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after the fall of the berlin not the monarch. this week well story. lessons ball house an iconic but in dog song why libyan caps are living nightmare for migrants but we begin in prague in 1809 for thousands of east german soldiers refuse. in the west german

embassy that they were finally allowed to travel to the west it was the beginning of the end of east germany. a journey back in time. 30 years ago hill much sunder was travelling in a train just like this one. it's like reliving it all over again. back then sander was one of thousands of refugees fleeing east germany they travelled in special trains from prague to the west but to get there they had to pass through east german territory where they feared they'd be arrested. in order to keep memories of those journeys alive some of the people who made those

trips then doing it again. they all left east germany that way. after several tense weeks in the west german embassy in prague. rooted. in september 1989 east germans were poor and into the embassy the building was quickly overwhelmed. many ended up camping out in the embassy grounds it was cold. sanders spent 3 weeks here with his wife and 2 children new arrivals came in over the fence every time i. moved over and. then the fateful moment on the 30th of september west german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher arrived speaking to the refugees from the balcony his

announcement that they could leave was drowned out by chairs. you. can't share promised that everyone in the embassy would be allowed to go to the west stand was there and heard him. while you are standing right here. it's all coming about is. just a few weeks later almost citizens of east germany gained their freedom on november 9th 1989 the berlin wall came down.

thousands of refugees are holed up in camps for migrants in libya. we report from neighboring niger which has taken in 3000 of them. these images were recorded by refugees in different camps in libya they show appalling conditions human rights activists say the images are credible we came into direct contact with 2 refugees by a messaging services they have been interred in a libyan migrant camp for 2 years they talk to us by a voice message we change their voices for their own protection. we have been tortured with scared we're suffering and dying from various diseases. we were kidnapped we became victims of violence where starving people have died our lives are disgusting so we appeal for a voiceless voice to be heard we are innocent refugees living in the land of hell.

are. in using our we speak to refugees who went through this hell. one of them is 18 years old we call her a mina she was kidnapped while fleeing from somalia and taken to a hidden building in the libyan desert many others die on the journey across the sahara i mean us kidnappers demanded $8000.00 for her release they tortured emina to increase the pressure at parents but forced to listen to it on the phone. the hole with which. they changed me up hung me up and tortured me with electric shocks. they tortured men with electric shocks to their genitals and women and with shocks to their breasts until they cried and screamed loudly. they did it so they would get the money faster than how to stand.

the torture a systematic many other refugees describe similar methods. about 1600 refugees live in this camp south of the sahara. they were all rescued from libya. we managed to meet someone who profits from the refugees suffering he calls himself of the occupation migrants money for $500.00 he brings my gran's across the sahara to libya but if they can't pay the driver sell them to torture chambers of the lizzie's understands why they do that. one wasn't at the beginning they say i spent money on you what am i supposed to do i want my money back and i want profit on top of that that was when i started torturing people. we often hear refugees say that they're not put off by stories like this the smugglers other only hope and they're prepared to pay any price even if it means risking their

lives. should go after the terror attacks on september 11th 2001 the u.s. military began their offensive against the taliban in afghanistan the operation continues to this day one u.s. soldier who has returned home reports. under fire. and returning fire. tracking down the enemy that was sergeant brandon no burns life for 15 months his unit's deployment was the subject of the acclaimed 2010 documentary restrepo o'byrne returned to civilian life 11 years ago but sometimes he still finds it difficult to leave the war behind him. i loved running and that before the military i loved running inside the military but now every time i ran outside the military every time i would get

started get winded i would get really start having panic attacks like a hose going on and then the oh yeah of course like you think about if you're in your ass afghanistan you're walking up a mountain you're winded and you can't get out of the way you can't you know physically get to the next like cover and concealment spot that would be a problem when. you burn was 22 when he was sent to fight the taliban his mission he believed was to make afghanistan and the world a safer place but on the ground the reality was different. you can't defeat an ideology with violence you kill someone and they have family and now they have a. now you've created 2 more terrorists in stead of the one right and that's you know ad infinitum right like that you can keep can do that forever that that's what you know fighting this kind of wars after returning home from the

conflict o'byrne battled for several years to overcome psychological problems and alcoholism with his life back on track he's now studying to become a high school english teacher and lives in a quiet neighborhood in wilmington north carolina he thinks the u.s. government should withdraw troops from afghanistan as quickly as possible. we haven't figured it out in 18 years what to do with the taliban. and make them more peaceful or or defeat them now they're more of possession of more land territory now so we haven't figured it out. we were lost. o'byrne continues to work to leave his experiences of the war behind him in the meantime america debates whether you can do the same. this or to see the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall and there are still

places in berlin where you can find evidence of the city's colorful cost clash and spot house saddam's hole that survived 2 world wars and the division of germany. couples have danced through berlin history under this roof here in clare hills bomb house swing night is just as popular now as it was 100 years ago. berlin might have lost some of its charm but you can rediscover it right here. the tea party now put up the glitter might be dripping off the walls but we've been coming here for 10 years now it's a berlin tradition i mean to put someone in maybe a bit to design a course where one big family over the years you get to know each other everyone comes here and we love it that should ziggy marquardt has been coming here regularly for 6 decades he lives in the west half of the city and the ball houses in the east even after the wall went up in 1961 he continued visiting the club

despite border controls. that was put in the back of then you have to cross the border at strangers you've got a day pass and in the evening at midnight you have to be back again. today the dance club in the middle of berlin also boasts a restaurant and is popular with locals and tourists alike. author madeon keizo research the history of clear his ball house for years and interviewed many eyewitnesses who danced here when the g.d.r. still existed and berlin was divided into east and west. might come to see what comes before today you can't even imagine that they built a wall through the middle of a city but this is a place where east and west. germany met up and became close because music and dance and alcohol all that brings people together. in her book and he's a tells the story.

in 1913 the brewer opened the ball house together with her husband to entertain berliners from all walks of life clear since survive 2 world wars and the division of germany and hardly changed. but in january things may change a new owner plans on renovating ziggy marquardt hopes that things will continue as usual afterwards. we just want to stay here and keep dancing to swing music like we used to like in grandma's time so to speak. claire ball house takes its visitors back in time to a bygone berlin dance still unites people here as it always has a clear he ends.

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