the cold war. and with its welcome to arts and culture celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall in november 1989 mikael got breasts off the last leader of the soviet union is one of the heroes of germany's peaceful revolution at least from a western perspective 3 decades later the man who rocked the world with his vision of social democracy met with the rockers who wrote that soundtrack of hope that we just heard they are of course in the meantime good friends and scorpions paid the year old got a better off a visit in last go. down to go. to them with. courtland singer klaus miner serenading michel gorbachev with his famous ballad about the fall of communism and the end of the cold war the former polish president left for once saw also came to moscow 2 nobel

peace prize laureates reminiscing about the fall of the berlin wall 30 years on. the most important thing was that the germans didn't leave the streets in cities across germany they said we are one nation we have to reunite. you. with friendship between scorpions and michelle you got the chuff goes back to the final days of the soviet union when the country's last leader invited the band to the kremlin now 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall the rockers are thanking him again. only in very beautiful i knew without him german reunification and the fall of the berlin wall wouldn't have happened so peacefully it wouldn't have been the peaceful revolution that it was where no one fired a shot at the fact that no one died and that the tanks didn't roll in that november the night to gorbachev was on the go but off of. of course the

main reason for the band's moscow visit was this sold out stadium concert. more than 10000 scorpions fans turned out to see the band sing their song about the last days of the iron curtain. call of my. life. this song i just missed was on a cleft the song hasn't lost any of its power or its message nameless we're all still longing for a more peaceful world it's more than anything else and if we are a world without all the hate the aggression the wars and the conflicts that are currently still happening. i just was with saw it. when the time.

was good. in the late 1980 scorpions were one of the 1st western bands to play in the soviet union it was there that closed mind i was inspired to write when did change. karens came with tanks we came with guitars it was a new generation plus minus says music can build bridges where politics can't he and his band continue to tour the world with that message then they may be back in moscow soon michaud got a chance invited the rockers to his 90th birthday in 2 years' time if i'm still alive he said there's no doubt about what song they'll play there. all this week we're marking the fall of the wall anniversary with reports from locations that played key roles in that historic event and many of them of course attract thousands of tourists today but there are some less obvious locations just as deserving all. mention one of them is underground and only visible now for the

very 1st time a rediscovered escape tunnel from the year 971 has been officially opened to the public and our reporter adrian kennedy was there. we're here for the reopening of a famous escape tunnel from year 1971 it began here at $143.00. and was supposed to end just beyond that road up the. west and freedom so let's take. between 961-1909 at least 254 people escaped from east to west via tunnels built under the border. the most successful. 57. to defect. but at least 4 people have died and 200 were arrested this is the story of a tunnel that was discovered by german authorities tantalizingly short of

completion. by far work on this channel. i was in east berlin and in early september 1961 about 4 weeks after the wall was built it might escape to west berlin or the sewer system or new york and then friends and i thought about what we could do about this dam wall and how we could get out friends from the east or so did our 3rd who doesn't and we decided to dig a tunnel. in all he worked on for tunnels the most successful allowed 29 people to a sky. his final channel was begun in 1970 as an engineer pfeifer was responsible for the precise calculation of the route to a house 100 meters away in the east. so this

tunnel began in a building that used to stand on lac corner in the west here was the wall the tunnel started in the west and it went in the curve around here and down to that house almost 50 years after 5 years final tunnel was buried under rubble by the stars see it's back in the spotlight the berlin mayor is here to cut the ribbon and usher the 1st visitors in ok let's go. so he will you tell know. they can see the woods what's. the cost of a big experience gives a unique insight into the great lengths people would go to to escape from the communist east. in this case the tunnel was discovered shortly before completion. almost in the end

being incredibly disappointing to have it be discovered just so few meters from the actual destination. pfeifer says he's not a hero just an engineer. would not see in real time was already about 110 meters long and then the border police started using ultrasound machines to search for. him to a new and government bodies also then the jig was up we had to start with. this is a picture that the east german secret police took of all rich pfeiffer watching them destroying his tunnel after which discovery. now part of that channel has been opened up as witness to berlin dark cold war history.

well german born director holand best known for his blockbuster disaster films like independence day or godzilla with his latest effort he's getting more serious with a cinematic tribute to the young men who died in the little known battle of midway a story of this pivotal world war 2 battle between the u.s. and japan in the pacific theater has been told before in a 1976 version for instance starring in heston but it's never been told quite like this. roland emmerich starts with the story we all know the somerset of 1941 the japanese attack on pearl harbor. the greatest military defeat in u.s. history and the trigger that brought america into world war 2 intelligence failures . then he tells a story few people know the build up and battle between the u.s.

and japan at the pacific island of midway just 6 months later a fight many historians say decided the war and a story largely forgotten even in hollywood. brings his full arsenal of special effects to recreate the epic scope of the battle in which $300.00 americans annually $4000.00 japanese lost their lives in the esteem. it took the german director who's lived in hollywood for decades more than 20 years to bring midway to the screen the director of science 5 blockbusters like independence day and the day after to morrow knew this time he'd have to get his facts right midway incredibly well documented battles both in film and endless books about it and we like kind of didn't invent anything but just try to tell the story as good as we can. to highlight woody harrelson as gruff admiral chester nimitz so what's the target i think. it's important in getting people's concept of world war 2 right

because there were a lot of very crucial events that happened the course of world war 2 most of which people are familiar with but. people who are not generally familiar with the battle of midway i wasn't think it's great that the people who were involved in getting the credit they deserve. the result is a thrilling and convincing war and. there was plenty of american pride on display when an american the midway cast premiered the film for the u.s. navy but midway is not jingoistic emerick's depiction of the japanese is balanced and empathetic the director actually sees midway as an anti war movie with a message for the national politics of today. we have a rise in. fascism right now all over the world so it's great to remind people that

there were once people who fought against fascism and bush heroes and you know like kind of defended democracy. with midway roland emmerich is trying to remind his adopted country really need to break here's hoping that message doesn't get drowned out by the who rock chants of american national. and before we sign off we'll go to the french capital where he photo with the world's largest art photography fair opened its doors on thursday at the. it's a commercial fair so everything there is for sale and there are typically many one of a kind pieces and the focus this year on young creators and environmental issues. with about 180 galleries from over 30 countries taking part there's lots to seize on that note we'll leave you with some more images from paris and wish you all the best until next time when we'll have more. all of the wall coverage until just and

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