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the old. welcome back just joining us you've been watching our special coverage of germany's parliament the bundestag marking holocaust memorial to. thank you to special selection of music there. after listening to. the music from tennessee. was born american composer. wrote. peter you know for our viewers are just joining us we listen to both the

president of the bundestag. and anita fisher again she is well the last known surviving members of the auschwitz women's orchestra speak not only about her and her sister's experiences but also in the context of as we were saying rising anti-semitism and xena phobia making both making clear appeals to make sure that germans and people across will continue talking building bridges you know i thought what i thought was very interesting in that context was how she talks about. when she had been on a reading tour and there was an event where somebody in bavaria came across and did her began to barrettes her and challenged her for spoiling on poaching his spoiling the atmosphere with all this talk of auschwitz and i think what we're seeing there that was a reflection because she said five years earlier that gentleman would not come across and said what he said and what she is saying in so many words i think it's a lot of people are asking now why it is and has to be on the rise in germany

a very big question this being much debated in germany and outside germany and i think one of the answers is that many people who have been latently mt semitic all the way through and no feeling emboldened and as they. speaking their minds they're coming out and saying what they want to say and they're being emboldened partly involved i'm sure blue mention this by the internet and hate speech on the internet the rise of h. the anti semitic hate speech and i feel that they're probably also being in bold and by the general climate the surge of far right popular sentiment across europe there are various aspects of that peter as you said in verse thanks for let us down one of them the fear that among the very very many new people that have come to this country there's a fear that there is going to be there has been a rise of anti-semitism among that population but also on the other side of the spectrum on the far right and how germany can then battle this and both of them their message was the state vigilant you know talking about. different sort of

cultural groups that have come to germany as. muslims who have come to germany in the last three years as part of the refugee influx to germany there are fears. the figures are not really very helpful here perhaps there has been a surge in parts in and the semitism because of the rise in the muslim population in germany. and vulcan schober address that he said any form of anti center sell it ism is intolerable including for people who do not necessarily share germany's past he was quite outspoken there i think saying we're all in this together and to some it ism is an absolutely no go area and you must engage with what means auschwitz means for anybody who lives and has the home of the family here in germany indeed in fact there was a german politician recently suggested that immigrants should also take a tour of concentration camps as german children often do in schools or that often

a part of education has been much to talk about the situation has been married that it should become mandatory for all german teenagers in essence is what we're talking about should go to concentration camps should visit the memorial sites the museums that these concentration camp. today our big debate though in germany about whether making that mandatory is useful and some of the people who actually run the educational programs at some of these locations are actually saying it's perhaps not helpful to force youngsters into the situation that it's have to come of their own free will and engage for themselves you know looking at all of the you know the speeches that we heard and this idea of remembering how much do you think this still plays a part in the collective memory of germans. well there's the collective memory. when you talk about memory i think i mean today in the address from alaska she talks about the fact that there is a rapidly dwindling number of eyewitnesses as she put it so the actual people who

who were there who saw it who can bear witness not is a dwindling number a diminishing number of people a very sad fact and all the more wonderful that we experience such as speeches today where we have somebody who is so strong mapping out what she has suffered and giving us an opportunity to actually comprehend. the problem is i talked about a little bit earlier there are people in germany a growing number perhaps of people in germany who say oh sure it's not my problem because of the cultural background you come from because of the oh you know youthfulness and saying it's seventy years ago and then as i also mentioned earlier the role of the alternative for germany here in germany the the first time peter that they were they are in the fullest i can also taking part in this holocaust remember thing i mean how significant is that well when you bear in mind the fact that there are definitely strands of opinion within the ranks of the f.t. who say all this commemoration has perhaps gone too far and it's time to begin the

