this is the interview news live from berlin survivors gathering today to mark 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp some can barely walk but these former prisoners are determined to stand as witnesses to the world of what happened at this nazi death camp also on the show grief and shock after the death of u.s. basketball star kobe bryant who died along with the dollars including his teenage daughter in a helicopter crash outside los angeles. and fears the deadly coronavirus

that's him china it could spread more quickly than anticipated massive travel bans are now in place in china entire cities are on lockdown as authorities try to slow the outbreak of this virus. our brian thomas thanks so much for joining us all today marks the 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz extermination camp survivors and world leaders are gathering today in auschwitz to remember those who lost their lives there it was on this day in 1945 that soviet troops freed the camp and its prisoners well germany's nazi regime established auschwitz and occupied poland in one night. in 40

it was their largest and deadliest camp in total some 1300000 people were deported to auschwitz now most of them were jews from across europe nearly all of them were killed with the nazis using gas chambers to do so others were also sent to auschwitz romy and sent a polish political prisoners gays christian pastors priests jehovah's witnesses as the world remembers the horrors of the whole or cost for many of the survivors this may be the last time they return. sawyer's. with the help of her grandchildren jeannette beagle has made to difficult journey back to auschwitz. the 96 year old was deported to hear from vienna a juror in the wall and not only did she survive life in this notorious camp but she also survived the death march when the nazis fled auschwitz at the end of

the war taking some of their prison is with them. the monsters one raid they've run out and then 3 and we're going over the russians are very close friends who are on our own the law and ever the few. need those somebody in dread to step forward because if you couldn't march destructive force to bring you. david language originate from poland also survived auschwitz he moved to the troops he can never forget what he saw and heard the carrying of that there were sirens there night and i said to the people that were there before what are the signs and and they said they're. making rays on their camp i just what kind of rays he says they're sifting through do able bodied

from day one since they considered not be able bodied anymore and still be able to not be able bodied are being born to become a tory or not and eliminate the able bodied they love the syrian because i'm from take them to work and i said. oh my god this is how do they do it is there a list is there a preference or. how's this going about no it's everything very random everybody can just be selected to go through all this i need minutes and oh my god i said i got to sit in this place. but 70. 5 years off to the liberation of auschwitz these memories on dying out. anti semitism though when you went that is still very much alive. for simply. did not. to have to be. did have your correspondent joins me now in the studio here to talk more about this

good morning to you it's 75 years after auschwitz anti semitism on the rise again in europe and here in germany what's happening. well you have to say on the one hand there are right wing parties on the rise far right wing parties on the rise across europe also here in germany. many of them deny that the holocaust some of them deny that the holocaust even happened at least they feel that their history is being emphasized too strongly and that feeds into semitism and that's a fear and then we must talk about obviously is the midst of extremism that is also on the rise across the world and also in europe that also feeds into and to semitism so both these factors make it all the more important to remember what happened and that is what this day is about today the survivors who actually lived through those times can talk from their own experience about watch they experience

to watch horror as they saw and bear witness to what happened this is so crucial isn't it to bearing witness let's take a look now at the story of one of the few remaining survivors. at home in his one bedroom apartment in berlin god levine lives here alone his wife has moved to a nursing home he's one of the last remaining auschwitz survive us his parents and siblings were murdered they have a 75 years ago. that's me that's my brother and another brother and my sister. the 94 year old was born in warsaw to a jewish family during the nazis reign of terror he was sent to 4 different concentration camps. i give all the question why. i can't answer that today. i can't even think about it why. why

a 9 year old girl who hadn't done anything who hadn't sinned why did they murder why. she hadn't done anything in life only because she had a different tree. i doubt it was 19 when auschwitz was liberated while there he was forced to work in the gas chambers as the slave labor of the german company that produced the deadly gas. i worked down in the gas chambers we collected the cycling gas. you just turn into stone you know what i mean. the horror is hard to comprehend for many years it has returned to auschwitz at the end of january.

this day is an anniversary for me it's an anniversary of death. this year is no different krakow airport every year the custodians of auschwitz bring survivors together on the anniversary marking the liberation of the german extermination camp. but the interest this year is higher than usual. the press contingent for the 75th anniversary is huge the hits a listen to the last living witnesses and their stories of the hell that was. one day i found out that my brother was shot. to this day i still don't know why. and i can never get over that. sorry i can't go on. i'll start

crying. start crying. i can't continue. it. it has to cut his talk show what it's like he can still feel the beatings today he tells us 75 years after the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp. on steve levine is one of the few remaining survivors of auschwitz the holocaust and there are very real concerns that the memory of the holocaust will fade as these last survivors pass away is indeed i mean there will be no longer in the sort of the foreseeable future they will no longer be actual witnesses of that time which is why it's so important to. cut bring up an interest to kind of conjure up an interest in the history that what happened there which is what the german

