and west germany became just germany. there was no master plan no example worldwide for this is turning event german reunification. not even a year before the berlin wall had come down after months of peaceful protest in the far east germany. leave us u.k. france and the soviet union gave the green light paving the way to unify the 2 journeys. those from the east had to adapt to many things new money and your economic system and a new lifestyle soon the disillusionment kicked in. what we're missing. because you know. it can only financial cost also the social medical costs. are not. blind they can only. miss unemployment. we mentioned before in east germany as many as 4000000 workers in the east saw their jobs disappear countless others had to take on the work that was below their qualifications many young and educated people left to look for a better life some areas feel didn't like to this day. there are rural areas where there's a lot of poverty and rip people feel left behind churning towards what they have which is o

the far left and extreme right in eastern germany. a celebration nevertheless takes place every year with good reason we have had 30 years of peace and prosperity for a lot of people we think of germany as such a stable and secure country i think it's amazing when you look back at german history over 100 years germany went through from a monarchy to a failed democracy to a dictatorship to a communists system to a successful democracy inventor unifications a reinvention as the real headline for german history regardless of the differences we unify germany is often seen as an example of a stable and democratic country. i'm joined now by florentine schmidt historian from the like need center for contemporary history in parts of them germany she's a specialist on communist east germany as well it's nice to have you here on the set and let me start by asking you this what significance to you we unification have for younger germans today. i think that the younger generation takes the reunification for granted so it's simply not possible to

germany is one country i never accepted east germany i'm glad it's gone. i knew the old east germany i was 10 at the time and felt very positive about it what came next was a very tough time for us teenagers and kids because our parents lost everything but looking back i'd say it was nonetheless a good thing. i think we're on the right track i like in my generation at the latest he won't be able to tell who's from the east and who's from the west. is that really the case. might who i'm surprise you know that sort of an aspiration have people been used in the west shouldn't be different the difference shouldn't be apparent what do you say i think we have to acknowledge the difference not only between western and eastern german people but also the riot that that make the society diverse and the way. that we have to learn from those. identities that we can acknowledge them and feel compassion for them. in some parts it is because for example my generation is speaking up about those past and histories which people don't know about yet and we hope that in the f

the united germany would have. to look for ways to the european your good no british suddenly demand that the troops be placed on east german territory would push russia was absolutely against the stores or to the toy instructions or it was important to get that nailed gol in writing and i insisted that it should it's this wasn't just an attempt to slow down the process it was an attempt to control the soviet union was not we didn't agree with the stationing or a true must on the just a few hours before a treaty aside and it was is blamed for its failure to be that good was a trick this has happened before in the history of diplomacy was 42 deployments in the good bill. soviet minister shevardnadze told latimer pollin office that he would not sign the treaty under those conditions just moments before the signing in moscow germany's reunification looks set to fail because britain did not want to forego a special right as a victorious power in world war 2. by this point then the soviets are feeling their backs agains

from germany. wins a good position. our position in west germany was not made any easier by east germany as the lack of cooperation does didio he a bit loose leash g.d.r. was not thrilled about that with country of being a nato member of it because i'm george hotz least because in fact it rejected the idea she had a pivot also i just wasn't talking on our agenda to be the 1st to stand up and shout yes we have to be in need to move the absolute truth a very cautious stance. we didn't want to do anything that was in any way further de stabilized gorbachev's the message was all that it is double easier to work for handwritten notes from the 1st round of talks made by tina. highlighted the main problem and the position of the g.d.r. it reads the key issue is the power balance in europe it cannot be destroyed during the talks the u.s. and the u.s.s.r. engaged in a power struggle over their influence in europe there wasn't one for once least because either for us the russians were the enemy per se we had

from germany. wins a good position. our position in west germany was not made any easier by east germany as the lack of cooperation does d.d.d. a bit loose mr d.d.r. was not thrilled about the united country of being a nato member of it because i'm torchwood's least because in fact it rejected the idea so you had stephen to darken up till it just wasn't told what our agenda to be the 1st to stand up and show yes we have to be in need to the atmosphere so we took a very cautious stance just we didn't want to do anything there was in any way further destabilize gorbachev domestic stubborn easier to work the handwritten notes from the 1st round of talks made by. highlighted the main problem and the position of the g.d.r. it reads the key issue is the power balance in europe it cannot be destroyed during the talks the us and the u.s.s.r. engaged in a power struggle over their influence in europe there wasn't an influence least because the there for us the russians were the enemy per se so we had a rela

