The executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy here at the National World War Ii Museum we are the humble group of scholars that bring your programs such as this and it is our actual pleasure to have paul with us here tonight. The institute, what do we . Do apologize to the veterans that here this every few weeks but the institute serves as the Research Corps in the Higher Education center of the museum, we like to call us as a community of scholars, our job is to build bridges to academics and other authors and experts around the world to help make them part of the Museum Family and plug them into the program such as this. To produce college of our own as our multiple Award Winning Senior Historian has done with him who is not here he celebrating a 60th birthday tonight hes done that with all ten of his. Books we also offer a wonderful new service the World War Two veteran Research Project and service would you cannot find on the website. We can trace the i
Albion, im a curator historian here at the International Spy museum in washington d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligence related artifacts in the world. Today, we are going to be looking at cold war berlin. After world war ii ended, germany was divided between the victors. That is the united states, france, the United Kingdom and this soviet union. The soviet union occupied the east and the other three countries occupied the west. That included the capital city of berlin which was also divided into four sectors. One for each of the victors. The soviets occupied the eastern zone of berlin and the three western powers occupying the western zone of berlin. This was the start of the division of germany and the division of berlin after the war. That division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. The wall was put up by the east germans ostensibly to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east germany and
At the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligencerelated artifacts in the world, and today were going to be looking at cold war berlin. Now, after world war ii end ed, germany was divided between 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 zones of berlin. And this start of the division of germany, and the division of ber ly berlin after the war. Now, that division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. Now, the wall was put up by the eastern germans offensively to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east germany and east berlin b
And im a curator historian here at the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligencerelated artifacts in the world, and today were going to be looking at cold war berlin. Now, after world war ii ended, germany was divided between 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 zones of berlin. And this start of the division of germany, and the division of berlin after the war. Now, that division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. Now, the wall was put up by the eastern germans offensively to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east g
Dippolito . Yes. I married him because i loved him. Did you want your husband dead . No, absolutely not. Im in therapy now just trying to cope with everything thats happened because its hard. How do you explain, then, what we saw and what we heard on those video tapes . Thats when Dalia Dippolito says the phrase that goes around the world. Im positive, like 5,000 sure. With evidence like that, what seems like evidence, how did she end up going to trial not once, not twice Dalia Dippolito walking out a free woman. And three times . It is reality tv on steroids. Its a cloudy morning in sleepy Boynton Beach, florida. Its just before 6 00 a. M. Its already a humid 80 degrees, and most people are still fast asleep. But not 26yearold newlywed Dalia Dippolito. On august 5, 2009, dalia and Mike Dippolito had just passed their sixmonth wedding anniversary. Hes in bed in the morning, and dalia gets up and goes to the gym at 6 00 a. M. The l. A. Fitness in Boynton Beach. Hes groggy. Its early mor