least the implication is to begin to shake off the guilt complex then you do wonder what the impact of that kind how many people are picking up on that in germany we simply don't know but if he is a strong presence in the german parliament no ninety two seats twelve percent of the vote in the september election refutable it's certainly an important message that we both were taking away from today's ceremony just a reminder of what we've been watching in germany the bundestag rather marking holocaust memorial day with two speeches one from the president of the bullets like . he was telling germans and also those gathered that the lawmakers there that the guilt the germans incurred has imposed a responsibility that still need. to be remembered today and i need to last of all fish peter several important messages were counting her remarkable story that of her and her sisters but also making very clear it's time to talk to each other and build bridges so that's the message that we take away from that and of peter thank

you so much for being with us here in studio and joining us and on this. all right let's move on now to some other stories making news around the world a turkish court has handed life sentences to three syrians over the two thousand and sixteen suicide bombing that killed twelve german tourists in istanbul an iraqi national was also found guilty turkish authorities have blamed the attack on the so-called islamic state. in norway have kicked off an emergency meeting in brussels to discuss whether to provide extra funding to palestinian refugees the u.n. agency overseeing palestinian aid is facing a financial crisis after the u.s. withdrew sixty five million dollars in pledged support some five million people are now urgently in need of support. the office of australian prime minister malcolm turnbull is called an urgent investigation after hundreds of top secret government documents were sold in a second hand store the files were found locked inside filing cabinets that were

sold as x. government furniture. and president onil trump is called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the union address trump also urged lawmakers to support his plans for a new in the country's aging infrastructure and to overcome the impasse on immigration reform here's some highlights. there is. a president. not surprisingly they gave the president a hero's welcome the big question ahead of donald trump's first state of the union address with the leader of the free world adopt a more presidential tone twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot of change he said over the last year but one refrain from his election campaign remained constant. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with

a clear vision and a righteous mission. to make america great again for all americans. there was praise for his own administration is achievements two point four million new jobs rising wages after years of stagnation more red tape cut them by any other administration unemployment claims at a forty five year low stock market smashing one record after another this in fact is our new american mom there has never been a better time to start living the american dream and together we can achieve absolutely anything of that it wasn't all upbeat a magical moment for the world to give up nuclear weapons had not yet arrived and the u.s. would exert maximum pressure in the face of north korea's nuclear provocation in one surprise trump announced the kohen tandem obey detention center would stay open

he clocked in at one hour and twenty minutes one of the longest state of union addresses in recent years as long as we have confidence in our values faith in our services and trust in our god we will never fail. our families will thrive. our people will prosper and our nation. will for ever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and three thank you and god bless america goodbye. it was another landmark on donald trump's extraordinary white house journey. e.u. foreign ministers are holding talks today on whether to provide emergency funding to palestinian refugees this comes after u.s.

president donald trump drastically cut financial aid to them now some five million people are urgently need to support and the u.n. agency responsible for them says it is running out of money let's take a closer look at what the agency for policy unwraps palestinian refugees is doing the united nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for palestinian refugees and their descendants first seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in one thousand nine hundred forty eight and the six day war in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in camps in jordan syria lebanon the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u.n. member states make up nearly all of the agency's budget of over one billion dollars the united states gave three hundred sixty four million u.s. dollars in two thousand and seventeen four hundred forty one million dollars came from the e.u. and its member states. earlier this month the u.s.

froze some sixty five million dollars of its aid for the un refugee agency during the world economic forum in davos president trump threatened to cut off u.s. aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians across the region the un r w a provides them with basic care education health social services and food distribution emergency aid also supports palestinian refugees in war torn syria and in gaza the cut comes at a critical time for the organization and it's now urgently looking for a way to make up the shortfall. in soccer news bonus league a club or c. a dortmund have agreed to sell star striker p.-r. america obama to arsenal of the english premier league for a reported sixty four million euros on international has netted twenty one goals in

twenty four games the season for dortmund with his natural born in sticking from a goal and flamboyant character upon my own was one of the biggest true superstars but the old better has long wanted to make a move away from doors. thanks for watching t w news you can join us going to top of the hour or head to our website dot com but now we're going to leave you with the music from a unique instrument that's just had its european concert debut a cello made of ice carved from an alpine glacier. it's. a little early.

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