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out to those woman back home who are bones by their duties and social rules and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is the about of the hook and a war that's easy to. 5 years ago you must have a son a man until his family fled the war in syria came to germany along with hundreds of thousands of other refugees 2015 was a challenging year for gemini but chancellor angela merkel was convinced the country would come. we've managed so much we can do it that's many refugees have struggled to build a new life. in 2015 we accompanied the solomons on their long journey from

syria to germany now we want to find out more about how they fare. it's just off to 6 am and the sunday monday has already begun. the set. still needs to brush his teeth mustapha son a man and his wife getting their 4 children ready for day cam school. the says he's come to have a reading. 5 years ago the sunday months flett the syrian city of rocca mustapha came to germany with their sons jude and daughter lama their youngest child sam was born in. but even now most have a son a man and still finding his footing in germany with. our situation is gradually

improving and we feel more comfortable here i still wouldn't call germany my new home but i'm getting more used to life here and i'm starting to understand better how things work now that. the family still depends on financial assistance from the state of b.s. ole man is surprised at how long it took to settle in they struggled with the german language the bureaucracy and finding a place to live and work in and sometimes it feels like we've been here more than 5 years and we've been through so much and this time. we spent 4 years looking for an apartment moving every few months and it was hard but when i see our children going to school it seems like time has passed more quickly than that. time to get under way the children like going to school in. the

solomons had to move 10 times before they found an apartment of their own like many refugee families all they could get were temporary. the constant moves meant they didn't have as much time to study german as they've helped but they didn't give up for the sake of the children. that's why they left syria to give their children a better life. was destroyed by a bomb many were injured desperate to leave in 2015 they decided to flee. we met up with a family in turkey where they were hoping to make the dangerous journey across the mediterranean at bay i was afraid but determined a little of me died every day in syria especially after our home was destroyed. i died a 1000 deaths every time i heard the fighter jets in the end i said if we die trying

to cross the mediterranean at least i'll only die once and i hope will die together my husband my children and me. mama what's wrong nothing sweetheart. may god protect you make up protect you. like thousands of syrians not summer months how to hope to reach europe but found themselves unable to enter the. images of stranded refugees made headlines around the world the german government decided to take them in and when the record 890000 refugees arrived in germany to. the sunny mountains are grateful that they are in germany but getting here was an ordeal they won't forget anytime soon.

i often think about our journey. especially when we couldn't get an apartment or when we have a hard time with the german language. then i think we got this far gives me hope. woman. happy is pick a number from school they'd like to get to the playground says it's too hot right now. it's just after lunch. happy is proud of her children. they've settled into their new lives quickly making friends at the daycare center and at school and. then in the end he says that if they're moving. i'm practicing my handwriting. i'm going to surprise my teacher that was my mom's idea that. my mom doesn't know

how good my german class. and my handwriting is going and the others are not as good at that i'm also a bit better at math but my mom doesn't know that either. i can help his study german a bit. but not math because i don't like you. can use and in much. the capital. public and help. and i can help you practice german. you can help a lot more than you know. but they didn't have to work today school let out early because of the heat but later they all go to the playground the children know that too. that.

the sunday months have many friends in the neighborhood to help whenever they can like jesse a neighbor as of and my mom i need help with all send her over to. my girls and i were happy to help each one self to. if it. isn't enough to not hurt them now there's no i have never had such a nice neighborhood for them i just had a baby and a beer brought some food down every evening so i had some time to relax that was so sweet. and with the kids things have become much more lively since they moved and. not everyone has been this welcoming since 2015 far right and anti immigrant parties have gained influence. but most germans still support macos refugee policy

on tough of all refugees who arrived 5 years ago but found one thanks in part to the billions of euros in aid programs in new arrivals are finding a foothold. is still struggling to learn german he has a hard time studying the syrian war inflicted invisible wounds that have yet to heal. 5 years on he still traumatized today he has a therapy session with professor mary i'm sure. a lot of mr suleiman please come with me. have a seat. today on your appointment is with me as your regular doctor is on holiday is that ok. ok no problem. an interpreter helps him share his feelings. mustapha says his mother died

