we begin though with a new holocaust exhibition here in berlin at the house of the conference this house was the notorious meeting place in 142 leading figures in the nazi government who planned what they called the final solution to the jewish problem and with next week seeing the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz birkenau concentration camp this exhibition examines this country's darkest chapter. 94 year old eva far heidi traveled all the way from hungary to be at the exhibition opening her whole family was murdered in auschwitz she alone survived passing on her story is very important to her. recently and handle certain things might innovation especially this and i. shared more it seems to the dangers of anti-semitism then i know that when it starts out with insulting jews and and the kramatorsk.

the exhibition shows the power from exclusion to mass murder through interactive audio visual elements visitors learn about the events that culminated in the bonzi conference and the holocaust and about the fates of the victims a centerpiece of the exhibition is a copy of the minutes of the meeting that took place here in january $942.00 a meeting of which top nazi officials organized the systematic murder of european jews to advance the stands were very complex process it's about the administration of the division of labor within murdoch and of course it's a challenge to find the right balance and to present this in a form that can be grassed relatively quickly by a broad public. east the new exhibition opens just ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camps. we're right in the middle of a ward season which will come and that culminate in the oscars on february the

night on sunday night in los angeles it was the turn of the screen actors guild awards held in great esteem by the exes themselves as they are voted by their peers there were some surprises on the night but not for robert de niro who already knew he was getting a life achievement award it's almost a ritual robert de niro's never misses a public opportunity to criticize us president don't trump. i can imagine some of you are saying oratory must not go into politics. but where we are in such a dire situation so deeply concerning to me and to so many others i have to say something there's right and there's wrong and there's common sense and there's abuse of power. your can phoenix picks up the award for best performance by a male actor in

a leading role for his performance in joke. in his acceptance speech he paid tribute to a full much ok so one who played the character in a very different manner. really i'm standing here on the shoulders. of my favorite actor heath ledger so thank you and good night. ran a sale vegas is currently celebrating her comeback as judy garland the critics are not all convinced by the film but they are by her performance as judy. she received her reward from tom hanks judy garland 50 years later your community is thinking of you. this is for you. thank you so much 71 and the actor south korean film parasite was the surprise winner of the evening

for the 1st time ever the screen actors guild gave the best ensemble prize to a foreign language film now another big award seems within reach as parasite goes to the oscars with 6 nominations. to do what it tells. the new prime. time so much it's easy to keep it to you. one of my hobbies when i was growing up was visiting cathedrals as i myself was a boy tourist in england i'm fascinated by the architecture the history and also the trying to quality of these off the monolithic buildings in the middle of otherwise noisy cities and so is the french photographer. who has recently

completed a project featuring the interior grand of various places of worship. for me it's definitely the architecture and the power of this modern architecture through the 20th century. they always have a central point of view and that the churches are always and to. some i go is you just to create this sort of. feeling so that people can you know immerse themselves in the architecture of. her seeks out modern churches around the world for his photo series sacred spaces. like natural them to try in paris it's original it's different from anything you could have seen and also it has this visual impact with the difference of materials with the you know the wood

the steel the lighting is very very interesting and it isn't. you know the workers of that era so it also has a very emotional. impact i think on the whole neighborhood. this perspective presents the architecture in the best possible light. and you know you see in this one what's really beautiful is that the pillars are you know all aligned so you really want them to be you know popping out of the photo so in that way you know the architecture speaks for itself there is no destructions it's always the same the same angle and when you put them all you know next to each other they're all very different but you get a cohesive. feeling of you know all the different churches. tivo portrays lives in paris he discovered his passion for modern churches 4 years

ago since then he's photographed 36 of them in europe and asia. this is notre dame the last alone young acute shaped church on the outskirts of paris. she bows approach is always the same he looks around chooses a point of view and takes a single shot. that's it. at home he makes only minor corrections to the image most of the work is already done to mo is actually an interior designer and for him photography is just a hobby get his photo series have attracted attention around the globe. since 2015 probably has also been taking pictures of libraries around the world this photo series is his most famous work to date. it's a specific space that everybody understand you know libraries or churches everybody's been there at least once in their lives. one of 4 years favorite churches is notre

dumb do not sell it in paris he feels that the round come. uncreate structure emanates a sense of tranquility. i guess i'm a pretty cocky guy i mean i like it when you win in the world these places because you actually get to experience the architect turn a very different way you know. it's just for it seems like it's been built just for you when you're there and you can witness it for however you perceive it. and then the photos people can imagine themselves in in the picture. for his photo series sacred spaces a testament to faith in the power of modern architecture. a book that was uncommonly prophetic about what was about to happen in germany when

it was 1st published in 1983 the autobahns by. tells the story of a jewish family at the time the national socialists the nazi party came to power like many others they believe johnny had an enlightened cultured society and the violence against jews would stop. or about this visionary book from a man of letters david leavitt's after 945 people here in germany claimed they didn't know anything who wanted another war and concentration camps weren't those for criminals well if they had just read the right books they would have seen it coming so many authors saw the disaster coming. from. jewish author leone for strong or wrote the up our minds in 1933 just months after hitler rose to power the upper months are wealthy jewish family in the furniture

business their story starts just a few months before the nazis take over but it's clear that change is coming there's already anti semitic violence in the streets but the upper months don't want to believe they're in danger because the germany they know is so simple lies here people were not inclined to concede that the thing as imbecile as the nationalist movement had a chance. when foundations were for when was equipped with comprehensive knowledge enjoyed the fine things bygone centuries had developed had a substantial bank balance it seemed to ridiculous to imagine that tame domesticated beast the common man threatens to revert to his wolfish nature of course today we know what happened world war 2 and the murder of 6000000 jews but it's incredible to read how much of that force ready predicted he was one of the 1st authors whose books the nazis banned whose passport they confiscated he wrote

the upper months in french exile before fleeing to the us he got out but if you want to understand the false sense of security that led so many german jews to stay put for too long this book will give you some insight. finally today you may remember the story of a stolen good stuff klim painting being found it in december for trace of a lady was one of the world's most sought after paintings but there were doubts about its authenticity however at the weekend it was confirmed at a press conference in pure chance that it is indeed the set masterpiece by clint it had been discovered in a hole in an exterior wall of the actual gallery went been stolen from nearly 23 years ago. it seems we way never know why it lay there all this time

but now it is expected to be back on display in the gallery maybe as soon as the end of this month and that's all for this edition don't forget to check out the website at d.f.w. dot com slash culture for more on that story lots of others as well the finale thanks for watching and for me and all the crew here in berlin. good. good. good good. good. good.

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is it it really was life for berlin fears are growing over a deadly virus spreading rapidly in china the mysterious corona virus claims more lives and health officials now say it's capable of spreading from person to person all that says the country enters its busiest travel season of the year also coming up paving the pit wait for peace city leaders debate a military mission in a war torn libya.