in 1777, a private wrote to his parents in hessen that the americans were not like regular soldiers at all, but rather quote, more like robbers and, thieves, and that the hide and hedges and bushes and shoots are well when are able to hit every time. i should mention some of you probably know this. the german to the rifleman were the yaga hunters recruited from hunters and game keepers in germany. they turned out to be particularly effective in the american. so general then at least in the first couple of campaigns and the beginning of the war, the hessians, the americans as an inexperienced, undisciplined and poorly equipped. they were chasing most of the time, as one officer put it. it was that they were fighting against a nation that was unfamiliar as he put it, with real warfare. it took the germans a while to abandon preconceived notions about the proper appearance and behavior of an army. these germans, these thousands of germans and civilians that went with the yoke through their resources created a huge volume of records, public and private diaries letters, journals, notes, off

in 1779, for example, general will help --, the commander of the hessen troops, commanded all regiments on behalf of the leader of hessen to collect all rarities, such as native american clothing and equipment, and to order the quarter masters to maintain journals that detailed, as he put it, each and every event pertaining to their regiments. a receipt in the archives in kassel the case that he brought back for himself sugarcane a pouch with crystals as a gift for the famous naturalist, gerhard fossil, who is a professor in kassel at the time. in all these kinds of accounts, published, circulated among friends or published during and after the war, they helped broaden the knowledge of north america among german speaking europeans. to some extent, these soldiers really acted almost like foreign correspondents. they wrote these things that were published throughout the war in various german territories. in my book, i talk a little bit about the logistics, really, of getting these troops to america. i'm going to not go into great detail here, just want to mention of course that they were

troops and devalued civilians never described themselves as hessians unless they were actually from hessen or belonged to a hessians military unit. the troops are accompanied by hundreds of civilian employees and other camp followers including medical personnel, achaplains, servants, laborers. to the army also belonged a significant number of women including single women and also lives of soldiers that served in a range or essential roles such as, for example, laundresses and nurses who were employed in field hospitals there was also a great number of children. so, where these exhilarates eriz? none of the tournament rulers simply rented out their entire armies. the potentially long term and even permanent loss of large numbers of baltic men would not only hurt the economy, not only hurt the territory economically, but would also of course potentially make it vulnerable to foreign threats. in general, the regiments hide out to britain consisted of a combination of experienced soldiers and new recruits. some of whom had probably never fired a gun before leaving for the war in america. for,

grew into this collector's mania and thought in 3 halls totally over 2000 square meters in odin valid hessen. you're going to load a keeps more than $200.00 motorcycles from several areas. with no shortage of dedication, he makes sure each and every one of them stays roadworthy. his collection valued at no less than 7 figures is one of a kind. it's either. so it's an addiction that doesn't afflict your health so much as your wallet or our yeah, but yes, it's an addiction and it's a passion is through and the joy of collecting is that not everything always works right away. but then your joy is all the greater when it eventually all comes together nicely. it was a me of it says, this isn't a one foot sonia this 1912. harley davidson is one of his favorite bikes. it once belong to american movie star. steve mcqueen come from the from free and harder on tyrant li steve mcqueen had a fascination with the color red and painted the entire motorcycle red on it and loving attention to detail. we carefully removed the paint and brought out the original patina, old buxton, the organ nod potty, not on

in 1777, a private wrote to his parents in hessen which that the americans were not like regular soldiers at all. rather, more like, quote, robbers and thieves, they hide in hedges and bushes and shoot so well that they hit every time. we should mention, some of you probably know, this the german counterpart of the rifleman where the -- recruited from hunters and games men in with germany, they turned out to be particularly effective in the american war. in general, then at least in the first step of the war, they regarded the americans as poorly disciplined that they were chasing most of the time. as one officer put, it, it was fortunate that they were fighting against a nation that was unfamiliar, as he put it, with real warfare. it took the germans a while to abandon knit their notions of about the proper appeared to behavior of an army. these thousands of germans who went with the forces created a huge volume of records, public and private. diaries, letters, journals, official records, master roles, et cetera, et cetera. my study is based largely on this archival material. so, i would

