<p>The politics of memory is everywhere in Germany. To discuss how Germany selectively uses the history of WWII and the Cold War--and how the memories of these events are invoked abroad--Ted speaks with Berlin-based journalist <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ajbwells.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Alexander Wells</a> about the politics surrounding the bombing of Dresden, the DDR and Stasi, and the heroic &quot;dissident.&quot; Plus, how Australian tourists in Europe relate to all this.</p><p>-Read Alex&#39;s pieces on <a href="https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/dresden-doesnt-know-how-to-mourn-its-past/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Dresden here</a>, the <a href="https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-spies-of-others-wells" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Stasi here</a>, <a href="https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/what-are-young-australians-searching-for-in-berlin/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Aussies in Berlin here</a>, and <a href="https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/australia-wwi-memory-politics/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">WWI here</a>.</p><p>-Check out his website here: <a href="https://wellsalexander.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/view/ajbwells</a></p><p>-Listen to our past episodes on the &quot;Clean Wehrmacht myth&quot; <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spassbremse/episodes/30---The-Clean-Wehrmacht-Myth-w-Jan-Tattenberg-extended-excerpt-e1k9l5j/a-a85aa98" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>, and <a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spassbremse/episodes/Berlin--Reguided-w-Ryan-Balmer-preview-e2msf17/a-abfgj9t" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">historical tourism in Berlin here</a>.</p><p>*****</p><p>Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/spassbremse_pod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@spassbremse_pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>). Edited by Nick. Music by <a href="https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/more-on-that-later-2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lee Rosevere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Art by Franziska Schneider.</p><p>Support us on Patreon here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse</a></p>