washington was also following this political earthquake in germany west germany had hoped that the powerful united states would support reunification. as the u.s. was seen as a necessary indispensable a that would help to overcome resistance from the french and british sides which side foreign minister genscher travel to washington to discuss proceedings with u.s. secretary of state james baker baker's colleagues own ready had precisely ideas about how the international negotiations on german unity should play out we focused on the idea that the key players of the 2 germany's and the 4 powers that had the right robert zelnick set out america's goals in a confidential strategy document the u.s. . wanted to solidify its leadership role in europe through what became known as the 2 plus 4 talks and to keep a united germany within the western military alliance nato zelotes paper reads we want them in our tent not in one of their own working with the germans right now gorbachev needs to show he has some control over the process 2 plus 4 gives him that cover with little real control. one would kno

when i visit germany i would never refer to the us as home. even though it's where most of my friends are. because to me home is closely tied to my childhood home a. place that defined you at an early age. to me that's an important part of the concept of tired of homework because. nora talked to her family and collected everything she could find from letters to school exercise books that once belonged to her uncle to her horror one of his essays was titled the jew as a poisonous mushrooms testaments to the nazis racist ideology and how it infiltrated the classroom. she collected everything she found in a sort of scrap book juxtaposing the stories she heard and the documents she found with her own illustrations inspired by family nor such as the moment her father's family was informed of the death of the firstborn son franz carr was 18 when he was shot in italy describes a conversation with her father's cousin how memories came pouring out of her like ice melting. home as she discovered is not necessarily something positive it's a concept in ex

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in germany of all places i was conversion it into explained. earlier in the day the city came to a standstill for several minutes as people took a moment to remember the victims. in the courtyard of the synagogue a new memorial was unveiled the head of germany's central council of jews said the attacker had failed in his mission their teacher were to deviate from it but a perpetrator wanted to impress the world by killing people who in his mind have no right to live how but he did not convince us of his inhumane ideas he did not impress anyone on the contrary indeed. it was one year ago that a far right extremist attempted to shoot his way into the synagogue his intention to kill worshipers marking young kapoor but the people inside was saved by a wooden door that wouldn't breach instead the assailant gunned down 2 non jewish victims a woman passer by and a man i think about shop attacks against jews have been on the rice in germany recently the german president said it was up to all germans to fight anti semitism . i'm does imitates most anti

made in germany. on d w. happiness for years for everyone human penises are very different from primates you know we have a totally ridiculous remembered size view of nature and that. this is climate change brags that sex how to improve books you get smarter for appearing to double your books. if there's a country that knows what change feels like it's germany on october 3rd 1990 the country where unified 2 ideologically different systems became one the challenges were mana folds the former east with economically behind a 3rd of state run companies their worship.

from germany to the u.s. where president donald trump is being treated at a military hospital after his coronavirus diagnosis he's expected to remain at walter reed medical center for several days trump's doctor says he is taking the hunting fire old rock as if their earlier white house official said the hospitalization was only a precautionary measure trump would continue his presidential duties. the 1st glimpses of the u.s. president since he shocked the world with his covert 1000 diagnosis. here donald trump has been transferred to hospital with officials insisting it's only a precautionary measure the white house said he was for a cheat but in good spirits and experiencing mild symptoms before takeoff the president assured his supporters he was doing ok. thank you everybody for the tremendous support i'm going to walter reed i think. we're going to make you are the. first lady is doing very well so thank you very much appreciate it. the white house had been on high alert after news that a top aide was dia

our position in west germany was not made any easier by east germany as a lack of cooperation. and he a bit loose leash that i but d.d.r. was not thrilled about the united country of being a nato member of it because i'm torchwood's least because in fact it rejected the idea so you have to appeal it just wasn't talk on our agenda to be the 1st to stand up and shout yes we have to be in need to your music so we took a very cautious stance. we didn't want to do anything there was in any way further destabilize gorbachev's the message was all that it is w.'s year 2 of the handwritten notes from the 1st round of talks made by. highlighted the main problem and the position of the g.d.r. it reads the key issue is the power balance in europe it cannot be destroyed during the talks the us and u.s.s.r. engaged in a power struggle over their influence in europe there was a month or once least consider for us the russians were the enemy per se and we had a relatively relaxed relationship with the soviet union was overthrown and we knew that all the up he evils that happened and also the f

