Writer of the month: Stories from behind the Berlin Wall

Hester Vaizey discusses her latest book, Born in the GDR: Living
in the Shadow of the Wall, which reveals the everyday lives of
citizens of the former German Democratic Republic.


The National Archives is again hosting a series of monthly talks
to broaden awareness of historical records and their uses for
writers. Each month, a high-profile author will talk about using
original records in their writing.


Hester Vaizey is a University Lecturer in Modern German History
and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. Her book Surviving
Hitler's War: Family Life in Germany 1939-1948, was shortlisted
for the Women's History Network Prize and won the Fraenkel Prize
for Contemporary History.