broader index with specific names that have done well two of the top performers are cardinal health and hessen elsewhere in the industry, vertex is among the big leaders in the sector. all three of those names, by the way, are less than 10% from highs they notched earlier this month. real momentum there as well. it is not all smooth sailing align technology is on pace for the worst year on record amid of sharp decline in sales the two companies in delivery and page ack packages in the inr the worst performing. >>> time for random but interesting. for that we go to brian sullivan >> the morning rbi is back today is on a sece serious topic this is with fraud it has to do with your tax dollars. the new york state comptroller's office of improper payments the state made in the last two years. the numbers are staggering this report finds during the pandemic, the state of new york may have paid out $2 billion of improper or fraudulent payments. in 2020, fraud payments surged 530% as bad as it is, you can understand the lockdowns and chaos, but it did not get better last year or this year bad payment

in 1777, a private wrote to his parents in hessen that the americans were not like regular soldiers at all, but rather quote, more like robbers and, thieves, and that the hide and hedges and bushes and shoots are well when are able to hit every time. i should mention some of you probably know this. the german to the rifleman were the yaga hunters recruited from hunters and game keepers in germany. they turned out to be particularly effective in the american. so general then at least in the first couple of campaigns and the beginning of the war, the hessians, the americans as an inexperienced, undisciplined and poorly equipped. they were chasing most of the time, as one officer put it. it was that they were fighting against a nation that was unfamiliar as he put it, with real warfare. it took the germans a while to abandon preconceived notions about the proper appearance and behavior of an army. these germans, these thousands of germans and civilians that went with the yoke through their resources created a huge volume of records, public and private diaries letters, journals, notes, off

in 1779, for example, general will help --, the commander of the hessen troops, commanded all regiments on behalf of the leader of hessen to collect all rarities, such as native american clothing and equipment, and to order the quarter masters to maintain journals that detailed, as he put it, each and every event pertaining to their regiments. a receipt in the archives in kassel the case that he brought back for himself sugarcane a pouch with crystals as a gift for the famous naturalist, gerhard fossil, who is a professor in kassel at the time. in all these kinds of accounts, published, circulated among friends or published during and after the war, they helped broaden the knowledge of north america among german speaking europeans. to some extent, these soldiers really acted almost like foreign correspondents. they wrote these things that were published throughout the war in various german territories. in my book, i talk a little bit about the logistics, really, of getting these troops to america. i'm going to not go into great detail here, just want to mention of course that they were

the label hessen has been used sinc the 1770s to describe all german troops in british service in north america regardless of place of origin. and for this reason i'm, using the term in the title of my book. however, in the book itself and also today i use german when to the troops collectively and hessian. when discussion has some units or individuals belonging the hessian corps after the subsidy treaties, the subsidy troops and affiliated civilians never describe themselves as hessian and as there were actually from or belong to a hessian military unit. the troops were accompanied hundreds of civilian employees and other camp followers, including medical personnel chaplains, servants, laborers to the army, to also a significant number of women, including single women and also wives of soldiers who served in a range of essential roles, such as, for example, laundress who were employed in field hospitals. there was also great number of children. so who were these six deliveries? well, none of the german rulers simply rented out the armies. the potential long term and even permanent loss

for instance, in the town of fulda, in the state of hessen, beyond the zones and control in august, i am certain that our nail studio raids only uncovered the tip of the iceberg. all these are selected braids versus flesh. we believe that miners are being forced to work in nail studios all across germany. just comb alonzo now investigations and interrogations, point to a central point of reference and were landed for door from there with somebody at the means. laborers are sent throughout germany to work in nail studios and in august to joe's of the hours of diagnosis be in great britain as well. the number of vietnamese run nail studios is growing rapidly and he to police writes, often turn up undocumented miners. many don't even know where they are or how they got there. i believe is how did you get here? what about the trap engine needler? when i was brought here from vietnam in trucks, i don't know how many countries we drove through or how many times we changed vehicles. the vixen wilson dependent held captive, exploited by schumann traffickers. year on year we said increase the

for instance, in the town of fulda, in the state of hessen, the armed is on some control in august. i'm certain that our nail studio raids only uncovered the tip of the iceberg. these are selective raids versus flesh. we believe that miners are being forced to work in nail studios all across germany, jewels comb, alonzo now investigations and interrogations. point to a central point of reference in berlin. date for door from there with somebody in the means. laborers are sent throughout germany to work in nail studios and in august of joe's of always kept eyeing visits. but in great britain as well. the number of vietnamese run nails studios is growing rapidly. and he to police writes, often turn up undocumented miners. many don't even know where they are or how they got they how did you leave it? how did you get here? what about the trip? and you need to know when i was brought here from vietnam in trucks. i don't know how many countries we drove through or how many times we changed vehicles. the next one, wilson dependent, held captive, exploited by schuman traffic his year on yea