now that the struggle against nazi germany was over each wanted its own germany its own sphere of influence its own buffer against the others. germany was divided into 4 parts. french. british american. with the 2nd world war behind them the disagreements between the soviets and the western allies were out in the open the soviet union had lost more than $20000000.00 people and was economically devastated stalin demanded 10000000000 dollars and access to the row industrial area in western germany stalin needed coal and he held a bargaining chip in the. german prisoners of war. stalin had thousands of them herded through moscow even before the war was over. but this humiliation of the losing side failed to achieve its desired effect. this and. the mayor was silence and people just stood there and looked and there was no shouting no outbursts of rage just this total silence absolute limit is one month the dimensions of the tragedy on both sides were so massive stock that had to my view to you might say that people fairly quickly felt sympathy for the germans they were hungry and racket. in 190

germany is one country i never accepted east germany i'm glad it's gone it is. i knew the old east germany i was 10 at the time and felt very positive about it what came next was a very tough time for us teenagers and kids because our parents lost everything but looking back i'd say it was nonetheless a good thing. i think we're on the right track in my generation at the latest he won't be able to tell who's from the east and who's from the west. is that really the case. might who i'm i'm surprise you know that sort of an aspiration here. people in the west shouldn't be different the difference shouldn't be a part of what do you say i think we have to acknowledge the differences not only between western and eastern german people but also the variety that that make the society diverse and the way. that we have to learn from those. identities that we can acknowledge them and feel compassion for them is that happening. in some parts it is because for example my generation is speaking up about those past and histories which people don't know about yet and we hope th

after all germany's g.d.p. was the same as france and britain but together it's illegal aliens as i am that there was a potential threat that arose into. french president francois mitterrand said straight away i mcculloch she will if you want to unite germany that's your business you can do that under whatever thing titian's you like me i wouldn't interfere yes if you want france's approval even you need to respect 13 conditions one the order and i said order would kill to you more of the denuclearization of germany and 3 in the real europe. washington was also following this political earthquake in germany west germany had hoped that the powerful united states would support reunification. as the u.s. was seen as a necessary indispensable a that would help to overcome resistance from the french and british sides with a side foreign minister genscher travel to washington to discuss proceedings with u.s. secretary of state james baker baker's colleagues already had precisely ideas about how the international nego

germany i would never refer to the us as home. even though it's where most of my friends are. because to me home is closely tied to my childhood home a. place that defined you at an early age. to me that's an important part of the concept of tired of homework because. nora talked to her family and collected everything she could find from letters to school exercise book that once belonged to her uncle to her horror one of his essays was titled the jew as a poisonous mushrooms testaments to the nazis racist ideology and how it infiltrated the classroom. she collected everything she found in a sort of scrap book juxtaposing the stories she heard and the documents she found with her own illustrations inspired by family law such as the moment her father's family was informed of the death of the firstborn son franz carr was 18 when he was shot in italy describes a conversation with her father's cousin how memories came pouring out of her like ice melting. home as she discovered is not necessarily something positive it's a concept in ext

now that the struggle against nazi germany was over each wanted its own germany its own sphere of influence its own buffer against the others. germany was divided into 4 parts. french. british american. with the 2nd world war behind them disagreements between the soviets and the western allies were out in the open the soviet union had lost more than $20000000.00 people and was economically devastated stalin demanded 10000000000 dollars and access to the royal industrial area in western germany stalin needed coal and he held a bargaining chip much to the. german prisoners of war. stalin had thousands of them herded through moscow even before the war was over. but this humiliation of the losing side failed to achieve its desired effect. this and. the mayor was silence and people just stood there and looked and there was no shouting no outbursts of rage just this total silence absolute the shtetl in his own minds on the dimensions of the tragedy on both sides were so massive thought that had to my view to my you might say that people fairly quickly felt sympathy for the germans they were hungr

