine.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
But it will be fine, I promise.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
If you say so, here's your Scotch.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Plus, you will be far too busy with all these
pages to even notice I'm gone.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
Hmm.
Speaker 8 (09:25):
I'm so sorry to interrupt, but you must be busy photos.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Indeed we are, Ah.
Speaker 8 (09:31):
I am Marie Unga, my family are the proprietors of
this hotel, and we are very honored to have you
as our guest.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
You're too kind, A pleasure to meet you.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
I always take your books whenever I travel. Can I
assume you're working on a new belly In edition that
we are well. I so hope I can look forward
to see inclusion of Ze Kampinski.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Of course, we are very happy to finally stay here.
This hotel is everything I expected and more.
Speaker 8 (10:00):
Make sures you paton the nose your drinks around the house.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh you really don't have to insist. Thank you very much, Yes,
thank you.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Ah.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I see our associate Rebecca in the lobby, and I
believe she has something for me. Will you, ladies excuse
me a moment of course, be right back.
Speaker 5 (10:20):
That is your associate.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
She's our new photographer. We are in the process of
expanding our business.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
Much like Zikompinski. If you don't continue to grow, you die.
It is the reality of business.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I suppose.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
I'm still getting used to it, not just being Gene
and me, But there is so much more to do.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
We need the extra support.
Speaker 8 (10:43):
She's quite young no America, yes.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
But very talented.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
She worked full time magazine and now she travels on
the job with Geen. Well, I've moved upstairs to the
editor's office, well hotel room for now, but eventually we
will be settled in one place.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
You must be a very smart business woman and a
very generous wife.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Speaker 8 (11:11):
Rebecca is young and beautiful. I had to be nervous
if she were alone with my husband so often.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Oh, it's not like that.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
American girls, in particular, with their new burth control and
sexual liberation, they are.
Speaker 5 (11:27):
Not to be trusted. But Jeane is.
Speaker 8 (11:32):
I'm sorry. I'm sure you're right.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
And they are never alone for more than a few
hours anyway, of.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Course, my apologies, but I actually must get going already.
Rebecca has our visas and made all the arrangements with Martin.
She just came by to pick me up. I see, Marie,
it was lovely to meet you. Thank you for your hospitality,
My pleasure by Darling Jean. Be safe, of course, I'll
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be back before you know it. Ready, Yes, where exactly
where are we going?
Speaker 9 (12:17):
We'll cross in the East Berlin at Banhof friedrich Strasser.
Speaker 10 (12:21):
It's just across town.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Let's make it quick. I'd love to be back to
take lass at the dinner.
Speaker 6 (12:26):
We better get going then, Hello, Chairman Albrecht speaking er Rulbert,
this is KGBI spetz Naz Alpha.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
We have received intel from verified sources inside US intelligence
that doctor Jivago maybe in their threatened only move. The
loss of this asset could compromise thetententeities of hundreds of
agents and missions. Jeevago is too important a resource to
fall into the hands of the enemy. We strongly suggest
immediate protection and transfer, or, if all else fails.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
Elimination understood, Commandant, I will send my best men to
secure an asset.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
It's almost as if the vibrancy of West Berlin is
to compensate for the utter drabness of East Berlin. A
dark gray place where the citizen's disposition matches the stern architecture.
The border can be crossed legally only through a limited
number of air, road, rail and river routes. Travelers to
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and from Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Czechoslovakia can pass fairly
easily through East Germany, but access rights for non Germans
are otherwise very restricted. If you are thinking of entering,
you must submit an itinerary to the East German State
Tourist Office up to nine weeks in advance, pay booking fees,
and register with the local police on arrival. You may
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purchase fuel only from specially approved petrol stations and must
spend a prescribed minimum of money each day. You are
also required to stay in state owned inter hotels, which
do not come cheap. If you feel intent on seeing
East Berlin and have the foresight to plan ahead and
the cash to spend, do not expect a warm welcome
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or inspiring cuisine awaiting you on the other side. With
this approach to hospitality, it's no surprise the East has
not become a bustling hub of tourist activity. Step forward,
state your name, Eugene Fodor. I'm a travel writer, and
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this is my associate and photographer, Rebecca Ralston. Bus is
your business. I own a guidebook company and we're here
to show the world why they should visit East Berlin.