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.— joining me now is amy hessen. her mother died on 20th of may 2020 following two years of cancer treatment and eight weeks of being isolated from her family. welcome. i want to say we are very sorry for your loss. could you take us back, i know it is difficult, to the last weeks and days? and how the impact of lockdown and restrictions affected your mother�*s final days your family? affected your mother�*s final days yourfamily? it affected your mother's final days your family?— your family? it was all very bizarre- — your family? it was all very bizarre. we _ your family? it was all very bizarre. we knew- your family? it was all very bizarre. we knew she - your family? it was all very bizarre. we knew she was l your family? it was all very - bizarre. we knew she was terminal. we did not know how long lockdown would last. everything was uncertain. when lockdown first came, it was eight weeks without seeing her and then she started declining. it was very difficult to be so far away from her and not spend tho

i live here in frankfurt, in hessen, and the old roman limes germanicus runs along the hills near here. for over 200 years, the romans had soldiers up there protecting the roman empire. i don't think that's necessarily the approach for us. having said that, we were not willing to do what was necessary. we, the coalition, were not willing to do what was necessary with regards to pakistan to make sure that pakistan could not be a safe haven for the taliban or other extremist organisations. and if we're not willing to do that, then in 1,000 years, we're never going to completely eliminate the enemy from afghanistan. and so i think it was time to...time for us to leave. i mentioned afghanistan early in our conversation cos ijust think, in some ways, it's become a symbol of europe seeing in the united states a weariness with a... ..with a form of interventionism, which has been long established from washington, dc. a sense of weariness, a retrenchment, perhaps a looking inward rather than outward, and, if we are honest, during the trump years in washington, europeans decided that they could

the project was initiated by the arrows in archives in hessen central germany they're part of the unesco memory of the world program and contain information on more than 17000000 people who are victims of the nazi regime some 50000000 reference cards and thousands of personal objects recalled the darkest chapter in germany's history. it's part of an international effort of remembrance and it helps researchers and relatives of the victims find out more about millions of individual destinies that were shattered decades ago. the german ministry of culture is a patron of the every name counts initiative at a time when remember its culture is more important than ever so it's obvious to us these are it's so important that this action reaches each and every one of us and not just the research community well because we see that democracy as we've known it for 75 years the rule of law that human dignity is respected our achievements and not gifts that we need to work for them that we have something to lose and that these are things that continually have to be defended here and now against right w

on a nominee the project was initiated by the arrows in archives in hessen central germany they're part of the unesco memory of the world program and contain information on more than 17000000 people who are victims of the nazi regime some 15000000 reference cards and thousands of personal objects recalled the darkest chapter in germany's history. it's part of an international effort of remembrance and it helps researchers and relatives of the victims find out more about millions of individual destinies that were shattered decades ago. the german ministry of culture is a patron of the every name counts initiative at a time when remember its culture is more important than ever so it's obvious to us these are it's so important that this action reaches each and every one of us and not just the research community because we see that democracy as we've known it for 75 years the rule of law that human dignity is respected our achievements and not gifts that we need to work for them that we have something to lose and that these are things that continually have to be defended here and now agains

traffic light meant as a brand ambassadors inspired other cities 2 years ago back in hessen installed an elvis pedestrian line the american singer was one station 2 years a soldier. and karl marx's life now shines brightness birthplace. some european cities now have traffic light women. and same sex trafficked like couples. sometimes are sure there's a subtle way of spreading the message before no one really. traffic like that look like it was just that they were green or red and resemble a man but no one paid any attention to the design of it now because the east german opera mention i've become so famous the awareness for traffic light menace changed worldwide on. most international pedestrian 2nd still feature simplistic pictograms . but maybe other countries will eventually follow these mentally. the sound of new united berlin was hot and electric in the air also saw the birth of techno the collapse emerged overnight in disused industrial holds and a bend and spaces such as the bungalow where i'm standing now on the former border between east and west berlin today it is the museum