in germany before it's a loving attempt to reach out to germany but at the same time it's a commitment to keep examining the past and commitments ultrasound of one's. own says nora kroeger means carrying the burden of history but it's also a longing for songs landscapes the bits and pieces of a life it's both terrifying and wonderful. in berlin they're still warner original section of the girl and while remaining i knew it personally from my days as an east german border guard i was 18 at the time and i pledged to oath to defend my communist homeland but after a few months i refused to perform armed service was demoted and experienced the fall of the wall locked up in the barracks i hated to walk yet i also awaited the friends that followed the show from one contrived homeland to another being essentially the next was something i considered wrong and dangerous and jet even after 30 years of a reunified germany i'm thrilled that a piece of the wall is still standing. a friend of mine urban archaeologist startled concert after to tell terse about it. as for months as the sum able to sens

is not the dark part of germany. like forever because we have to find ways to support them to. build infrastructure and ecosystems in which they can flourish and also. your. we want to shape the future that was your statement to the top of the show how. well it's one of the tools one of the goals yeah well as i said people who experienced transformation themselves or through their parents they have a certain skill they can use now and show these people and so for example. is that i. found in association that stuff for basic income and research on that we have people who create co-working spaces and then sky and and so i think this is one big part of the skill of transformation and also i think well people in east germany they did not inherit much right so a country property was given to the west. germany i need to explain for our audience just briefly. what in the western part of germany there have been huge sums of heritance is being passed from one generation to the next the hasn't been the case and in germany in v

the us just grew up in west germany and in the 1990 s. was active in the lens art scene he painted murals on the walls of techno clubs and helped provoke is it happening then he was commissioned to work for a watch manufacturer and an airline. his larger than life murals can now be found around the globe. having your what is. also a musician and a d.j. . under the name new and team he released his videos and regularly performs in clubs throughout germany. but 1st and foremost he's a painter and one of germany's most successful pop art artists his artist name is a tribute to the french city where he began his career with street art his colorful interpretations of abuses in the world has become his trademark his current exhibition in berlin is entitled tomorrow never know. tomorrow never knows songs. never noticed one of my favorite beatle songs and describes the sense of lights on certainties. it's always been this way but especially now we can't predict where the world is heading. due to the whole corona thing but also politically aligned

october 3rd is germany's unity day and it's a national holiday here in germany.

across town another club offers a glimpse into life around many of germany. lower league teams plenty of historic clubs have devolved to reflect immigrant neighborhoods and communities. norden or divest 98 had a unique progression unlike churchill were polonia they weren't founded by immigrants instead they're one of berlin's most traditional clubs with over 120 years of history sadly their glory days are nearly a century behind located in berlin's diverse neighborhood of vetting their players who mean we have from africa predominantly ethiopia and eritrea they're serving as a kind of defacto migrant club that performs a lot of the same roles that an explicit one like her. that's clear the 2nd you talk to a player like mckee is he's been in germany about 4 years as we speak with the committee here in congo and. this. is why now. with the tourists or the intensity of. 2 years ago nor did not vest we're looking to bring in a host of new players. successfully filled out the squad by connecting with an ethiopian cultural organisation. if you'll go with you know t

germany i would never refer to the us as home. america even though it's where most of my friends. because to me home is closely tied to my childhood home a. place that defined you at an early age. to me that's an important part of the concept of harvesting tired of homework because. nora talked to her family and collected everything she could find from letters to school exercise book that once belonged to her uncle to her horror one of his is says was titled the jew supports nose mushroom testaments to the nazis racist ideology and how it infiltrated the classroom. she collected everything she found in a sort of scrap book juxtaposing the stories she heard and the documents she found with her own illustrations inspired by family lore such as the moment her father's family was informed of the death of the firstborn son franz carl was 18 when he was shot in italy describes a conversation with her father's cousin how memories came pouring out of her like ice melting. home as she discovered is not necessarily something positive it's a

now that the struggle against nazi germany was over each wanted its own germany its own sphere of influence its own buffer against the others. germany was divided into 4 parts. french. british american. with the 2nd world war behind them disagreements between the soviets and the western allies were out in the open the soviet union had lost more than $20000000.00 people and was economically devastated stalin demanded 10000000000 dollars and access to their war industrial area and western germany stalin needed coal and he held a bargaining chip much to the. german prisoners of war. stalin had thousands of them herded through moscow even before the war was over. but this humiliation of the losing side failed to achieve its desired. back to. this and. the mayor was silence and people just stood there and looked and there was no shouting no outbursts of rage just this total silence absolute the shtetl in its own minds that the dimensions of the tragedy on both sides were so massive stock that had to my view to you might say that people fairly quickly felt sympathy for the germans they were hungr

