the balcony man does cross over. to. sound out a part of. our documentary george. w. . hello and welcome to focus on europe the corona crisis is still taking its toll on lives and businesses across the continent the tourism industry has been especially hard hit empty beaches empty restaurants empty airports no planes are bringing in holiday visitors even world famous landmarks are now deserted hundreds

of thousands of people have lost their jobs and there are no signs of things getting back to normal. the situation is a particularly grim for spain one in 10 people is employed in the country's tourism industry victor often the home is one of them he runs a hospital in more than a lawn in northern spain and usually he welcomes a lot of hikers at this time of the year but right now everything has come to a standstill the global pandemic has destroyed hopes and dreams and has forests of many to face an uncertain future. it's really described here in a story on spain's atlantic coast to roost in size not even in the way of synching usually bustling thousands of pilgrims making their way to santiago.

it's a tough blow for victor for them to be moved from valencia 2 years ago ferrando an electrician wanted to make a dream of his country and so he bought this house and turned it into a hole still for pilgrims following the waves and james now. i think i would use people but this will really set me back i'm losing a lot of income that i've already budgeted for. after all my cost still stayed the same and. i still have to pay for electricity water and insurance even if my door stay closed. 36 year old fernando knows he's not the only one with these problems it's not just the pilgrims that are staying home to resume in general is crime scene to a halt. as a bit we've already missed one of the most important months of the year and this summer will be the same. tourism is so important for spain but this year tourism is

dead to. spain cities should be bustling with life this time of year now they look more like ghost towns normally tourists from all over europe would be celebrating their spring holiday in spain sunny beaches its spanish cuisine and sangria and spring isn't even the peak season. one lu is fine and as far as the worst is yet to come if tourists from germany britain and france stay away this year they might not be any summer holiday business at all. national organization with one that will probably not only do we not know when we can reopen our restaurants again we also don't know how we would do so do we need to reduce the amount of tables to ensure enough distance between guests we've hardly got any room to begin with. this is going to cost us more jobs we're talking about iraq we're going to put it off a little bit if it is. to reason is because riving focus for spain's economy this

is what it looked like a year more than $18000000.00 jews this close to one in 10 jobs a part of the hospitality industry after years of record breaking numbers of 2 wrists florentino fell god also economist at the university of all now believes spain is facing a serious crisis. if it does because by next year but even then the virus hits spain especially hard when about stomach the country's image so tourists might be wary of coming to visit the governor's conference base private workers but we could only hope to get it under control. soon so that people will want to come visit spain again in the long run as my. best to resume has gone back significantly juta the compound pandemic even the way of some chains which in past years was like a pilgrim's mine therof it is empty today. ludhiana thea from you so ca should have

friends of the community center sees an opportunity in the crisis he wants to renew the way of some jams and tended to root for sustainable tourism. is the moment when we can use this opportunity now about what kind of way of st james we want. you know we want to maintain the original pilgrimage route or let it become what some are taken to calling it an amusement park. but. for now most innkeepers are simply struggling to survive costello nervy to ferrando relies on the pilgrims that come from over the world he actually wanted to expand his business and i just bought a 2nd house he was planning to turn into a hostile. i wanted to use my savings to renovate. as i stated i'm using you just to make ends meet with another form. i recently took out a loan. now only to pay back the bills or they can forget about renovation works any

time soon you want on the course i spent i've looked after. and some food around who has had to put his dreams in the shit he's even considering moving back to presidents here to resume a tradition he doesn't see much teaching in tombs. while all the people in spain are hoping for a visit from abroad romanians are trying to keep them at bay some fear that their fellow citizens would seize on the jobs in other e.u. countries could import the new coronavirus some politicians are taking strict measures to prevent people from gathering in public spaces all in efforts to contain the spread of the virus but this move is making life for villagers and farmers like all gulf war cash very heart like many others the romanian village of arcata has been on lockdown since mid march its residents

are only allowed out of their houses with official permission small farmer oh go for akash has received official permission but she still can't sell her produce. you have to think of this that was my autumn harvest each even spring i would make good money from that thought that this you ask if you think i mustn't all these heads of cabbage and was so lovely with the whole thing for. 4 costs usually sells for cabbage in the little town of me or korea neeraj really where many residents belong to remaining as hungry and minority but the farmer's market has been shuttered since mid march for fear of the coronavirus in spite of remaining government pleas to keep the markets open. they wanted to ensure the availability of affordable produce as well as an income for small farmers but mare shonda had the market closed down anyway with migrant workers returning from

western europe unable to find work in the crisis mare top was worried they could bring back the virus and spread it a book a little every wednesday people from our region gather at this farmer's markets because this virus spreads easily through crowds so we closed it immediately without any specific directive from the government that they should look there was a trickle be ought to be just like a runaway talking if we hadn't i'm sure the people returning from the ground would have thrown around their money and partied with their friends there which we wanted to shut down which i just look at only. about one 5th of the $1000.00 knowing romanians including many roma work in other e.u. countries so far about $1000000.00 of them have returned home with no work subjecting an already weak economy to additional strain. several 100 migrant workers have returned to me or korea neeraj of the to. the mayor wants to show that

