Berlin. Our guide is lead cure art alexis albion who explains, and shows us artifacts used by the east germans to spy on visitors and control their own citizens. Hello, im dr. Alexis albion and im a cure art here at the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligencerelated art facts in the world. And today were going to be looking at cold war berlin. Now, after world war ii ended, germany was divided between the victors. Thats the united states, france, United Kingdom and the soviet union. Soviet union occupied the east and the other three countries the west. And that included the capital city of berlin which was also divided into four sectors, one for each of the victors, again with the soviets occupying the eastern zone of berlin and the three western powers occupying the western zone of berlin. And this is the start of the division of germany and the division of berlin after the war. Now that division became concrete with t
Not waiting for officials or even daybreak, they are still coming. Host those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 19 89. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. Gallery,he berlin wall from the newseum and washington, d. C. Wass our socialism such a devastating failure. Cuba, venezuela, china, russia even the scandinavians are running away from it tremendously. We have such a generational divide here in america concerning socialism. They seem to be predisposed in favor of it. They do not know mao or stalicad after world war ii. Heres that clip. [video clip] until such time germany could reshape her own destiny, she would be divided into separate sounds of occupation, each controlled by an allied power american, british, french, russian. Economically, she would be treated as a whole. This the victors had agreed when they met to decide the future of germany. Even then, some had reservations about
Fox news sunday. Then. Today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. Chris House Speaker nancy pelosi formally directing democrats to move forward with impeachment, saying the president s actions leave no choice. We will talk with democratic congressman david cicilline, a key member of the house Judiciary Committee, which will hear evidence monday from house investigators. Plus, the justice departments Inspector General releases his highly anticipated review of the 2016 russia probe. I hear its devastating, but we will soon find out. Chris we will ask our sunday panel with the ig report will mean for the president s claims it was all the witch hunts. And our power player of the week is obsessed with spies and the gadgets they use to steal secrets. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris you are looking live at the Ronald Reagan president ial library and air force one, that carried our 40th president around the globe in pursuit of peace. Welcome to a special ho
Im alexis, i am a curator historian at the International Spy museum. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligence related artifacts in the world. After world war ii ended, germany was divided. The united states, france, United Kingdom and soviet union. Soviet union again with the soviets occupying the eastern zone of berlin and the three western powers occupying the western zone. This starts the division of germany and berlin. That became concrete with the direction of the berlin wall with the berlin wall. The wall was put up by east germans of stents of late to keep people out. And with the occupation of east germany and east berlin, hundreds of thousands of people in the east had been fleeing to the west. These numbers became larger and larger. It was a terrible drain of intelligence and skills in the east. The east germans called what we called the berlin wall the antifascist fork. It was to keep out the fascist, to keep out the west. It did keep millions of these ge
Speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. Dr. Pichichero, our good friend and neighbor, is an associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition, revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view in our gallery immediately behind this fireplace and will be open after the talk this evening. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, whose writings are featured in our show, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their military enterprises. Their experience is in america had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center book, theheros military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis xiv to napoleo