the last time final of the communist east germany was pleading. to move. the dogs. get most of the way homage to the biggest issue from the national committee in german. confrontation between china and taiwan the superpower is threatening to invade its neighbor. how serious is it how is china justifying its claims. w's richard walker analyzes the causes and dangers of the conflict taiwan china's next target close on. in 60 minutes on d w. every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home. the consequences of disastrous. our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises from around the world to. fuck a thing we don't need and i think i didn't go to university to kill people i think that way i live. people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of us to stay behind. this place starts october 16th on g.w. . done is the stock posse it and i'm gonna go to see. this. place. one step sister state that we're going to see monday's big big and this. is snuffed out like a semi is a tough choice.

russia and germany over a gas pipeline relations between the sas in a sport in north east germany were excellent until 3 republican senators threatened it with crushing legal and economic sanctions if it continues to provide services to north stream 2 now the contentious pipeline which is to transport gas from russia to germany has long anger to donald trump drive a sell us gas to europe. this is a small harbor town on the baltic islander for you can. a lot of tourists pass through but otherwise there's not much going on here. what have we done to make u.s. senators think that they have to threaten us in this way. it was poised to surprise when sasnett suddenly became the focus of an international political fight the latest iteration of a longstanding conflict the mash owes us a letter to the company that manages the potence us net which is majority owned by the municipality it was written by 3 republican u.s. senators in august threatening crushing legal and economic sanctions. thus the letter is a threat. where they state that they don't want north stream due to be completed by ford

germany was prepared to accept down demand. we needed 14000000000 do its months to build accommodation for the troops to be withdrawn from germany and other things through to. october 3rd 1900. after 4 decades of division germany celebrated its reunification. in berlin until then the pivotal heart of the cold war. for germans the magnitude of the moment perhaps veiled the fact that the cold war was not yet over that the world was still full of nuclear missiles and now that too was the subject of negotiations. richard berke was among the dignitaries on the american side the last major battle of the cold war took place in a negotiating room in geneva. one of the secrets of negotiation of international negotiations like this is you're not just negotiating against the other side you're negotiating with your own capital. i mean everybody everybody back in washington was watching what i was doing and they were afraid i was going to give something away. the americans knew that their economy could cope with the potential of the arms ra

germany is celebrating its 30 years anniversary of reunification in 99 west germany and east germany reunited to become one nation what was it like join us and shift today to take a virtual journey through time. this is what the berlin wall looked like and unbreachable stone obstacle on the close god dividing the city for most citizens of the g.d. are leaving the country for west germany was not possible you had to go to extreme lengths to flee like digging underground tunnels using virtual reality it's now possible to experience what it was like when people try to escape and from khosla got to experience what it was like for his grandfather who dug a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. this man in this picture is tells me here from go is that he's my grandfather and in this picture you see him building a tunnel under the bird and ball. goes on to one closer and social historian and the interviewee time traveling back to the year 964 for the you choose to show virtually history. that tenzin is either he has a plan. just a few years now but younger is this we're.

family moved to germany when he was 4 years old he likes quite. moved who do but isn't a multicultural society i live in that part of the city and it's wonderful i want that element i would say germany is on its way to being a multicultural society. in his stage shows back then as now to alice incorporates influences from around the world that's one of the things that's made him well known and successful including on german t.v. . was. we caught up with him 26 years later he no longer lives in quite speck but in another part of berlin he was shocked by this in a phobia of the 90 it's longer but. of course that was frightening i had never been aware of it to that massive extent i did face a lot of hostility at school because i clearly looked different from the others but that stopped when i started getting involved in the comedy scene in combination with living in berlin. with. the lens multicultural community got its own radio program in 1994 featuring world music. he could he got off to an improvised start but was deeply loved by its listeners ou

