The American Soldier Who Defected to East Germany (Part 2) w/ Victor Grossman

We continue the enlightening discussion with Victor Grossman, a former American soldier who defected to East Germany in 1952.  In this concluding episode we cover Victor's life as a journalist in East Germany and what that meant in terms of censorship and free expression, his bombshell reporting on "former" Nazi's active in the West Germant government and in the nascent North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), his perspectives on the Berlin Wall as an East Berliner, his run ins with the East German Stasi and the American FBI, as well as what led to the eventual demise of the East Germany also known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR).  Victor brings his unique and balanced perspective laying out both the positive and negatives of this former nation that was committed to building socialism.  The two memoirs he wrote recounting his life story are called "Crossing the River — A Memoir of the American Left, the Cold War, and Life in East Germany" and "A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee". This is part two of a two part discussion.  More info regarding our discussion can be found on the patreon posting of this episode: (COMING SOON)