he's taking action and demonstrate that he's got everything under control. you're going in there to be able to we already ordered a ventilator in the 16th of march so dots in an emergency nobody would have to go to the city they could receive treatment right here in town. and we bought a disinfection gates which the nursing home and health care employees at the local hospital have to pass through the book. the coronavirus has completely derailed before crushes life she's only allowed to sell or produce in a complex of tenement blocks but business is slow to say the least i met him in november to make here in catalonia people had a lot out of their houses and i'm just wasting my time here and extend for everyone at the moment an e a few people in the surrounding apartment block spy things anyone even further away doesn't even know i'm here and to get what you like diprivan is with this little square plot to sum up products but the real market is closed. and if they can use

a larger quantities. and they have a machine and i don't know what to do so. well here we've got no money will starve even so we need to keep working at work where most of the factories are closed on the fields there the wind blows the virus away. so far the region has lost 40 inhabitants to the coronavirus but the hospital in new york korea and iraq really has not seen one khurana patient so far dr cardio supports the mare's measures. b i thought. he made the right decision. a mass gathering like the weekly market would have spread the virus very quickly. this way the possibility of infection has been minimized. i think people have

understood and accepted that she was going to work with me. after weathering 2 months of the corona lockdown measures in her hometown is reaching the end of her rope today's earnings are barely enough for a few bottles of water and she's not alone most people in the region are farmers they all face the same problems now. up until now all grown her family were able to get by with their vegetables and chickens. the family has no other source of income. hope she might be able to sell her freshly planted a plants at the market the summer the recession the recession and the man completely open reacted why will markets allowed to open everywhere else but not here to i need to be able to send my fish to points of groceries an essential people need to eat when all the only ones who

people are turning home for me would be proud of them check. compared to other european states romania has reported quite a few corona related deaths but many here are struggling with the economic backlash of the pandemic 75 years ago the 2nd world war came to an end and this marked the end of years of tara and persecution for millions of jews some were only able to escape death at a concentration camp because non jewish neighbors or friends sheltered them hi neal a.v.m. survived the holocaust by hiding at the home of one family in berlin after the war she turned her back on germany and moved to paris but to this day her family and that of her rescuers remain friends. was

a honey bee was full of life a practicing jew she was a true berliner heart. she passed away in 2019 aged 95 it was close to a miracle the honey survived the nazi period as a young girl she had underground in the german capital berlin she was supported by a network of non jewish friends today her son rene recalls her tales after surviving the war she raised them in paris. caught on the. one day the gestapo knocked at her door itself my mother didn't open thought she ran for her life. your friend she went through the neighbors flat and even bumped into one of the cars stop them and sent to arrest her as she fled downstairs. outside some non jewish friends came to her aid this is north of the 5.

years later honey levy published an article honoring the unsung heroes who protected her. in one chapter she recounts the day she fled her home. just 19 years old with nothing but the clothes on her back. 'd in my now no desperate smile i turned to one of my new acquaintances. i had met her at a small cinema where she worked and had visited her several times before. of course and this was called there was shocked when i told her about my situation she told her husband and was quick to promise she would protect me i felt sure she would never turn me in. honey spent the next 18 months of her life hiding here in this courtyard and burned in china back. she had a fake id and dyed her hair blond to appear areon. the cultures were hardly levy's

main lifeline but they weren't the only ones to help. them and they have been in several other families also took her in. cuba it is a bit of some found hiding places for her others brought her groceries. on. a memorial plaque outside the culture home and burn the national bird now honors the couple for their deeds and he was happy to return the berlin when it was unveiled several years ago. then yes i'm struggling to find the right words. above all i want to thank this incredible household community that. there weren't many of these silent helpers among the mass of nazi followers but they proved that resistance was in fact possible more than 6000 jews had underground in berlin. only one in 4 survived.

berlin's german resistance memorial center has dedicated an entire exhibition floor to those who were prosecuted and those who helped them. it shines a light on ordinary people not the well known resistance fighters individuals who risked their lives to save their friends and neighbors. historians have documented hundreds of stories like that of honey levy. and the most important message for me. which we can give to young people in future is to show that people have a troyes that they can decide on which side they want to act and they have this joy is also under dictatorship. they headed also under nazi rule but the truth they had to decide what they want to