with such a prominent population throughout germany. as a selling point everyone in the whole country with turkish roots is a potential fan. and. still many of these clubs immigrant histories are more trivia fodder than current realities germany has an abundance of active immigrant clubs throughout the country to this day nearly 400 in the top 9 leagues with countless more in the even lower neighborhood tears. of the most successful of these size. clubs founded by immigrants from all over the world including groups that arrived more recently big germany nearly 1500000 immigrants or their children live in the capital. here in berlin f.c. polonia are holding their pre-season tournaments way down in the chrysler got there like hundreds of clubs dotting germany's lower leagues that serve its anchors to immigrant communities polonia president rafal clark has been with the club since their founding in 2012 just level it's all about private business would be free from nearly every spin through its screen through and through. twitter but as of

at the heart of germany in germany of all places and your eyes try going up a year has passed but the pain. and the horror then go on to get duncan mind you because my thoughts and my deepest sympathy go to those who have lost their loved ones i mentioned 2 people were murdered in cold blood. yeah not a lot not kevin shrugs a sight and the smell of it for the people who love them nothing is the way it was then. there is no solace for their loss i'm doing it all as a german president i want to say to you their relatives we stand with you and all of us the people in our country mourn with you if i guessed and we have not forgotten history and all hundreds died today we stand with the people who were severely injuring that i didn't mention we do stand with people not of us not have who were in the sights of the gunman in his murderous hatred you know 19 members of the family jewish community. who feared for their lives for ours you will never be able to shake our this 19th of october completely. grievous consequences from this day within yourselves you are plagued by images that haunted

germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the 2 germany east and west following the full of the berlin wall of the crumbling of communism it seemed at the time like something of a miracle but for the people of today's germany there's been a change of perspectives the country has become more mixed more diverse which is welcomed by most but for evidently rejected by so i want to think younger generation think about the way things are developing one to the point this week we are asked german reunification is it time for the next generation. or thanks very much indeed for joining us here on through the poets are my guests here in the studio are my 2 boys who is an art student focusing on migration and she argues that we in west germany are rediscovering the eastern german identity and we must learn from each also with us is melanie stein journalist and psychologist who says reunification shaped us know we as shaping society and a very warm welcome to secure listed radio presenter vladimir ballard some who believe that today's united germany is more diverse than ever

surge in new coronavirus cases tougher restrictions taking place and the capital berlin and across germany to stem the tide of new infections health experts warn ospital zf could be overrun if the trend continues also coming up. germany marks one year since a confessed neo nazi attacked a synagogue in the eastern city of hama killing 2 people the anniversary comes as germany's foreign minister calls right wing terror the greatest danger facing the nation. and donald trump is ready to return to the campaign trail saying he might attend a rally in florida this weekend u.s. president was of course hospitalized was cold and his doctor has not said if the president has since tested negative for the right. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today europe is seeing a resurgence in new coronavirus cases that have now surpassed those in the united states still infections reaching record levels in the united kingdom and in france here in germany meanwhile the capital berlin has been declared a coronavirus ha spot amidst a nationwide surge new restrictions are going into effect with the head of

from germany. wins a good position. our position in west germany was not made any easier by east germany as the lack of cooperation. and he a bit loose leash that i had t.d.r. was not thrilled about the united country of being a nato member of his own torchwood's least because in fact it rejected the idea so you had steel guitar in connecticut it just wasn't top on our agenda to be the 1st to stand up and shout yes we have to be in need to your music so we took a very cautious stance. we didn't want to do anything there was in any way further destabilize gorbachev's the message was all of that the stability is good for the handwritten notes from the 1st round of talks made by tina. highlighted the main problem and the position of the g.d.r. it reads the key issue is the power balance in europe it cannot be destroyed during the talks the us and the u.s.s.r. engaged in a power struggle over their influence in europe it was a month or once least busy there for us the russians were the enemy per se and

russia and germany over a gas pipeline relations between the sas in a sport in north east germany were excellent until 3 republican senators threatened it with crushing legal and economic sanctions if it continues to provide services to north stream 2 now the contentious pipeline which is to transport gas from russia to germany has long and go to donald trump to drive a sell us gas to europe. this is a small harbor town on the baltic island of rukun. a lot of tourists pass through but otherwise there's not all that much going on here. what have we done to make u.s. senators think that they have to threaten us in this way to solve to bomb. it was quite a surprise when it suddenly became the focus of an international political fight the latest iteration of a longstanding conflict the mash owes us a letter to the company that manages the coltons us net which is majority owned by the municipality it was written by 3 republican u.s. senators in august threatening crushing legal and economic sanctions. thus the letter is a threat. where they state that they don't want nord stream to to be co

