begins on the other side in hessen close enough to touch but in cold war times in accessible. tells me that was directly in the restricted area the bridge was impassable. dance the bridge was a very important reason it's from the holy roman empire. it was on the via reg from likes to frankfurt. we liked it very much and we were able to cross it until 1952. my aunt lived in that house on the border and then that ended here. there were more and more fences built 1st a wire mesh fence and then a watch tower was built on the bridge and then everything was closed off. there was nothing around this cause it was like a no man's land. how did people try to escape through the data yes of course. very often my brother escaped in 1962 that he was a student and try back and he and his friends played jazz and that got them into trouble . so they swam across august 1 19140. try and say to did they succeed they made it yes and no member of 989 the border opened what was that like your family was reunited so was germany euphoria must have been immense i suppose that's the best of us it's the.

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i'm visiting the xcel shooting club in hessen where 14 year old calin is training. with around 1400000 members the german shooting federation is one of the largest german sports associations kalin west stiff shooting closed to give her a more stable posture. unlike in switzerland young people here shoot only with air rifles. there's a special reason why catalin took up this hobby 2 years ago she was struggling with her concentration and her mother had the idea to register her with the rifle club she'd heard that shooting can have a therapeutic effect and boost attention span since then carolyn has been training at least twice a week the 2 hour session not only includes shooting but also progressive muscle relaxation. so i still remember what you were lying 2 years ago the vast adama's how well i was still very unfocused and didn't have that much stamina and stuff. and ok and what happened with how do you feel now compared to then. and i've become much better at school i'm getting much better grades i can definitely concentrate well in class. and you'd say that's rel

the soccer federation of hessen has only registered 2 incidents of anti-semitism in the last season but alan meyer believes that many cases go unreported he wants action. information on anti-semitic incidents to be properly gathered and for there to be an appropriate response at the same time we need to build support structures for these associations and sports clubs through a commissioner of anti-semitism in sports. the soccer association is open to these ideas even as a lot is already being done to solve the problem instead of just using punishment it also teaches german jewish history. already tackling this problem for. founders about the history and the extent of the problem and frank educational center for example in order to enlighten them about the past. lucian. back to my car by the e.u.'s team has ended their game and they won 10 to one the campaign against anti semitism however will continue into overtime. now the 17th century dutch artist rembrandt is considered one of the greatest visual artists of all time and certainly the most important in dutch art history his spanish co

well that's right so media in the state of hessen limbo is located have reported that a special and tara unit of police raided a an apartment in a place called lang and that's just south of frankfort. about 5060 kilometers from lynn book and as far as i understand it that appears to be where this man was living so the police have moved. obviously trying to assess you know whether he had any radicalization what his motives are we've also heard media reports that he was known to police for drug related crime and what was described as violent criminality so he's not unknown to the police but again as i say any suggestion that this might be some kind of extremist terror attack. which has arisen because of the sort of optical similarity with the 2016 truck attack in berlin that at the moment is purely speculative. i'm young with the latest on this incident thank you simon for your reporting. found the german interior minister who offer has been guarded about his assessment of the incident his war. middle speaking investigated but at this time i cannot tell you how this crime will be classifie

have yet to publicly confirm those claims the crash happened in the city if limbaugh in the state of hessen the driver drove the truck into a line of cars pushing vehicles into each other police have detained the driver of the vehicle there are also unconfirmed media reports that he is a syrian who's been living in germany since 2015 and may already have been known to police or political correspondent simon young is following the story forests simon what's latest. terry the latest update that i have is that of the 9 people that are reported to have been lightly injured in this incident 7 of being treated in hospital and we believe among those the driver of the truck the other detail is that the security expert from the that suggestion is public broadcaster. quoting sources saying that this man had apparently tried several times on monday to get control of a of a truck or similar vehicle so it looks as if if that's right that this wasn't absolutely spontaneous but what we still can't say is really what might be the motive was was it sort of a you know a deliberate terror attack something pla

in the state of hessen and as you say it is the seat of a catholic bishop rick which is one reason why it might be well be known nationwide but. if this attack ease of course something that will call to many people's minds the christmas market attack in 2016 in berlin where 12 people lost their lives it has the similarity at least that back to was a truck that had been stolen from from its driver and then was driven. into a into civilians. who were at a christmas markets and as i say 12 people were killed that was subsequently shown to have been a premeditated attack and believe the superficial similarity that a truck is involved here with well and we're seeing those pictures that i think will inevitably remind. all of those events just a few years ago so the vaccines the basis at this stage for for a link. between the 2 events or any idea that they smite this might be in premeditated attack ok of course you're free to around christmas of 2016 resulted in 12 people being killed in this case we have 9 people injured i'd like to maybe hear a little bit from you about the the people who h

it's gotten all its money back the last instalment interestingly enough just recently and the state of hessen in which we sit here in frankfurt is also interested in supplying additional funds to conjure a figure of german government federal government in berlin steps and after all is based here in frankfurt well the bridging loan being being just a bridging loan who could be interested in buying called or could they go on their own. well theoretically they could go on on their own they're a huge airline really and in contrast to many in the industry even in contrast to some of the so-called premium airlines or national carriers it's making a profit it's and it's been profitable for years used to be a part of lufthansa lufthansa sold it contra when its own way slipped under the wings of thomas cook and it's got $7000000.00 passengers per annum serving $75.00 destinations thousands of staff and it wouldn't really need an investor but i think thomas cook has to let it go in some way and the company that the that or the creditors will want money from the sale of a condo or so someone will snap i

i've always wanted to show you around my hometown and speak a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany. there are more than 1000 have to merge houses here. and if you're lucky you'll hear the bells ringing at the marketplace. when i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's and our border ran only a few kilometers from here it separated has and to lincoln and germany and all of europe for that matter and to east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years no bigot has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and wellness and places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's a victim's animals find out what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive tourist destination. we'll visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. we'll check out bob castle one of the symbols of german reunif

a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany.

the boy y was sent t to a relat, a catholic priest in a village in hessen, the clergyman became his foster father. >> he tried to create a couple atmosphere, sitting on the sofa, watching tv in the evenings. then there were caresses, leaning on each other and things. at some point, the next step. a case. -- a kiss. he said he loved me a lot and so on. >> he was sexually abuse for years. the flat immediately after finishing school and went to university in munich. he began to suffer from flashbacks of the trauma. he confided in a friend of the family. she confronted the priest and force him to admit his crimes to the diocese. the prieststs'supervisor spoke o the man and his friend, he offered there be and put him under pressure. >> after he informed me that this conversation was never to have taken place, , he warned me not to take legal steps. he said in his experience, when a person, a pedophile goes to jail, he will still be a pedophile when he gets out. if it were just a matter of changing a p person, this woulde an appropriate step. because he would be stigmatized if you got to jail, i