a park in berlin it doesn't look all that special berliners have lots of green space to choose from but this isn't just any park after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 this brought sectionals no man's land was turned into a retreat area the moa park that's takes us to this week's topic and to the starting point of my tour. i'll be following the berlin wall trail right through the heart of the city. today i ride along before my border between east and west berlin on this bike following the line of the

berlin wall i would like to see what remains of the history of the division of europe germany and berlin so i'm starting here in moa park going to the brandenburg gate and then all the way to the east side gallery let's go. we'll find out what became of the wall and why pieces of it are still standing. our weekly viewers video spirits' you off to norway. plus a check in fan takes us around the sights of his hometown san francisco. my 1st stop on the berlin wall trail is the memorial site on bet no washed. it's the 1st stop for anybody wanting to learn more about the city's division rust colored

golds in sections of the wall mark the location of the former border 2. here a section of the wall has been reconstructed as it was during the division. the viewing platform provides the best view of the border fortifications true dimensions this is how they appears up to 989 the main wall and inner walls with the death strip in between. in order to help us understand the impact the war had on the city and of course on berliners people who experienced it firsthand often tell their stories here at the berlin wall memorial it's exciting and you can learn a lot about how people cope with adversity. these 4 children from berlin district know the wall is little more than

a rusty artifact of the bible into his. elka rosen remembers it as part of the world she grew up and as part of her street she lives a banner mistrusts 11 just above street level. oka rosen was 16 when the border cut through a street and her life how can she communicate this experience rosen leads the kids along a street that bears no resemblance to the burner strasser of her childhood. when this was all east berlin and the street over there on the other side of her sponsor was west berlin yet our building stood here now just imagine when we leaned out the window our low bodies were in east berlin and her body is in west berlin. the construction of the wall in august 13th 961 put an end to that situation for not

right away 4 days later the streets leading from east to west had been blocked but the front door to burn or strasser 11 was still open. one day had lunch our parents said all right when you're done in a single take a few belongings and today we're going to flee. we're leaving east berlin. this is on the look there's our escape that's my mother running a camera man happened to film the family as they fled. we were able to leave by the door and my father handed baggage out because we wanted to take a few things. in my look there i am my sister my mother and my father. and just imagine i even took my bird along and its cage. i couldn't leave it behind i think it was the only bear that fled to the west. was little more than a walk across the street participants in the events like rosen are living proof of

what happened here in the void city. the building on burn or strasser was bricktop. torn down and eventually replaced by the actual pearl and what the city remain divided for 28 years. if i were pulled in now i wouldn't think it was so nice. i'd be very very curious about what's behind the wall what it would look like and how it would be if i were allowed to cross it off. thank you but i won't even wall in my worst enemy because he won't have much room to move around . plus some of my. business and all i know is that i'm a mix of east and west one parents from the west and the others from the east but i

don't know which ones from where. last year over a 1000000 people visited the berlin wall memorial on down the last lawsuit it includes this documentation center historian and i'll back up shortly around the permanent exhibition. with how. we display historical objects here that are important because they allow for an immediate experience especially for visitors who don't know much about it who don't know the details about the berlin wall. only taken as it is in here and see pieces of homemade diving equipment that who about hoya buying used to escape in 1963. well why did the berlin wall exist why did they put up a wall through the city as

a matter of a complex a very complicated question but if you want the short answer i'd have to say that it became clear after the founding of east and west germany in 949 that 2 different political systems would become established. and then they'd have a situation of mass exodus. there were many people who wanted to escape east germany in the 950 s. and it culminated in the building of the wall. it was a consequence of this exodus i know. how did the wall stand for so long i buy the. house because it was a manifestation of an entire system. is germany was integrated into the system of eastern bloc states and so it was dependent on developments there. and not until the 980 s. was the development such that a little bit of an opening was possible one would hope i miss him. but

of course it was the east german citizens who took the decisive steps towards toppling the wall here. when how do you teach such a complex subject to someone who has no connection with berlin who perhaps comes from south america or asia and then learns about the wall here yeah. for one we do it through the historical sites we talk very specifically about what happened on down the russia so it's very clear that the burning will split the street into 2 parts. so one side of the street belonged to east berlin and the other side to west berlin. everything that made up the cold war in general was condensed here. thank you so much my pleasure thank you. i press on toward the city center following the reverse here behind what's now the

government quarter the river marked the border between east and west until 989. but it was guarded just as closely as elsewhere it is these white crosses on the banks testify many escape attempts here ended in death. it wasn't just the wall but stop you escaping from east germany there was also the infamous secret police the stars the head and the tourist prison near berlin at a base thought you were planning to flee the country the chances were high that you would end up in that prison. edition hats knows the shanty prisoners the scene of humiliation and horror she was

held there and $974.00 as a political prisoner of the state security service. he have i found. i was kept here for almost half a year. and 2 and a half years in who in extra back near the texas border in the worst women's penitentiary in east germany at the time in 974 she was a star announcer on east german television about her class. but in fact she had no belief in the system on a vacation in budapest she entered the west german embassy to ask about emigrating upon emerging she was arrested by the shah see. my children were 11 and 12 for 5

months i didn't know what was happening with them and the stasi had no obligation to tell me. set up in a former soviet secret police prison or unshown house and served as the central remand prison for the state security ministry from 1951 to 89 after the war was build the prison help mostly people who were trying to flee on emigrate from east germany minister for state security. personally took it upon himself to interrogate . as new could put it we've given you the opportunity to take up this wonderful profession and now you want to turn your back on us. since i was famous my case went right up through the government circles beyond they know and hanukah. because they wanted to make an example of me to scare others off anyone from television or any public figure as if to say look what will happen to you if you try this or even into tain