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a section of forest in central hessen has been particularly badly hit 20 hector area had to be felled at once 1st he $1006.00 mortuary. all that's left of these mounds of wood shavings the trees fell victim to bark disease caused by a fungus that migrated here from north america it stalls grow under the bark of the affected trees. if the trees are suffering from a lot of stress the dark patches containing the city spores spread rapidly forming a black fungal layer up to one centimeter thick. the spores can also cause. the veer allergic reactions in humans. for weeks local forest and his team had to wear breathing masks in the woods as it was shocking because we had never seen anything of this magnitude in germany before there had been occasional cases in individual treasonous in our parks but after the catastrophic dry summer of $28.00 team it's been breaking out here to such an extent it's a complete disaster. in some parts of his forest kessler has planted coast grand firs pines and red oak in the hope that they will be better adapted to the current climate conditions but the new sp

eaten up by bark beetles from bark gave off the president of the forestry official in the state of hessen has already lost 300000 trees including many large old ones and similar losses are being seen in other places too. in 2018 alone 60000000 trees in germany fell victim to storms and above all to pests it's a problem that's being repeated year after year with some variations depending on weather conditions at the moment the bark beetle as peach have esparza greatest enemy the insects which measure just $2.00 to $4.00 millimeters in length feed on the dead trees lying around in the forest after storms but they also bore into living injuries especially those weakened by drought the hot dry summer of 2018 and lower winter rainfall dried out the soil the precipitation next fall and since has not been able to compensate in many areas groundwater reservoirs have been too low for years the spruce here with their flat roots generally do not reach the groundwater and that makes them vulnerable to job stress and lowers their resistance to pests like bach beatles. decay of our borders from the bea

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possibly covering up that crime or that alleged crime just as this case is going on in the state of hessen there's a massive scandal going on where with potential links in the police there to the far right where as almost 30 people in 8 different states in germany have received threatening letters with a signature n.s.u. 2.0 s. he was of course reference to the national nash. a socialist underground a state of murders of far right murders against people with with foreign roots back in the early 2000 went for a long time and investigated and on and yeah unsolved and it was really quite disturbing. did a beautiful william know a blue cross thank you. well that's it that's the day is that nearly done the conversation that continues online joined us on twitter. and you saw him follow me out to phil go as watching a good. thing . in a globalized world. where everything is connected. all it takes is a scorched earth to set things in motion. local hero show how their ideas can change the world. 3000. next on d.w. . eco africa. they have a bad reputation but they play a key role in the ecosystem.

president of a district council in germany central state of hessen the classic local politician gunned down in front of his house it's believed to be the 1st murder of a politician by the far right in federal germany since the founding of the state after world war 2. was an outspoken advocate of germany taking in and integrating refugees and asylum seekers at a town hall meeting in the autumn of 2015 lucas spoke his mind and was booed the soviet you have to stand up for the values you believe in and those who don't share those values can leave this country at any time. you question. also in attendance were volunteer luca's suspected killers both men had long been active in far right circles and had criminal records but stefan he appeared to have broken with his militant past police had stopped tracking his activities mark his age is accused of brooke hearing the murder weapon a 38 caliber rowsley revolver it can be purchased online as long as the official regulations are fulfilled the authorities now admit to having made mistakes. the killing wasn't only met with shock and dismay in fa

now, of course, remember the king of england was the elector of hanover so hessen was pretty much next door. i've lived in germany for a period when i was a diplomate and if you go to a castle in marlboro in hessen you can see a whole room devoted to the recruitment of soldiers to be sent across the atlantic to america and the phrase was apt not castle, off to castle. but, however, the ruler, i forget his name, the ruler didn't actually -- wasn't actually very popular and he and his family got their comeuppance at the time of the french revolution. the united states indeed became the principal destination of hundreds of thousands of irish immigrants leaving ireland in the wake of the disastrous phammen and for many decades afterwards. the irish famine monument is the finest i have seen everywhere. irish political organizations sprung up in a country beyond british control determined to help secure irish freedom and independence. when militant solutions were not available or failed they provided political and financial muscle for the breakthrough in the 1880s that put far reaching land