and munich germany was prepared to accept our demand. we needed 14000000000 to build accommodation for the troops to be withdrawn from germany and other things for the 3rd of. october 3rd 1900. after 4 decades of division germany celebrated its reunification. in berlin until then the pivotal heart of the cold war. for germans the magnitude of the moment perhaps failed the fact that the cold war was not yet over that the world was still full of nuclear missiles and now that too was the subject of negotiations. richard berke was among the dignitaries on the american side the last major battle of the cold war took place in a negotiating room in geneva. one of the secrets of negotiation of international negotiations like this is you're not just negotiating against the other side you're negotiating with your own capital. i mean everybody everybody back in washington was watching what i was doing and they were afraid i was going to give something away. the americans knew that their economy could cope with the potential of the arms race. but th

think that germany now is more community minded than it was in former communist east germany 42 percent think that things have got worse on that score. perceptions even stronger amongst east germans only 16 percent say that really unified germany has more social solidarity than the former g.d.r. stunning 3 quarters think the opposite. to simon young simon what would germans what would germans think the country today why would germans think the country today has less social solidarity than under the earth or a tear in regime of the communist east germany. well perhaps the view of the former g.d.r. is getting rosea as it recedes further and further into history you know the clues in the name it called itself a socialist state and indeed there was a sort of lifetime guarantee of a job and a place to live as long as you didn't fight against the system too much so perhaps people. think in the reality that they have now comparing that with the former g.d.r. they may find life tough conditions harsher than they were back then although of course you don't get put in jail these days for applying

now that the struggle against nazi germany was over each wanted its own germany its own sphere of influence its own buffer against the others. germany was divided into 4 parts. french. british american. with the 2nd world war behind them disagreements between the soviets and the western allies were out in the open the soviet union had lost more than $20000000.00 people and was economically devastated stalin demanded 10000000000 dollars and access to the war industrial area in western germany stalin needed coal and he held a bargaining chip much to the. german prisoners of war. stalin had thousands of them herded through moscow even before the war was over. but this humiliation of the losing side failed to achieve its desired effect. on the spot and. the mayor was silence and people just stood there and looked and there was no shouting no outbursts of rage just this total silence absolute the shtetl in his own minds that the dimensions of the tragedy on both sides were so massive stock that had to my view to my you might say that people fairly quickly felt sympathy for the germans they were

on economic power in eastern germany in the east g.d.p. per capita is around $33000.00 euros per year in the west it's considerably higher at around $43000.00 the unemployment rate in the west is also lower than in east germany in the west it's around 6 percent at times in the 1990 s. unemployment in the east hovered at 18 percent today the rates are slowly converging but when it comes to the economy german reunification is still taking more time than initially expected. let's speak to professor ranked grohl who is president of the house the institute for economic research which is based in the on the east german city of how the lower wages higher unemployment lower g.d.p. while the former eastern german states still lagging behind. there are a number of reasons it seems communication of factors one is going to firms seem to be less productive and west german firms around 20 percent less productive across the more. often the geographical structure of countries in the indifference or small rule less urban and there are less hiding urban ser

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well germany is marking 30 years of the country's reunification on this 3rd of october germany's national holiday earlier today the country's president from walter steinmeier gave the keynote speech at the official ceremony in the city of potsdam near berlin the event was significantly scaled down due to the corona virus pandemic. a landmark date celebrating 30 years since a divided germany became one again the film studios in potsdam just outside berlin provided the stage for the official ceremony a toned down event due to the coronavirus pandemic only 230 guests were present about one 5th of the audience originally planned plans for a big street party had to be abandoned. in his keynote speech german president. said the pandemic couldn't blunt the country's pride in the achievement of reunification he paid tribute to the peaceful revolution in communist east germany that brought down the berlin wall in november 1989 and. 2020 the german federal republic is a country that has been molded by east germans and west germans well rooted family in migrants it is a country that draws hope from