the thought that. today they're shown how to guides visitors groups around the memorial showing them the plane delivery vans like those that once brought them here. to spark us 1000 is fitted with 5 detention sounds. from the 1960 s. on physical violence was not used but the stars he had other ways to torture the prisoners. and here number 104 was my own cell. and while you sat there brooding and thinking and crying. this flats would fly open and somebody would shout we're not in the sanatorium here sit on the stool and don't lean on anything. well

a day has 24 hours from 10 at night to 6 in the morning i was allowed to lie on the cot so i had to spend the rest of the time on the stool or pacing back and forth if i wasn't being interrogated. education hence was sentenced to 3 years in prison she waited 2 more years for permission to leave the country but the stars he left its mark on her life even if it never succeeded in making her a victim. the brandenburg gate stands as a symbol of germany's reunification until the fall of the wall it symbolized the very opposite it was a part of the deaf strip right by the berlin wall. do

you know what this gate represents. no not really. do you know where the berlin wall was most here that's what it's my guess that it was here around here do you know where the wall ran. back there behind the gate there's a line on the ground that leniently the beating would be so i've been there i like it when we were all we know in the east or west berlin or in the lloyd. i mean here . in the west in the east yes the east and north. you know what the brandenburg gate stands for no no i just got here it's my 1st time here i actually do not know. a couple start it's a symbol of germany's reunification so. exactly i'm very good. now it's not about my travel experiences but about yours send in your holiday videos and they might end up as

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now on my tour along the berlin wall trail i for arrived at book stomach lots here you can see a couple of sections of the original berlin wall during germany's division the area was a vast empty field now it's one of the busiest squares in europe. after the fall of the berlin wall everyone wanted to have

a piece of it with the. people who took. the war. later. well what's left of how many real pieces of the berlin wall. it was a golden opportunity for the so-called. these were people who collected pieces of the berlin wall as many as they could carry a short time before the situation looked very different early in 1909 east germany had an ounce of his chilling vision of the burning bull's future. will be standing in 15 and 100 years. it stood for only a few more months then it was a piece by piece and finally served a constructive purpose the broken concrete was used as base material for new roads

. the original intact segments of the wall itself are read today but some of them can be found on the grounds of companies and institutions that hope to share a bit of berlin's history with visitors. in berlin's official souvenir shop original pieces of the berlin wall of various sizes and shapes are sold with a certificate. no but seriously the subject businessman bought them out after the wall came down. there are several locations i can't reveal the secret. provides us with authentic pieces of the war. today they are still professional pickers at work full folk of company. of the wall of all size. says that would otherwise be destroyed. the authenticity of the pieces is regularly verified in tests that analyze the concretes age and

make up a mere visual inspection won't do it. to customers can't verify the authenticity so they buy bits of the wall at my shop and bring them to a government agency for an official analysis that happens a lot with our merchandise and we've done well on the test so far. to defecting from east germany with apparent fuck up of love he takes personal satisfaction from breaking down the wall. one of the obligatory sights in berlin connected with its division and for fall of the wall is obviously checkpoint charlie it can hardly be missed with all the tourists and hubbub around it. these large format photos summarize the most important points about the former

border crossing where east and west faced off toto under high tension. as you know we regularly visit viewers from shows the sights of their hometowns this time with some really big highlights the golden gate bridge cable cars chinatown well you probably already know where we're going to be in our media local flood and through his hometown so for. a man to rob welcome to san francisco i'm happy to show you around some of the sights of a beautiful city let's get started in. san francisco is such an exciting and diverse city from the golden gate. bridge chinatown there is such a wonderful mix of people places and it's just always nice to live.

where we are san francisco's famous fisherman's wharf where over a century fishing boats and fleets have gone out to catch seafood in san francisco bay and the pacific ocean and they're still doing it to the state. and one of the big attractions here are the seals they came here about 30 years ago nobody knows why but i guess they just like san francisco who can blame them. on a typical summer day in san francisco when it's cold i love to come here to say mecca nice to see you too arcade. antique a contemporary arcade games you can come inside warm up and have a great time. this

is one of my favorites very much. and if you're in san francisco you can't mistake a trip on the cable car. and the cable car takes us right to grand avenue which is the heart of trying to tell. us. chinatown is really exciting. very different very much its own little community it's the oldest trying to town in the united states still vital still colorful.

here we are at land's end the western most part of san francisco i mean it's the pacific ocean let's take a look at the search through and. just the super bass were built in the 19th century as a huge indoor swimming complex they used to water from the ocean and had numerous pools for diving and swimming about 50 years ago it burned down and this is all that remains. the. land then means the end of our quick tour of san francisco hope you enjoyed it and hope to see in the city soon.

i continue on our quest for traces of germany's division along the berlin wall its fall in 1989 was the 1st big step toward reunification. an impressive relic is the longest section of the berlin wall still standing the east side gallery. a few weeks after the fall of the wall 118 artists came from 21 countries to paint this section. but pictures are expressions of a new era dawning and hints at the emotions fears and hopes it inspired. the wall left many visible traces in berlin and not just in the central tourist spots. there are less unknown places that have come back into their own.

one such a way since it's quite specs. until november 1989 it was part of the gift strip. the water was gone but basin filled in with rubble and topped with border fortifications. after the fall of the wall the urban green space around the inner being was restored it's a good place to end my journey along the berlin wall trail. i've seen a lot and i have learned a lot and i think it's quite good to focus on one topic discovering berlin by following the path of the berlin wall bet takes you right through the heart of the capital you have a chance to catch some sightseeing highlights and at the same time you can learn a lot about the city's history or you want more by by see you next time you're on czech and she.

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