was a member of angela merkel's party and had defended her pro refugee policies in his home state of hessen. a fire at a warehouse in south korea has killed at least $38.00 people and left another 10 injured the blaze broke out in the city of engines some 50 kilometers south of the capital seoul an explosion in the basement is believed to have triggered the fire. officials say at least one person has been killed and several others injured in the prison riot in syrian's capital freetown a major fire also broke out during the violence the rioting comes 2 days after authorities confirmed an inmate of the prison had tested positive for the corona virus. britain's coronavirus death toll has risen by almost 4500 in one day because health officials are not including deaths outside of hospitals in the count the total number of deaths in the u.k. attribute it to covert 19 now stands at just over $26000.00 and includes people who have died in all settings including nursing and care homes the revision means the u.k. now has the world's highest death toll after the u.s. and israeli. earlier we spoke to

party and he had defended the chancers pro refugee policies in his home state of hessen. officials say at least one person has been killed and several others injured in a prison riot in sierra leone's capital freetown a major fire also broke out during the violence the rioting comes 2 days after authorities confirmed an inmate at the prison it tested positive for the coronavirus brazil's president also nado has withdrawn his pick to head up the country's federal police it comes after a supreme court judge blocked the appointment over and alleged conflict of interest wilson had picked a family friend for the post. britain's coronavirus death toll has risen by almost 4500 in one day because health officials are now including non-hospital deaths in that tally the total number of deaths in the u.k. attributed to code but 19 l. stands at just over 26000 and that includes people who have died in all settings including nursing homes and care homes the revision means that the u.k. has europe's 2nd highest number of deaths in this pandemic behind. our let's take this now to our co

policies in his home state of hessen bollywood star. at the age of 53 the indian born actor became internationally known for his roles in the film slumdog millionaire. in 2000. that he had been diagnosed with cancer he died. in mumbai. officials say at least one person has been killed and several others injured in a prison riot in sierra leone's capital freetown a major fire also broke out during the violence the rioting comes 2 days after authorities confirmed an inmate at the prison it tested positive for the corona. protesters in lebanon have returned to the streets and cities across the country for a 2nd day one demonstrator was reportedly killed in the latest clashes fueled by the country's deepening economic crisis lebanon has seen months of anti-government unrest now compound it by growing anger at the walk down. another night of violence in lebanon in the northern city of tripoli demonstrators held fireworks and rocks at security forces 'd responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the anger of lebanon's crumbling economy growin

so you've just reminded it that happens just 5 days after the hano attack and again in this state of hessen so here the people are really still under the shock of children have been apparently targeted that's what i witnessed eyewitnesses have been saying this morning for these hasn't confirmed that but the fact that a 2nd attack happened he saw an amount of time east really worrying population not only here in folks' mohsen but as so many as a whole correspondent emmanuelle a taste thank you. u.s. president donald trump has been talking trade with prime minister narendra modi on the 2nd day of his visit to india the talks were part of a busy day in the indian capital delhi 2 leaders both business leaders and official representatives and took part in the usual ceremonies for such occasions talks on trade had been dragging and the president had said that he didn't expect much of a result but after talks he said that progress. what he called a comprehensive trade deal had been made. of take a listen to what modi and trump up and say. by the name of president. contribution and then i'll be lea

crowd at a carnival parade this happened in the town of full mars and it's in the western state of hessen police say 52 people were injured 18 of them children some of the injured remain in serious condition. driver was arrested at the scene in this now facing multiple charges including attempted homicide police believe he did act intentionally but his motive remains unclear. mars and in northern has a population $7000.00 all they wanted was to celebrate carnival at the rose monday parade instead a day of horror when a 29 year old man drove into a crowd of onlookers apparently a deliberate act. drove right into the crowd at full speed i had the feeling he kept accelerating people flew up into the air like paper a few seconds of deathly silence and then they all started screaming. my classmate was driven into he has an injured foot and a concussion. more than 30 people were injured some seriously several children were among the injured police say the suspect is from folk marzan himself they plan to interview him as soon as his condition permits were not assuming an attack but we do think i