and germany doesn't. and that's one of the debates we had as we put this article to gather as you know has germany just been that much better at controlling the biarritz partly because the germans are better rule follower as i walked out of my street and a lot of people are very strange people are crossing in the crosswalk for instance so i don't know how much that difference in culture and rule following respect for science perhaps plays between the united states and germany and the response of this particular crisis but it is certainly a factor have along with the washington post the other fascinating talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank. you for president emmanuel mccrone has reimposed a public health state of emergency saying that france is in quote a worrying situation when it comes to the corona virus outbreak in a televised interview the president announced that paris and 8 other cities will have a 9 pm curfew and he stressed that the virus is not out o

we can see that all over the place and i don't need to look at germany here i only need to look in the neighboring countries that's a point of regional leaders have agreed to shut hospitality venue some 11 pm in areas today become virus hotspots a regulation already adopted by some cities like bellina and frankfurt contact restrictions will also be enforced in hotspots social gatherings will be limited to 10 people from a maximum of 2 households in a bid to curb the number of infections at the political level one bone of contention remains leaders can't agree on domestic travel rules that mean travelers from hotspots cannot stay in hotels without a recent negative test i am prone to come a day should ban is still a contest to demand to stay busy someone to keep it up at any cost and to majority of states are skeptical because it's related inefficient to prevent infection but in the end it causes a lot of agitation anger and disruption but some under street say it's not more rules that are needed. this is from get existing rules are not being followed and they're not being enforced all

east germany was. obviously not the nicest area to live no is fantastic to live there and then you realise our why not to play for our knowledge to play for the race than again leipsic now. and with abi leipsic there's finally a team from the east that can really compete with the big teams from the west the club was promoted to the bonus. they get in 2016 and finished 2nd in their 1st season behind by him but ahead of don't match and therefore top flight season so far they've qualified for the champions league 3 times last season under the guidance of their young coach new young not goes from the team breach the semifinals beating the likes of tottenham and athletico madrid along the way. for the likes of people that somebody comes in and ben thank you for likes of the chance to participate in the bonus he from participating champions league and. they have often to fight for the title to something fantastic. since last season only on berlin has also been in the bundesliga for the 1st time after spendin

this is news life from germany. attack that left 2 people dead. president. says all citizens have a responsibility to hatred also on the program. the country could lose control of the coronavirus pandemic. of the country's largest range of new measures those places where on the increase. in the 1st. half of the world food program expresses his joy the agency is awarded the nobel peace prize. in. what would have been john lennon's 80th birthday. and legacy. welcome to the program germany has marked the 1st anniversary of a deadly anti semitic attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hama it's a place on the jewish holiday of. the neo nazi a failed to get through the synagogue front door but then went on to shoot 2 people outside at the commemoration ceremony president. expressed shock and anger over the resurgence of anti-semitism in the country. union movement was moved. it was an occasion to mourn and reflect for survivors for the bereaved and for germany the ceremony and hala st. mark the anniversary of an anti semitic attack that evokes germany's dark

now that the struggle against nazi germany was over each wanted its own germany its own sphere of influence its own buffer against the others. germany was divided into 4 parts. french. british american. with the 2nd world war behind them disagreements between the soviets and the western allies were out in the open the soviet union had lost more than $20000000.00 people and was economically devastated stalin demanded 10000000000 dollars and access to their war industrial area in western germany stalin needed coal and he held a bargaining chip to the. german prisoners of war. stalin had thousands of them herded through moscow even before the war was over. but this humiliation of the losing side failed to achieve its desired effect. this and. the mayor was silence people just stood there and looked and there was no shouting no outbursts of rage just this total silence absolute the shtetl in its own minds of the dimensions of the tragedy on both sides were so masses stuck that had to my view to my you might say that people fairly quickly felt sympathy for the germans they were hungry and racket

germany is one country i never accepted east germany i'm glad it's gone it is. i knew the old east germany i was 10 at the time and felt very positive about it what came next was a very tough time for us teenagers and kids because our parents lost everything but looking back i'd say it was nonetheless a good thing. i think we're on the right track in my generation at the latest he won't be able to tell who's from the east and who's from the west. is that really the case. might who i'm i'm surprise you know that sort of an aspiration have people been used in the west shouldn't be different the difference shouldn't be apparent what do you say i think we have to acknowledge the difference not only between western and eastern german people but also the variety that that make the society diverse and the way. that we have to learn from those. identities that we can acknowledge them and feel compassion for them is that happening. in some parts it is because for example my generation is speaking up about those past and histories which people don't know about yet and we