government has been trying to do very strongly the german foreign minister just published. an op ed piece in a german magazine on the german website where he said one of the aims is to teach this history more intensely even then it is being told today to young people because they are german right wing politicians who are saying for instance that the nazi period was insignificant compared to the period to germany's entire history it's these kind of attempts to don play german history teacher would to talk and play the holocaust that the german government wants to fight against germany has of course a long expressed a special responsibility for the holocaust and all that entails the german president will be at auschwitz what can we expect him to focus on today well in fact. the german president was just in israel a couple of days ago at memmert memorials celebrate not celebration

a memorial at. the holocaust memorial in jerusalem and then he said that germany as a whole still felt a huge weight of guilt resulting from the whole. calls from its responsibility for the holocaust and that led into a responsibility for all fighting against those kind of crimes and for supporting for instance the state of israel for supporting the fight against anti-semitism for fostering jewish life here in germany and elsewhere in the world i expect that he will say similar things in auschwitz today so much for that today hans braun for us will have special coverage marking 70 years since the liberation of auschwitz throughout the day here on d w let's get you a brief down some of the other stories making the news around the world a dutch prime minister mark wrote to has apologized for his country's role during the holocaust saying it did too little to protect jewish citizens from nazi persecution is the 1st from here to make such an apology some 100000 jews from the

netherlands were killed by the nazis. every democratic senators in the u.s. have renewed their demands for testimony from former national security advisor john bolton in the impeachment trial of president trump a leak from a bolton soon to be released book reportedly confirms that trump wanted to withhold security aid from ukraine until it investigated joe biden his political rival. and the democratic leader of the house impeachment proceedings adam schiff has accused president trump of threatening him online the president tweeted schiff is corrupt and probably very sick he has not paid the price yet for what he has done to our country trump's impeachment trial is underway in the senate. the american basketball star kobe bryant has died in a helicopter crash the retired l.a. lakers player was traveling on

a private helicopter with his teenage daughter and 7 others when he went down in foggy conditions near los angeles on sunday morning there were no survivors of bryant won 5 n.b.a. titles and 2 olympic gold medals. is death has unleashed an outpouring of grief around the world. the emergency call came at 9 47 am local time a helicopter has crashed into a hillside 65 kilometers northwest of central los angeles it belonged to kobe bryant he and 8 of us were on board the helicopter no one survived. his fans are shocked and saddened within hours hundreds had gathered outside the staples center in los angeles home to the lake us basketball team. for a big fight that's cool well watching 6. girls. that

have been the same without it for 45 years of moving are heard now through this much grief the love for one man was more than basketball it was it was just a mentality to get through life. is one of the hardest loss i would go with i never even met. brian 25 national basketball association championships and to a limpid gold medals and is considered one of the best in the history of the n.b.a. for 20 years until the end of his career in 2016 he played for the l.a. lakers eyewitnesses say it was foggy before the crash an official investigation is underway our team will be looking at the history of the pilots and whatever crew was i'm bored will be looking at maintenance records of the helicopter we will be looking at records. of the owner and operator of the helicopter brian's 13 year old daughter giana also died in the

crash a girl aiming to follow her father's footsteps and become a professional basketball player kobe bryant was 41 years old. for more on the story i'm joined here in the studio by a limo talkie from v.w. sports and from los angeles we have jason company donia he's the bureau chief for n.b.c. news radio good day to both of you and jason if we could start with you what we know about the crash so far or right now it was a horrific crash and the conditions were very foggy in southern california in the morning and when the el concord took off it was a routine trip for coby coby used to take helicopters to the staples center when he was playing from his home in orange county about 40 miles was in the flames and the wreckage is still smoldering as we speak right now as far as what exactly happened what caused the helicopter to go down that is yet to be determined but the

government is now on you know a full investigation ok you mentioned it was very unusual for koby due to travel by helicopter where was he going with his teenage daughter on this particular flight. so this morning he was going to is academy is basketball camp if you will the giants are still the northern most angeles county and he was hosting their tournaments so basketball teams from all across the country where there is daughter was going to play in the tournament today is team was. against a few other teams that. colby his daughter and then a few other coaches and their kids got it it's a relic up there and they perished as well. this death the death of kobe bryant has been marked around the world what what made him such a giant sport i mean i myself i'm still in a sense of like to still a sense of disbelief because i sat here in 2016 when he retired and i didn't expect

4 years later i would be talking about his tragic death and he was an inspiration to a lot of kids for a lot of new generations he made a lot of kids you know pick up a basketball and there's a lot of players and a lot of kids who you know still always wanted to emulate his playing style and he had a very odd journey as well he's one of the few players that went straight from high school to the n.b.a. so he didn't even go through college and his achievements are just sold on i mean i don't even know where to begin he was an exceptional leader he won 5 n.b.a. championships he was twice the most valuable player he won 2 in a big gold medals and he really was a giant of the game he was a clutch player he was able to finish a game i as a try to wrap this fan i remember willie well in 2006 when kobe bryant single handedly scored 81 points against the tron raptors that's the 2nd highest ever in n.b.a. history and this is what colby was he brought people to their feet he did and he