Of course, here you are.
Speaker 10 (15:03):
We are so excited to see East Berlin. Our readers
are going to feel so special. Do you mind if
I take your picture?
Speaker 9 (15:12):
I've always had a thing for men in uniform, smile.
Speaker 10 (15:18):
Or not, very handsome.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
Doncashin your visas are good for five hours. If you
do not exit East Berlin before they expire, you will
be vested. We promise not to cause any trouble.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
You may go through. Welcome to East Berlin. Quite serious
around here, aren't they.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
This station is where tens of thousands of East Germans
have been affecting West. It's mostly the young and educated,
a perfect loophole in their closed borders. It also happens
to be the perfect place for spies to cross on
both sides.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
So now that we're through, where are we going?
Speaker 10 (16:03):
We're meeting Jivago in his print shop at Hakkashov.
Speaker 13 (16:07):
It's in Mitta.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Oh great, We're only a few blocks away exactly. The
Hakshehofa is the renowned complex of courtyards spread around the
Shoenenfiatal Quarter, located outside the city walls for centuries. It
was renamed the barn Quarter at the end of the
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seventeenth century, when barnes were removed from the city center
and moved here. The fortunes of the area began to
change at the beginning of the twentieth century when large
numbers of Jews from Eastern Europe settled here, giving rise
to major changes. Shops and businesses began to open, turning
the area into a hive of activity. Opening onto Rosenthalestrase
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is a complex of eight interconnected courtyards and originally built
as a market in nineteen oh seven by the architect
Kurt Bard. The main entrance is at number forty, a
building with a splendid Art nouveau facade, takes you into
the first courtyard, featuring buildings with walls covered in colored tiles.
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From here you can explore the other courtyards, which form
a microcosm of the city. The Hakashehoffa is also a
monument for Berlin's Jewish community because in nineteen thirty nine
it belonged to a Jewish businessman and was home to
the Jewish school until the owner was compelled to sell
it to the Nazis and the school was evicted and demolished.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Villukomen, that's all right, allowed these customers.
Speaker 13 (17:47):
You may take your break.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Sofie Punkah.
Speaker 13 (17:50):
You must be Eugene. You was a spitting image of
your father, and you must be Cormi Zivago for now,
you're early.
Speaker 10 (17:59):
We didn't want to be.
Speaker 13 (18:01):
My nephew is still at school. I didn't want to
keep him home out of fear it might raise suspicion.
He should be back within the hour.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
That should be fine. We have five hours until our
time is up.
Speaker 13 (18:12):
We'll be ready to go right away. You have the paperwork, Yes,
the leasas are forged. We are US citizens here to
visit a dying relative at the jerry Dale Hospital. Good.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
Then I can give you these passports.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
I didn't know you were hiding those. I didn't want
to worry you, thayanks, but I already made some.
Speaker 13 (18:33):
See for yourself.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
These are very impressive, as good as the real thing,
maybe better.
Speaker 13 (18:40):
Yes, I am good at How about we pick up
my nephew from school and go from there. No point
waiting around longer than needed.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
That works for us.
Speaker 13 (18:49):
Let me just get my coat.
Speaker 9 (18:53):
I think we've got trouble.
Speaker 1 (18:54):
What is it.
Speaker 13 (18:57):
Police?
Speaker 1 (18:58):
They aren't marked as police car.
Speaker 10 (19:00):
It's Cristasi Easter, German's secret police.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Well, whoever they are. They're blocking the exits and entering
the hof.
Speaker 13 (19:06):
Heavy back door. Follow me.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
They're covering the back too. Which way do we go?
Speaker 13 (19:18):
We should separate? It's me them on?
Speaker 1 (19:20):
No, this way we can lose them in the Marketwn
they're still after us.
Speaker 13 (19:31):
Aramsis stall is the tram.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Shit, they're at the entrance.
Speaker 10 (19:41):
They'll have to hold on, jump here and hold on.
I was close and they're clearly on to us. We
should go back to the checkpoint and cross back to
the west immediately.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
No.