in syria 2 weeks ago. he's haunted by the fact he couldn't be there with her. goodness what mother but a. huddle in recent weeks she was very sick. and then she was taken to the hospital. i tried to speak with her but she could no longer talk and she didn't recognize me anymore. and i thought if you want to see more staff i was just 14 when his father died as the oldest child he took on a lot of responsibility his mother raised 9 children on her own. she must have been a very strong woman. a very strong woman yes very strong. he's experienced a lot of terrible things and borne a lot of pain but i think you're doing well now keep looking into the future and concentrating on yourself and your children you can go he says come out of the we're going to smile you can be proud of yourself dr oz you have something.

that something mustapha struggles with he still hasn't found his forte many of the syrians he knows here have jobs who have started their own business. like ask mark now now who runs a snap. what it takes time to develop something present god our restaurant is now very well known and has a good reputation ask anyone and they'll tell you wow the place is great and it's going well. yes it's known for its good food cleanliness and good service. back in syria moustapha was a lawyer here in germany he's planning to start work as a taxi driver soon he's already passed the german driving exam. in the evening listening nuns want to catch up with their family back home in syria.

they're deciding who to call. the boys one to call nora but then they decide on uncle caffeine free. now and what. many of my staff as brothers and sisters fled syria now live in dubai in turkey and lebanon others are still in syria the only way to stay in touch is by phone. to face and they can get. that trying to make a video called. the making at the end i am the kids are excited but no one is picking up. there's no connection there's no internet in syria. little sam is still hopeful but today the cold well as 3 for the sun a man's that children all their pride and joy best

a little but they have to pick plans for the future he wants to be a dentist. wants to be an engineer so he can help rebuild the family's house in syria they are home was hit by a rocket so i want to rebuild it with dad. and i think nation from coma. mustapha has been through a lot but there is a lot of love and joy in this family. the salon's children have found a new home in germany but it will still take a bit longer until their parents feel safe trujillo ryan.

meant to spend a verse around. 75 years ago world war 2 came to it. in our lives its legacy is still visible i would like to learn more about the end of the war here in berlin and also more about the people of france are the last days of the war and a new beginning join me in the search for traces here look up. how the coronavirus is changing the world. china. europe. the situation is serious take it seriously. africa. the usa the irish when it gets a little war bird miraculously goes away the pandemic spreads. in 45 minutes on d w. in the light of climate change. for cosmic.

what's in store. for the future. come for the major cities to get insight. enter. their guy stuck in berlin houses germany's parliament the building is steeped in history. in

9451 of the last great battles of world war 2 raged here the red army did everything in its power to capture the vice talk building on may 1st 945 the last defenders withdrew shortly afterwards on may 8th germany surrendered. and. that was 75 years ago a long time but even today the city is still full of reminders. and today i'm going to visit some of these places i would like to learn more about the end of the war here in berlin and also more about the people of that time about the victims and the perpetrators about the victors. the defeated well join me in the search for traces here in the capital. i take a look at the building where the german family signed the surrender.

visit the epicenter of the security and terror act was off the 3rd reich. and go down into berlin underworld the roots of a bunker in one but kind of hard. to see the inside of it i stopped building you have to register online 1st. the best way to learn about the building and its history is to take a tour. on the meeting the buddhist talks is tory and we share if it comes 1st he shows me that library with all the minutes of the fullness talk from 949 to the present day. on these tables the ballots are counted after each vote. this painting is dedicated to german history and it doesn't gloss over the nazi period. but what

significance does this building have in the nazi era for in essence none. after the reichstag fire in february 1933 the building could no longer be used for anything official but even though the fire only damaged the interior of the chamber of deputies the side wings like the one we're in now were still in working order and exhibitions were held in them which. were then in the very last phase of the 2nd world war a maternity ward was set up down here so babies were actually born here and i was using kinda thing. that i stuck building might not have had much significance for the nazis but the soviet union saw it as the most important symbol of nazi germany . was missing for just imagine after the battle of stalingrad josef stalin had a slogan painted on all his missiles in white paint. for the reichstag