did that as well at last night's grammy awards where were singer lisa keys paid tribute to him let's listen to that in. say. he had. nothing cold and jason we have some of the response there in the united states right now how else has america been responding to the loss of one of its great sports legends well people are flocking to downtown los angeles and wish

the grammy is being held at staples center elisi fees actually said where we're sitting in the house that colby built and i got choked up when she said that you know kobe and i had the same age and i watched him grow up and there's that 17 year old kid watching somebody your age hit the n.b.a. court it was it was amazing at the time and people are are going on social media and posting pictures of when they met him and they're running to staples center to to. grieve with other fans and just say you know we're here for you colby and were your thoughts and prayers are our thoughts and prayers are your for you. alema for all those people out there overseeing grieving right now how do you think kobe bryant's going to be remembered including by young people and young athletes i think it was really he had specific characteristics about him that made

him so special and that was he had to never give up attitude he had a very strong work ethic that ethic and those. characteristics that it applies to all walks of life and you know he really did transcend the game he was a cultural icon a fashion icon and you didn't even have to be a basketball fan in order to know him kobe for example he also like to write he wrote children's books on basketball he won an oscar for an animated short film that he produced and he mentored a lot of n.b.a. players later in life and of course who can for get also colby had has so many famous quotes and i'm going to leave you with one it's a very motivational quote and it sums up his competitive spirit you have to keep moving smile just keep on rolling the limo thanks very much limo talk to you in the studio and jason company up for us n.b.c. news radio in los angeles thanks very much thank you.

some other news down in brazil at least 44 people have died from torrential storms that have caused flooding and landslides entire buildings have been washed away in the southeast of the country more than 14000 residents of had to leave their homes authorities are warning more landslides are possible. nearly 40 people are now confirmed dead in the aftermath of the quake that struck turkey on friday 1600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.8 quake that hit the town of said region and its surrounding area rescue teams are still searching for survivors. italy's right wing legal party appears to have failed in its bid to win a key regional election that according to exit polls party leader mikhail salvini campaigned relentlessly in northern 1000000 hoping a victory there against the center left democratic party would help bring down its

fragile national coalition government in china the death toll from the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak has now jumped to 80 people with more than 2700 in fact that officials say the outbreak will intensify the virus has appeared in all but one of china's provinces and in at least 11 other countries beijing says it's moving to contain the disease with travel bans by canceling major public events and by shopping tourist attractions overwhelmed by the ever increasing number of infected people medical personnel are working night and day doctors from across china have been sent to will han where the virus 1st broke out the quarantine city feels like a ghost town it's mayor issued an urgent warning. when you get you through which is it because of the spring festival and the epidemic about 5000000 people

have already left the city 9000000 are still here it's the duty of the party and the government to guarantee their survival. mobile phone videos are appearing on chinese social media showing long lines in hospitals such videos are immediately deleted by the country's censors. but the government is striving to give the appearance of transparency. because even when we're not sure yet about possible mutations to the disease. the progression of the epidemic has not been fully grasped in libya one of. these mobile phone videos from beijing west railway station appeared to show large crowds of people trying to leave the city with rumors circulating that it may soon be placed under quarantine ok let's get the latest now from beijing and journalist fabienne crush marga de gea fabienne you know we have some 60000000 people on lockdown right now in exclusion zones how long is are going to last how are they coping. well i mean they are. they try to

stay indoors as much as possible and when they go out. basements and mostly when they leave the house it's only by. your face and maybe surprise absolute they will but it's not a normal situation it's a yeah most situation and there are lots of most spreading right now and that can account for beijing. i don't think so but what we have seen today this really interesting additional measures then. have been extended by 3 days it's the 1st time in the history of modern china that this happened and the reason is the government wants people from traveling again because right now more than 100 possibly more than 200. in chinese there's a team their relatives visiting their families mostly in the countryside and of course in the coming days they are. expected to travel back to their homes which is

almost in the big cities in the east coast and of course this is very dangerous the virus could spread especially since you know that the virus is contagious also during the period so many people might be spreading the virus without even knowing that they are infected because they don't show any symptoms yet ok fobbing thanks so much for that from beijing with more on this story of course as it develops. well in los angeles the 18 year old pop sensation billy eilish and her producer brother phineas have swept the 2020 grammys the sister brother team taking home 11 honors for a record they produced in the bedroom of their los angeles home eilis also became the youngest artist ever to take home the 4 top grammys for best new artist best record best album and song of the year bad guy.

gets a reminder now of our top stories at this hour u.s. basketball star kobe bryant has died now a copter crash it was with his 13 year old daughter and 7 alters when the helicopter they were traveling and it went down in suburban los angeles bryan was known around the world as one of the best ever n.b.a. players. china has extended the lunar new year holiday in a bid to contain the spread of the corona virus at least 80 people died more than 2700 are now infected some 60000000 people are on lockdown work under government ordered travel restrictions. this is the interview news live from berlin up next tomorrow today are signs of progress don't forget there's always more to website

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