do and what they want to be people have a choice after the war levy moved to paris her son rene tells us that although the nazis murdered several of his family members if he was no hatred towards germans that he says is the next to his mother she in the culture family remained close through the years. my math course was a postcard when i was just 6 months old my mother took me to berlin to introduce me to the cultures of plays on. the way through this culture was like a mother to her needs met them kids over the course she even called her beauty or moving and the play that you know. my mom from would call and if anyone knew someone they got married to 1975 all the cults or family members who were still alive if you came to a wedding some of the new and the money ours. nay says the actions of the culture family made clear that amid the unspeakable nazi horror and bloodshed at the time

that some in germany managed to keep their compassion and humanity. many of us have collected stuff in our base mans and are addicts that we know we will no longer use it but don't want to throw away just yet a company in sweden had a great idea of how to give such items a 2nd life they opened of the world's 1st recycling shopping center and a vast not all across sweden people can visit special auctions to buy or sell stuff these auctions have a long tradition and a short to make a comeback after the corona crisis is over. in the community hall at the village of tuna northeast of groups one of sweden's most cherished traditions comes to light old news knick knacks are sold at an auction about the feel like in sweden nobody likes wasting anything that is still in perfectly good shape. all of it up to the

evil auctioneer christiane has plenty of odd wares on offer and all of them are useful somehow he sees to that himself. whenever a household is dissolved christiane buys up the items that would otherwise have gone into the trash and fixes them up to sell. here you can buy things fairly cheaply good things that last but also the. living room suite back there for instance with a film it cost about $80.00 euros and then filled with people who need to swedes objects with a story to tell like treasures there's hardly anything that someone else would like to give a new home or. what anybody would want with an old delight a surveyor's instrument only the buyer knows but it's as much in demand as a box full of toys. is one of the betters today is her lucky day it. sold a box full of old dolls for about 20 or. 40. thank you

reading. i simply had to have it so i just kept on bidding. the auction is a fun way to hunt for useful trinkets for small prices have a little bit can go a long way guiding principle reduce reuse recycle more and more people in sweden are coming round to the bidders way of thinking sustainability is becoming a way of life and a smashing new business model. a few years ago one of the world's 1st recycling malls opened in s. coast to now 2 floors jam packed with furniture clothes books and most anything else imaginable. and it's all 2nd hand donated by its previous owner. john. is in charge of electronics. everyone who comes here they have no objective they come here to save the environment and help others to make some money like the rich want to hear the trendy retail it won't work with all this would all be just

on the old like responsibility. these old t.v. sets computers and telephones are headed not for the junky but the repair shop and they come out almost as good as new it's a win win operation with the environment as the biggest winner at. the recycling department store pays off financially as well all the participating retailers together say they had over 1000000 euros in revenues in 2019. and customer figures are on the rise to. their something for almost everyone. turn both and. for the sound most i love this kind of look at 1st record player a book called whiskey. and after the shops close in the recycling department store events in courses began. workshops teach how to refurbish old things and make paper

are objects from old books or jewelry from bottle caps. and we're definitely a part in challenging the. concept of what is. also challenging the concept of that even if we do our part even if we're apart in a consumer culture or. what we consume also makes a huge difference what impact it has on the environment. in the meantime the auction in tuna is winding down. that's one of the final locks on the block. from an old tea service like this is almost certain to find a buyer. you know. while the buyers rushed home with their treasures the auctioneer tallies up the sales of the day the auction today turned a handsome profit it was not going to sweden we like 2nd hand things we ship to us

there's something very special at the in this value of all european countries but i'm sure here is where this movement strongest. but maybe the sweet spot for 2nd hand will spread to the rest of europe as well after all just because something is old doesn't mean it's not still handy and sustainable shopping is becoming an ever stronger imperative not just in the far north. the covidien 19 outbreak has forest many people into isolation while some are fighting boredom at home others of like brood niat. are discovering their creative side she and thousands of other russians have taken to facebook to show off their self created versions of popular works of art and to create a somewhat we artists use the toilet paper food and even pets. fly into a march seagal painting from your bed. or sink into the tragedy of malays ophelia

with ink radiance from your kitchen. from edvard to michelangelo social media users are giving our classics the quarantine make over the russian facebook group. or aren't isolation started as a challenge between friends in moscow just a few weeks later it has nearly half a 1000000 members from all over the world. no one expected such a huge reaction that's for sure the group grew so quickly right away people are really taking time for this going through art books looking at the websites of international museums to find the right pictures for themselves and their families . the rules of the group are simple use a classic like this leonardo da vinci painting take the photo at home and use props that you happen to have lying around in quarantine. is off limits.

i decided to take part in the art isolation project because i'm sick of my cat and she sick of me. write it i took part in this project because it is uniquely wildly joyful and it gives everyone positive emotions it gives you a break from the difficult situation. is just users say many of the recreate a spontaneous thing but some people have been sewing costumes and getting the whole family involved including their paths. now there are around 2000 new posts every day according to the page administrators each one is a glimpse into how self isolation can sometimes open up new doors or drawer to creativity. love the creativity and that brings us to the end of the day's show remember you can always

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