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welcome to the show unofficial addict's from the year 321 issued by the roman emperor constantine the great gave permission for a jew to be appointed to the city council in cologne the 1st written evidence of jewish life in the area that we now call germany and important evidence of the coexistence of different religions at that time 700 years later an anniversary year ends to let jewish culture in all its diversity shine. some. installation of the jewish museum in berlin that's. the big anniversaries being celebrated with events throughout the year here there's

a new permanent exhibition focusing on 700 years of jewish life in germany. you might say the central theme is the relationship between jews and jewish society and the dynamic between longing and exclusion. in the 18th century radical change prompted by the enlightenment stimulated a life of the exchange of ideas between writers and philosophers and known jews in business science and culture painter max and physicist albert einstein just 2 examples of jews who had a major impact on german society. and then. if you look at world war one lots of jews fought as soldiers at the time that was a sign that they had become part of society because they really felt german.

from the beginning of the nazi dictatorship jews were systematically excluded from society disenfranchised persecuted forced into exile and murdered before 933 around half a 1000000 jews lived in germany after 945 there were only a few 1000 it remains a blight on german society. of course just a very important point in jewish history in germany and you know all of europe but what's new in the current exhibition is that it's no longer presented as the of that history and. that's because of a resurgence of jewish life in germany since 1900. from russia. iran and even israel today there are more than 200000 jews living in

germany. and joining me now from cologne is underway she's a pianist and entrepreneur and currently managing director of the association 700 years of jewish life in germany and co organizer of this anniversary year welcome mr cole that. we just heard over 200000 jews in germany but sadly they are facing increasing levels of anti semitism with that synagogue shooting and then 2900 glaring example how significant or crucial even is a celebration like this in this context. yeah it is very crucial specially out of these events i mean if you look at it and he said his i'm. older than 1000. 1700 years it's like a pandemic virus it existed before it existed after the terrible attack on holland

. and the jewish people here in germany we felt that his image and his and all the time i mean i personally grew up here was always there and obviously you know we saw how this. thinking that anti-semitism in the minds can turn into action can turn some physical violence so now it's very very important to work on that 1700 years of jewish life here in germany and yet many jewish customs are still not very well known here how do you hope with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangible to german. this isn't very complex issue it is just 76 years after the shah and germany still has a kind of earthy a theatrical culture of remember owns and memorial. and people here naturally i'm all aware of that alive jews. and this is not so surprising

because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person and it's also very out they meet one on the street . and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and what you mostly learn in schools lackey is about the jewish religion is about how to use well of course in the sheil which is very very important to learn and also about the growing and isn't someone tism and in the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce the reduce jewish life to that incident dog. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we're trying to roll out this year and what is that new approach you spoke earlier about empathy. yes that's very important because if i mean we have now it will set 200000 some estimate 150000 jews actually living here in germany around 100-0022 jewish to the jewish community this is like them

terry come later that we have and we are all different we have it we have doubts and we want to be part of the society now. most people as i said don't know us and if you want to get to know your neighbor it's one way to go and to say you read the c.v. and to learn about him but i don't think this is enough to develop this and as you know them to these are very important because otherwise you will never get rid of the serial types and yet our approach actually yes very sensitive issues there but obviously a lot of joy to impart give us a quickly an idea of the international context for this anniversary are you hoping it will resonate with jews outside of germany and how they perceive jewish life here yes i think the show i mean. brutally said germany is the inventor of the shying away of the systematic killing of jews we have to face and a lot of jews like you know of my surroundings of personal things of all look at

them how jews and non jews lived together in germany i think it is an international importance and most of the jewish people here in germany a family outside of the country so i think for us it's very important but also for the jones society itself and i think and he summoned him is not a german problem and so european problem is a worldwide problem. as i said append i mean so i think it's very important to see what it doesn't say thank you very much for joining us celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in germany undertake in cologne. thank you. well the harp is an instrument that comes with some strong associations not only is it difficult to lug around but its delicate music has long been synonymous with angelic nymphs or young girls with long flowing hair and in the romantic period it even became a salon instrument but remained strongly gendered which is why french harpist exempted domestica is credited with revolutionising its repertoire.

so weird to me stuart wants to change the popular image of the heart. the heart has always been seen as a sun on instrument that's not so up to date it was supposed to be a women was the main domain but the instrument does have a clearly defined gender for him. ready to fight is definitely feminine. does his instrument have a name. and he's been i. know i'm pragmatic and i'm often unfaithful because i can't take my own instrument with me. the most and has been captivating his fans for years with classical pieces pop melodies and even improvised film soundtracks. it all began with a crush on his music teacher. as if very exacting but i liked her and really wanted

her to like me so i was very happy to practice. and practice he did a lot. after a hearty strong 40 culo instruments demands a lot of passion. and dedication. to mr most shows very different path in competitive sports. if you can try to choose between an international competition for the heart and growing competition i chose the rowing initially and was then disappointed because

i had to trade a ha. it's . just music soon there to. munich and then. there is only a limited amount of music. you know composed by a musician known as the paganini of the heart. seems to have a future creasing really popular choice of instrument among children. because i'm finding it difficult to keep up with demand it's much easier to rent one now so it's becoming more democratic the more hot issue.

all other culture news that was making headlines at the end of the week includes the most expensive batman comic ever the comics dating from the 1940 s. a world record for batman comics when it sold at auction in the us for more than $2200000.00. the comic originally sold for just $0.10. the most expensive comic ever however remains an original copy of the action comics number one that raked in an incredible $3200000.00 back in $24.00. and a rather bizarre anniversary coming up this weekend the 100th anniversary of the sawing a person in half illusion performed here to great effect by the world famous american magician david copperfield 100 years ago on january 17th the illusionist p.t. celibate put a woman in

a box in london and sold right through the board creating a classic magic trick but just from around the world we'll get together online they some day to celebrate the centenary of that landmark performance. and on that note let's keep ourselves all together this weekend and beyond and until we meet again stay safe and all the best from a shift. on the road with our superheroes my mission is clear blue kushti get me closer leash explore germany. they dive in and check everything out there's a lot going on in. germany tried and tested checking. on d w. what secrets lie behind things was to discover

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