nursing government in terms of actually voting together with them to pass extra measures for instance. and that is something that's anyone's guess at the moment i was, you know, has that reporting and that was our new show. thank you so much for watching the, the units the i want to tell you something. it's a bear with me, my honest raising awareness of h o d and on and we're still in test shane assignments. and we need to break out of and i want to tell you something how to tennessee. chris starts november 29th on dw this year, march 35 years to the fall of the burden, what it wants to buy the burden in germany for decades,

bringing misery to many people. so what's left of it today? to be honest, there aren't many traces left, but they do exist and you can visit them. for example, i have a guarded border point for 3rd world war almost broke out. a village that the wall touring have known as little berlin. and we meet one of the artists who transformed to berlin bolt into a work of are joining us on an exciting journey through history. rebuild was at 5 places in berlin and germany, which will help us understand what is meant to live in a divided city. and country whenever i see parts of the berlin mode today, i have to think of the border between india and pockets. so, even though we share a similar culture, it is almost impossible to visit each all this country is due to the political history. when the berlin wall fell in 1989, i wasn't fornia. but later i saw the video

of the many emotional people what seemed impossible has come to a peaceful resolution to this day, it is a miracle that gives hope. so let's start exploring the wall in berlin and germany. we started in thursday. our 1st patient is sick when charlie on physics trust, which was one of the most famous border crossings ever. there aren't unusual. sandbag star guard houses here anymore, but tourist still loved this place. it's hard to imagine today the world war 3 almost broke out here at the end of world war

2, the allies have divided not only germany, but also berlin into ford. occupations on the western zones were administered by the us, british, and french, and the eastern zone. by the soviets known as a g, d r. or at 1st the vocal still cost of water was that ended when the g d. r. build the wall on august 13 1961. the wall was built and all the rest berlin was seated us. here at chick when charlie, american and soviet tanks drove up, armed with light immunization and stood facing each other for more than 16 hours. berlin and the world. so there brit images were shown around the world making check point, charging, famous. fortunately the task of drew the situation calm down and the wall became a sad part of everyday life checkpoint, charlie was a border crossing for diplomats and officials for 28 years until november the 9th

1989. when the wall opened here at checkpoint, charlie completely unexpectedly mathias browner was there. he was 23 years old at the time and captured the evening's events in west berlin with his camera. photos can now be seen in a pop exhibition. what squares emotions about night is globe. i involve this, i'm best with a lot of both bonds and i am but what vonda this is stuff smoke last month in the top. it will just us all push time on november 9th mathias phone or like so many others heard the unbelievable news the ged are announced. it was open the walls perhaps. as soon as that very night he made his way to check when tardy. ddr guards could barely hold back the crowds of this day and he did as he liked them. thought papa, what do you have created yet? keep this busy. none within the house of gains on hubert in these parts here. what

else? from east to glucose, but i ended up in palm of but i didn't box knowledgeable points because she's to go save you around midnight. the border opened ruffles with yes. all said, you know, you don't get confidence when much of these high to the end of the car. in any event, the guy you spoke to pay, it looks like either incentive or didn't get a filed focus. you wouldn't of the short on the not would you his i tell them not, or somebody from the home. what sites. yeah. it's been also did it out for insights . and he said because this, that this but i think is this of the lesson. but these were meant type. yeah, that's the comments yet. there's lot much less of the wall, a checkpoint, charlie today, it's merely a popular photo spot. but you can find out what the, what actually look like in other places. are 2nd stop is the memorial and burn hours trust. it consists of a large opener, exhibition kind of documentation center. these will

show where the wall one stood mainly through the middle of bernard shots. and the houses on one side of the street were in the west and the other, the east and in between stood the was. people lived only a few meters away but were allowed to reach each other. when the wall was built over night on august, the 13th 1961 dispute people jumped out of the windows under now were shots. the houses were in the east, but the street was in the west. in the following years, the houses in the border strip work here, the big top and finally do modest. over the years, the simple was became a sophisticated border fortification system. you can get an overview from the documentation center. but now is joseph is the only place in

berlin where you can still see the old border strip. this stretch of the wall was redirected in 1998. this from up here you can see that there are tool box design emission shows what it looked like between them the water surface. frankie, late at night, this is where the g d. r border guards shot at those trying to escape in the west. the border was known as a district, it was secured for these barriers and steel formats coverage and 14 centimeters, 6 bytes. and this is the berlin vall, as we know it today. 3.6 meters high. the last barrier before best burned it. the wall was almost insurmountable. many who wanted to free to do is to freedom, looked for other options. this path leads to one of the legendary escape tunnels that people use back in the days. there were several escape tunnels done by doors