the high stark. traces of the war can still be seen today. after the victory of the soviet soldiers immortalized themselves with graffiti on the walls usually with the date the city the soldier came from and their own main. point here and here in this box you see a message it says for lenin god you have paid in full. the 1st in disputes on it. the battle of berlin changed the cityscape streets were destroyed and later rebuilt well here's a little insight into the last days of the war and in the oppression of what has changed since then. by april 9452 and a half 1000000 soviet troops had arrived at the edges but then. they advanced

street by street building by building in what was a brutal battle. countless soldiers and civilians lost their lives the city too was brought to its knees. the allies had attacked berlin from the air over $300.00 times dropping a total of $45500.00 tons of bombs. in the post-war years the villain as we built this city they connected mountains of rubble from the ruins into artificial hills such as the bunker back in homo time and the toughest. modern architecture has given the city a new face but many of the original buildings have been restored including the museum ident and the berlin cathedral. the kaiser vilhelm memorial church in the western part of the city center stands as

a reminder of the bombing of the land. it's been preserved in its ruined condition to serve as a memorial against war and destruction. of other important commemorative sites include the soviet war memorial in toto our park. and the military cemetery on health class of which pays tribute to about 3600 members of the royal air force most of them were killed during the raids on berlin airmen from britain australia canada and new zealand and. like few other cities within has been powerfully shaped by its history. in their graffiti the soviet soldiers refer to the stock building as hitler's lair

but the dictator had sought refuge in a different building located near brandenburg gate on the village toss in an air raid shelter called the fruit had been built underneath the garden of the old device chancellery. this is where hitler committed suicide on april 30th 1945 only an information board stance here to mark the site the bunker was partly demolished after the war the rest was buried. hitler died here and it's really hard to imagine today what happened back then and if you're interested and you want to know more about it you can take a look at the replica of hitler's room in the berlin story bunker. the battle of palin raged have ahead i don't hitler killed himself in a room like this the replicas in the berlin story bunker provide an impression of

the dictator's final days. the exhibition in a bunker and how to display is the downfall of the 3rd. film documents. it aims to educate not glorify the past. and. this will never become a place of pilgrimage for the far right we tell the story and expose the myths it shows the far right that there's nothing great here just a dictator who committed suicide people come here because they want to be educated about history. hitler lived with his companion a 5 pound in the bunker under the chancellery for 2 months. you had no hoof survived the end of the 2nd world war in the field. the last nerve center of the 3rd high. as a 15 year old member of the league of german girls she was here was a volunteer caring for the wounded behind the meter thick walls as the red army

closed in the side. of the war raged but down below there was dead silence. you heard nothing of the bombs down there one casualty after another was carried in most of them seriously wounded many of them died. in the bunker also saw this man in person propaganda minister gerbils who deployed pictures and videos of his family to make life in wartime appear harmless under dinnick. those delivered a big speech to us telling us to hold out until the final victory then he went and killed himself and his family. a minister who poisoned his children and a dictator who shot himself to escape responsibility for his crime that is the history of the philippines.

in berlin caused tossed far from the city center the german van marked sign unconditional surrender on may 8th 1945 today the historic site houses the german russian museum exhibition curator funk shows me what's called the surrender room. why is this museum so far off the beaten track yet here it is and why did the fans love the soviet set up their headquarters in this building in april 945 s. the building hadn't been completely destroyed and it was a distinguished looking space that seemed appropriate for the signing of the surrender went bust and what i see here is that all original or has it been recreated. you know it sounds kind of well as you just guessed the furnishings are not the originals. they were brought to this museum in the 1960 s. . the flooring the lamps and chandelier are the originals from the 1940 s.