Speaker 13 (19:58):
I won't desert my nephew.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
But your life is in danger. Eh.
Speaker 13 (20:03):
It's both of us or either of us.
Speaker 10 (20:07):
Okay, I know a place we can go. It's an
old CIA safehouse. It's not far.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Is there someone there who can help us?
Speaker 10 (20:15):
No, but we can hide there until we get a plan. B.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
What about our visas?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
We still have a few hours left. Let's hope we
don't need more.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Is the ass boit chairman Olbricht for General Secretary.
Speaker 13 (20:42):
Khrushchev dah one moment, Yes, gut and target.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
Cruise, Chef, I regret to inform you that doctor Shivoko
has gone missing. The suspectim may be in US hands.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
How is this possible?
Speaker 13 (20:59):
He must be in our position at all costs.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
We believe he has yet to cross the Vest, but unfortunately,
with the current border security in Berlin, I cannot assure
you that I can prevent his escape. We have already
lost hundreds of thousands of our best, unprightest to the Vest,
and we are most assuredly lose him as well unless
something drastic he's done.
Speaker 14 (21:22):
What do you suggest, Comrade, We shut it down, all
of it. I will order guards double the ditch post.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
That isn't enough. We need to build a wall. It's
the only way to guarantee no one can leave. Not
a soul can slip through, not Sivago and no citizen
of the GDR.
Speaker 14 (21:41):
That is quite drastic. It would bring a strong reaction.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
We can't concern ourselves this international perception. Only East German survival.
Young Kennedy already told you that the US would take
no action if a permanent barrier were built.
Speaker 14 (22:00):
Full shoot as hand, but the talking actions are very
different things.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
The time to build a voll is now, and we
must act fast before it is too late.
Speaker 14 (22:14):
The do it, shut it down, whatever it takes.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Not the coziest of places, You're sure no one will
find us here.
Speaker 10 (22:32):
This is one of the most secret safe houses we have.
It's not the compinski, but we can breathe easy.
Speaker 13 (22:38):
I'm terribly sorry for the trouble I seem to have
gotten you into.
Speaker 9 (22:42):
What's important is we get you out safe. Tell me
about your nephew.
Speaker 13 (22:47):
Here is his photo. His school isn't far from my shop.
He gets out in a minute now, But today he
knows to wait at the school and he won't head
back to the shop alone. Good.
Speaker 9 (22:58):
No one should be looking for him yet. I'll go
get him and bring him here.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Is that safe?
Speaker 10 (23:04):
He looks like he could be my brother. I doubt
anyone will raise an eye.
Speaker 13 (23:09):
Give him this note so he trusts you.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
Thanks.
Speaker 9 (23:12):
I won't be long, Jean. Come lock the door behind me.
Keep a close eye on Jivago and set the alarm
on your watch. If I'm not back in an hour,
take him to cross the border before your visas expire.
What about you, I'll find a way to get back
myself if you get caught, or if it ever becomes
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a question if you or him save yourself?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Understood, understood. So it is just us for the moment.
Speaker 13 (23:50):
Do you mind if I put that record play into use?
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Be my guest.
Speaker 13 (24:02):
I can't get over how much you resemble your father
hum I.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
Heard that often growing up. When did you and him
first meet?
Speaker 13 (24:12):
We served together in counterintelligence at the end of the
war and became fast friends. It started as we got
to know one another. We shared a profound love of
art and the profound loss of family. Beside me. The
only member of mine who survives the Nazis was my nephew,
just a baby at the time. You see, this is
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why I cannot leave him. We are all the other has.
The Soviets helped save me and him, which is why
I've worked for them all this time.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
You're Jewish.
Speaker 13 (24:44):
Yes, my family thrived here in this very neighborhood during
the Weimar Republic, but you wouldn't recognize it from what
you see to day. It was alive with youthful activity,
explosive sexual freedoms, art, liberal ideas.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
It's been called the Babylon of the twenties.
Speaker 13 (25:04):
I suppose it was provocative, cabaret shows, excessive drug use,
knights of hedonistic partying, open and same sex relationships. There
were many strong women in the movement as well, with
performers such as Marlene Dietrich and the Nita Berber becoming icons.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
It was also the.