in west berlin and who wanted to help one of the longest dates back to 196457 people made it to freedom before it was discovered. today you can visit it applica and burn ours johnson. but there wasn't always a happy ending. 140 people died either by being shot or from accidents that occurred by trying to escape at the burden for the memorial. the knowledge dresser is very moving, since it's a starts reminder of the one strategic history of the city, the or our 3rd spot is completely different. it's colorful, tearful, and original. nice side gathering. it is 1.32 meters, long spaces that are just from all over the world after the fall of the was it

isn't inside one of the largest. so when you're galleries in the world, it's just want to walk along here and look at over a 100 paintings. each one is different in special, in its own way. the one of the most famous bureaus is often referred to as the fraternal coast. i just to meet you school, but it shows, area chronicler and unit vision of the heads of the state of the g d r. and the soviet union kissing it to presented the strong relationship between the 2 socialist to the west where the nurse had always been to the side of the wall. of course, this was strictly forbidden. on the east berlin side and the wall was barred. on to 1990, i made sure so caisson waive up from cuba. she's one of the archers who transformed

part of the east berlin side of the wall into a street are gathered. there is still a southern part in the 2 d our at the time in her professors told her about the east side gallery project. she even brought me here, originally sketched from 1919 she used to, to apply to participate in the project. it was an exciting time, photos, opportunities, and changes. and she was right in the middle of the line for the town. see if there's any, it's a h and for down 2nd thing. yeah. and things that are more. busy i think that will morales, a new modem, i guess the opposite book with the info home data, it models. and then he has had a lot of things to look and say to him, do i mean, what do you, i don't persona to get in on? i like that i put on the sitting out e, natalie, but it's just, i mean, they told me to go get solar on fridays. we are

now leaving berlin and driving to our 4th location, a place called point alpha. this us opposite ration post was on the border of former west germany, exactly between the present the states of syringe year and his voice also was considered a major hot spot in the cold war. and that's because the us troops were certain that the soul reduce the square to invade the west. there wouldn't bid here. the terrain is religious except so during the surprise attack, soviet troops could have penetrated very quickly and deeply into west germany. that's why the americans phones on observation, forced right here as close as possible to the ddr border fortifications. this us watch dollar is only 50 meters away from that g d r. what colors

stationed in the us comp for soldiers of the black horse regiment. their assignment in the event of an attack was to defend the area until reinforcements arrived. it was a powerful unit on the allowed to drive up to this red line in the account. this crossing, it would have been considered a provocation and could possibly have triggered a war. this us last starboard wasn't built up to 1985 back then nobody expected that 4 years later, the cold war and the division of germany would be history. the, the 1st and last stop on our journey. nice on the border between 3 and you and the very yeah, the small village of more like what about 50 people live here. some are variance, others to regions separated on the, on paper by an administrative border. but that had never match. they went to the

same school, the same bars, the lived worked and celebrated together. the small stream has always been the natural border between tutoring. yeah. and the very yeah. and there was never no problem on 21945. when the allies divided germany between themselves, suddenly, westwood, la jolla was in the americans on what's east more than avoid wasn't the soviet. so the administrative border had suddenly become a national border. separating friends and families. people from the western part of the village could no longer go to the same school or far because favor now in the east. it was also forbidden for people on opposite sides to wave or even read each other. this eventually became impossible anyway. as the border fortifications were extended, pushing people farther apart, american soldiers, nickname the place. little berlin, high novaire was 19 years old when he, like all young men in east germany, started military service. in 1968,

he was stationed here in what level his job was to prevent people from escaping. to move on is a little bit more expensive than it's custom cabinets, then the most of the of the so newest elements. welcome, provide the whole in this into your last monday about the class that i'm heading over the next year. fortunately, he never had to make that decision. what serving in the army verified in love with the woman from syringe, you got married and never left. he wasn't more level 8 on that happy day in 1989 when the wall came down. with the more the phone, as well as the north side of the store findings in less than this was in the sooner the feel of a one insight in fluffy, have done, was our deal hostage before it goes for us mistake and what's, what's left in this in the house, is it facing fish? you know, to decrease the window on this was a 0 unless you know this,

going to go with our search for chris? is the fisheries 35 years after the fall of the wall in berlin. germany, have you ever visited one of these spaces? let us know in the comments the, the things we hear summer pleasant, but others are such that you wish you were somewhere else. for example, somewhere like this. here that rustling, then you're not heart of you are at this time the show is all about years, both in and out and questions like should you or shouldn't you cleaned up? what do you do if you can't hear very well and how does hearing actually work? welcome to in good shape what.