. that's right do you have the original surrender documents. you know now i'm going to i look back i know the originals of the surrender agreement are kept in the military are carbon fiber and that's where they'll probably stay. but we have had high quality reproductions made that look quite authentic. these are just simple copies in a glass case as you can see there's an american or english version a russian and a german version of the surrender agreement. that seems likely home. so what was it like when the agreement was signed here. because i'm just ready for it as we know that overall it was a relatively formal ceremony. but as we have lists of how much hard liquor and other alcoholic beverages were consumed at the banquet that followed. it was quite

a bit one of us bashing on cliffs. the museum covers the nazi regime swore of annihilation against the soviet union which claimed an estimated $25000000.00 lives on the soviet side outside there are more exhibits on the 2nd world war including tanks from the period yet. here in the museum garden we have a number of tanks as well as how it says and it had to show a rocket launcher. the reason we have them is that all of this here has been used as a museum since 967 at 1st by the soviet forces in east germany. they were the 1st to set up a museum here and these heavy armaments in the garden were part of it was. today the grounds including the tanks are listed monuments.

around 2 months after the surrender the victorious powers met its assyrian potsdam to reorganize europe and to the site of germany's future well today the palace is a museum and it commemorates this is a story about. on july 17th $945.00 the eyes of the world's run sicilian hall of politics in pakistan the most powerful men at the time have gotten. joseph stalin harry s. truman and winston churchill. 50 not the post-war order of germany europe and the entire world was decided here you can sense the history as soon as you enter the palace the courtyard and of course the conference hall. and that was to confront and. meticulous care was taken and the big 3 felt disadvantaged in any way even the specially built negotiation table reflects this.

see everyone entered the negotiating room through his own entrance care was taken that no one had to wait for anyone else they all entered the hall at the same time to observe the protocol in this. exhibition retraces the events of 75 years again. we have the studies with the original furnishings this was the soviet study the british and american ones have the documents papers and implements on the desks. and this historic site is presented within the broader world context. the viewer gets a sense of what was happening in the summer of 1945 and the impact of the 2nd world war which was still going on in asia for example what. the conference tracked on to 17 days footage gives an impression of harmony among

the leaders but behind the scenes the high encouragement has already begun to take shape the berlin wall which later run only a few meters away from the palace begins it's a vonzell was the differences were so great that they could only be patched up provisionally. the cold war got its start in the ceiling and. the 2 superpowers were already facing off against one another. my next stop is the topography of terror with over a 1000000 visitors a year it's one of the best known places of remembrance in berlin the documentation center informs and educates visitors about perpetrators the people behind the nazis regime of power and terror truly in kemah my own shows me around. for could you briefly explain what i see here. this is the model

of the german reich's government district that's what it was even before the nazi era. is where the most important ministries were located. on the spot where we are now from 933 on was the main office of the prussian secret state police. that was the headquarters of the political police the gestapo the headquarters of the s.s. the should stop the security service of the s.s. occupied the area where the topography of terror is located now take it all sounds very similar security service stuff how did they differ. i missed it what's important is that they were part of 2 different areas the work gestapo stood for the secret state police. that was a state or government agency a police agency. the s.s. the should stuff will also existed before 933 but it wasn't part of the state it

was part of the nazi party that's a very important point in a democracy a state based on the rule of law keep state institutions and party organizations separate after 933 they were in a woven here with. different organizations but with a single goal to maintain the nazis hold on power. they fought the resistance and organized deportations. so you could say that here at this location the threads all came together of many of the crimes that were committed one or 2000 kilometers away from here all. these here were the perpetrators. yes these were young people radicals who were prepared to give everything they had to ensure the success of their movement and especially germany success in the war they saw themselves as a young radical elite. in. the submission continues

outside the cellar walls of the gestapo building were excavated in the 1980 s. right behind them ran the berlin wall of which pieces remain today. went into words the end of the war a lot of people were still fighting including older people or very young ones even though the situation was already hopeless why did they do that. there was anyone who tried to resist who refused to take part face the real risk that they'd be sentenced to death by a special court and then executed. but another very important question is what did they see as the alternative. here in berlin the soviet union the red army they were the liberators. but many berliners didn't see them as a realistic option for many berliners the soviets were something they've been taught to fear something they've been taught was the mortal enemy.

