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a good. match. discover the a. 00. subscribe to the documentary on. oh. this week on world stories. germany 30 years after the end of east germany russia the stalin god statue gets a facelift we begin in greece where more than $10000.00 refugees including a large number of children are still housed at camp maria on the island of lesbos
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the conditions of the camp are horrific. this tent outside greece's largest refugee camp is home to 4 people. for iman who fled syria has been living here for close to a month the morea campus 4 times over its capacity so thousands are forced to live in the surrounding all of the growth. over a cup of tea i'm on tells us what life in the camp is like crowded dirty and dangerous and every day every day that's normal now if i think feel they are fighting inside. yeah. but then we come to hear. we don't want we don't want to bribe them with anyone but problems in morea hard to avoid a fire broke out at the end of september in the camp and at least one person died
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residents rioted in anger as the fire fighters put out the flame and they broke into administrative offices. or. since that incident i'm on says trash has accumulated in heaps he believes the garbage collectors are too afraid now to come to the area. it's children who suffer most from the dire conditions they live in. the aid organization doctors without borders runs a mobile clinic next to the camp today they will see about 100 children a normal caseload. the most common ailments are fevers lies skin conditions but psychological trauma is on the rise. the organization says many children in morea camp have inflicted harm in themselves and have even attempted suicide. this is daily life inside a refugee camp packed with more than 10000 people a result of the resurgence and see crossings to lesbos. a situation that worries
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younus master ghana's he is the mayor of moria the small town right next to the camp. like many people living here he feels lesbos is being left to fend for itself if it up another share maybe europe should show more solidarity and support greece with this problem greece alone isn't capable of dealing with this large number of refugees that the e.u. member states have to help take in people and at the same time increase the pressure on turkey to stick to their side of the agreement if it was the issue of when you know we're here we're going to. back in the camp i'm on says he doesn't want to be a burden on anyone all he wants is a safe place to live. and he hopes to find this place before winter. next we traveled to germany in october $989.00 communist east germany's days were numbered every monday thousands of people marched demanding freedom and democracy.
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we talked to some people who were eyewitnesses to history. on october 9th 1909 kathleen hatton how it was in a stasi prison in lights in east germany she was just 20 years old on this day you could feel that the guards were very nervous and you could hear sounds later in the day. close to the even ing and what relate to create fear that maybe what we have heard. where the sound of 70000 people walking. among the crowd marching for freedom and democracy was that 18 year old opposition activist catalan model of. german reunification just didn't cross my mind at the time my motivation was things
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can't go on like this a springs are this country has no future we have no freedom of expression no free elections i wanted to reform the country i wanted democracy in the g.d.r. and it. for months premie things have been held at leipsic said nicholas church on september 4th catherine hutton how a un felt abana it called for an open country with free people the protest was captured on film by western media. it was important to us that our own people in our country could see it and they could see oh wow there's something that has started in my city and it's not as g.d.r. media tells its like they are criminals and they want to destroy our country know they are girls they could be my friend they could be my daughter she was imprisoned
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soon after for riotous assembly but by october 9th knowledge of the growing protests had spread guns like the best and the it was clear throughout life what was at stake. vans for post at our own town full of soldiers and police on call snipers were on the roofs in downtown life in the hospitals blood reserves were being stocked up i think i was and. but the protesters marched peacefully around the city of lights like in the following weeks the demonstrations continue to grow and within a month the berlin wall had fallen i think a group always stay with me. i have been growing up in a dictatorship for that. i will always value the freedom i have but i would like people remember that. democracy. is a living being so we have to be part of it. and that there is no one outstanding
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and for us i would really like people to remember that. in the russian city of volgograd it is a huge memorial was dedicated to the heroes of the battle of stalingrad the motherland calls is being restored in time for celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory in that battle. a call to arms against hitler army a cry of victory of a nazi germany. the motherland towering at 85 meters commemorates world war 2. the monument has aged quite a bit since 1967 winter and weather have taken their toll and since chunks of concrete have fallen off in some places this dot you could have been up to
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visitors. extensive for innovation work began 3 years ago. this project is unique so all the work here is unique to the statue was female so we treat her like a real person. good for us that she's a woman who's suffering from various illnesses that we're healing after 50 years. like anyone her age she needs a range of doctors who can help her in different ways to somebody i mean when your previous what visit us can see this dutch you skeleton. the jag antic structure is supported by a hand-written steel cables that the way it can withstand strong winds. also have to be replaced. the centerpiece of a memorial. formerly known as stalingrad.
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it was here that one of the bloodiest battles ended in 1943. with more than 700000 that. the battle of stalingrad a victory for the soviets marked the turning point in the battle to vote to. let nepal surprise. this isn't just any construction site. it's a symbolic place for russia. working here is a big on our for all of us and it requires a very specific approach of which that's why we're busy around the clock. over there. is a model and cold is still covered by scaffolding but it will be unveiled in time for the 75th anniversary of the soviet union spent like the victory of
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a nazi germany. in nigeria more than 10000000 children do not attend school many of them are orphans and lead lives of desperate poverty on the street but she you only only has found a way to get kids into the classroom using music and dance. when 11 year old dami discovered dance she discovered happiness. when i was down some small little fool i'm still small to fall but will fulfill one special absent just for one little girl to see like the other kids in the dream qatar's dance group demi wants to leave the on the show treats after half ass had died when she was just 7 demi had to do whatever she could to assist her mom
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and younger siblings. 2 years later she met had danced in choctaw and phos tamada she only only who has a similar story up to now i was. telling the truth and i'm fitting that from a guy to financial setback all of them couldn't go to school other than the street closing time when the muslim was able to balls about all those and they sleep so morning goes a little funny on the fortunes of beer that a person i didn't get anyone to do that. it's may seem like just a drop in the bucket but one child at a time only only is getting kids back in school to 27 year old has helped several find and home less kids to primary and secondary school only early currently has 9 kids living with half the all call hot mama. to any
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child that doesn't perform well in school and is disqualified from dancing but he can still leave in the house only on his work has been recognized on several occasions and had downs videos have gained popularity they have even quotes that i of international stars but the one that remains dxo her heart she says was when american musician beyond sea she had have video on instagram. was a dummy says besides dancing she also wants to become erotica like how mama.
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