Speaker 13 (25:24):
Decade of giants such as Breckt de Nichevood.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Sounds like an amazing time.
Speaker 13 (25:29):
The city was alive in ways you couldn't imagine, but
then the Nazis took power. My family's gallery was closed,
my parents arrested, and I was forced to work for
the fascist pigs, catalogings at art thefts as they murdered
and pillaged their way through Europe.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
That's horrible, I'm sorry.
Speaker 13 (25:50):
By day I was forced to work for them, but
by night I used the material to forge papers for
other Jews to escape.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Oh why didn't you escape yourself?
Speaker 13 (26:01):
Well, doo, I had no home or family left, but
by staying I had a purpose. And then the Soviets
came to liberate us. They saved me, and they saved
my nephew. He was just a baby then, but he
was all I had. That's why I can't leave him.
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I'll never leave him behind.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
That's how you started working for the Soviets.
Speaker 13 (26:29):
I felt I owed them at first for saving us,
but they used me, just like the Nazis made me
their chief forger in Berlin, creating fake passports so their
KGB agents can travel freely.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Then why leave now? Why risk it all?
Speaker 13 (26:46):
My nephew is becoming a man, a brilliant man with
a bright future. But there's no future for him here,
and I cannot continue to create fake passports for horrible people.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I'm sure your nephew is safe with Rebecca.
Speaker 13 (27:00):
He reminds me of you, actually me. You barely know me,
but your father spoke about you all the time. How
brilliant you were from a young age, How you could
read the globe like you could read the alphabet. How
in America you are free to realize that potential to
build your dreams. There are no dreams here, only harsh reality.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
You know, you may end up just working for another
governing power, better than the Nazis or Soviets, but a
master just the same.
Speaker 13 (27:36):
I am prepared to do whatever it takes and to
help the Americans however I can, if it means my
nephew gets the life and the future he deserves, and
I will help you too if you get us across,
help me with what you want to find your father?
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Do you not.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
You know where he is?
Speaker 13 (28:01):
Well? I might know how to find him. What's that sound?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
Yes?
Speaker 13 (28:10):
Have they found us?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Army trucks are moving in. The soldiers are carrying bricks
and spades, not rifles.
Speaker 13 (28:18):
Do you think feel safe? Should we flee?
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Stay away from the windows. We'll wait until Rebecca returns.
What is that my watch alarm? It's nothing if you're.
Speaker 13 (28:32):
Sitting ducks in here? If they found us, perhaps Rebecca
of us caught and revealed a location.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
No, no, let me think.
Speaker 10 (28:41):
It's me open up.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Just in time, too, Jean, this is my nephew. It's
glad you made it, but we should leave now. Our
vices are about to expire.
Speaker 10 (28:55):
It's too late for that.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
No, we still have time.
Speaker 10 (28:58):
If we hurt, it doesn't The Soviets and Stazi have
stopped all the trains, shut down the checkpoints, and are
setting up barbed wire barricades in the streets. It's a
total lockdown.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
It sounds like more than just setting up a few barricades.
Speaker 10 (29:15):
It's much more than that. Gene. They're building a wall.
Speaker 15 (29:26):
Phodor's Guide to Espionage is created by Lars Jacobson, written
by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jaglain, and directed by Sabrina Jaglin,
Produced by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jagulin, and executive produced
by Noel Brown for iHeartRadio. Fodor's Guide to Espionage stars
Ethan Korn as Eugene Fodor, Lelia Symington as Vlasta Fodor,
(29:48):
and Jackie Emerson as Rebecca Ralston, with additional performances by
Chase Mullins, George Rivera, Matt Linton, Dylan McCollum, Gade Greenspan,
Chris Cappel, Duncan Kaladine Dana Melanie, Alex Gumbadi, Noam Thomaschoff,
Katrina Aaron, and Simon Jagulain. Sound design and editing by
(30:09):
Chris Childs. Original theme song by Jack Blavelt and Chris Childs,
with additional scoring by Chris Childs. Sound engineering by Chris
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