the nazis persecuted detained tortured and murdered millions of people especially jews and many places in berlin today commemorate the jewish victims of the nazi regime. the. berlin has a long jewish tradition stretching back to the 13th century in the 1920 s. some 170000 jews lived in the city after 933 many were forced to emigrate or fled from the nazis around $55000.00 jews were killed in the shower the holocaust the nazi regime's mass annihilation of european jews. the holocaust memorial only at the brandenburg gate commemorates this genocide a field of concrete blocks of varying heights of women isn't a wave the abstract installation aims to evoke a sense of contemplation. since the memorials are important for understanding and for compassion amid the generation after me i'm 18 now the generation after me

needs to understand how terrible this was even though they didn't experience it directly so nothing like this will ever happen again. there are more than 1600. stumping stones small memorial scattered throughout the city in front of the former homes of the victims of genocide. many jews once lived close to the center of berlin near the new synagogue ringback at the time it was one of germany's biggest and most important jewish houses of worship it was heavily damaged in the 2nd world war. the france action was rebuilt in the 1990 s. . the against jewish museum houses the largest exhibition on jewish culture in europe the eye catching architect who features a floor plan to have a fractured star of david. the building is a labyrinth with concrete shots leading nowhere.

this installation is especially disturbing more than $10000.00 faces lies strewn across the floor visitors are allowed to walk on them a reminder of the many victims of the whole. many non jewish berliners also fell victim to the war. they sought shelter from bombing raids in cellars and bunkers in home park the ruins of a gigantic flecked tower are still standing it was built to defend the city from the air raids and provide shelter to civilians in the area. guided tours are held from april to october in the winter bats live in the ruins of the bunker. that. the underside of the entrance to the structure was in what's left of this

massive door frame. the original doors weighed about a ton to make the entrance bomb proof and above all gas proof. that the 3 flak towers were completed in berlin and the tear gotten and for good parks and here in the park they resemble massive fortresses. this is the basic design of above the big heavy anti-aircraft guns were mounted on the corners and sides they were smaller caliber guns for shorter. defense on the narrow sides there were the huge doorways where civilians and material deliveries entered the building. the shelter had room for as many as 40000 people but as the last battles reached up to 60000 people are believed to have squeezed in when the air raid sirens wailed berliners had 15 minutes to find

a shelter and then the bombs came raining down. and thousands of people in this bunker what was that like. it's hard to imagine 60000 people in here the water was off the toilets were stopped up. often there were 2 or 3 people sitting on every step on the stairway extending down 6 floors cowering in fear for their lives. together with the civilians many soldiers were also accommodated in the tower the guns on top were so big it took $22.00 anti-aircraft assistance to operate them since all the adults soldiers were at the front or had already fallen only children were left to fire the cannons. we talked to a lot of them and one really captured it he said we could fire the biggest cannon the air force had ever made but we couldn't go to the late show at the cinema because we were just kids. after the war 3 attempts were

made to demolish the flecked tower but only part of it caved in the berliners soon piled the rubble from their own room building surrounded now the area is covered with trees. the top offers a great view of the city. well the flak towers did not stop the allies they won the war and the vide of berlin into 4 zones of occupation and the american sector was in the southwest of the city and there's the l. ike museum that's my last stop for today. during the post war era the lifes of the american forces stationed to berlin centered on clay i believe this is where the g.i.'s shopped played sports and went to the movies. the outpost theater is now a listed building and part of the i like museum. exhibition covers the history of

the western allied powers in berlin. it begins with the arrival of the american british and french occupation forces in 1945 and ends with the ceremonial departure of all the ellis in 1904. among the highlights is one of the british transport planes that kept west berlin supplied during the soviet blockade of berlin in 1949. despite tongue planted build starting in 1953 by the american and british secret services to tap into soviet telecommunication lines in east berlin. the war was a long time ago and yet there are still many places in the city where you can learn about this dark time and i got to say i've learned a lot and i hope you get to. see an x.

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