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a wall for around 28 years, this iconic structure shaped the faith of the city. tomorrow's the 35th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. we explored the german capital and other places in the country and covering numerous traces of history. this year, march 35 years to the fall of the burden. was it once divided, burden in germany for decades, bringing misery to many people. so what's left of it today and the berlin wall fell in 1989. i wasn't born yet, but later i saw the videos of the many emotional people what seemed impossible has come to a peaceful revolution. so let's start exploring the wall in berlin and germany.

our 1st location is sick one, charlie on phoenix trust, which was one of the most famous border crossings ever. it's hard to imagine today the world war 3 almost broke out here at the end of world war 2, the allies had divided not only germany, but also berlin into fort occupations on the western zones were administered by the us, british, and french, and the eastern zone. by the soviets known as the g d r. as far as the vocal still cross the waters. but that ended when the ddr built the wall on august 13 1961. the wall was built and all the rest. berlin was seated us. here at chick when charley american and soviet tanks, jo, well armed with live ammunition and stood facing each other for more than 16 hours . berlin and the world held their breath. fortunately, the tax went through the situation. calm down and the wall became a sad part of everyday life. there's not much left 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 a 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 street. when the wall was built over night, on august, the 13th 1961 displayed people jumped out of the windows on their knowledge of the houses for in the east, but the street was in the west. over the years, the simple wall became a sophisticated border fortification system. the 140 people died, either by being shot or from accident that occurred by trying to escape at the

burden. but the memorial, the knowledge dresser is very moving. since it's a stars, reminder of the one strategic history of the city, the, our 3rd spot is completely different. it's colorful, careful, and original. the east side gallery is 1.32 meters song and the spaces that are just fun all over the world. after the fall of the war, it isn't inside one of the largest. so when they are galleries in the world, it's just want to walk along here and look at over a 100 paintings. 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 3 and you and his point

also was considered a major hot spot in the cold war. and that's because the us troops were certain that the sol reduce the square to invade the west. there wouldn't bid here. the terrain is relatively stopped. so during the surprise attack, soviet troops could have penetrated very quickly and deeply into west germany. that's why the american citizen observation forced right here as close as possible to the ddr border fortifications. the 1st and last stop on our journey lies on the border between 3 and you and the area. the small village of more lovely. the small stream has always been the natural border between stuttering yeah and of area. and there was never a problem on 21945. when the allies divided germany between themselves. suddenly westmore lavoy. it was in the americans or what ceased more lavoy. it 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 waive 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 burnett of the people as more towards the left part of the wall standing so that future generations could understand what it meant to live in a divided village in a divided country. this come to us our search for cases of history 35 years after the fall of the wall in berlin, germany the. we continue with our series about studying in europe, which offer students a glimpse of what life could be like if they went abroad. we covered cambridge madrid, and the lawn, and today we're taking a closer look at what student life could be like as

a centuries old university in scotland. what's it like to study in his, dark edinburgh, scotland, with wealth costs universities a huge and national population, and a gothic old town that said to inspire harry poster. you probably want to know how you can study we're meeting some international students. he'll tell you about their lives here. indigo is from the us and is just graduated with a degree in international relations. first of these question, why edinburgh to edinburgh was always really my top choice. i came and visited here before i even knew that there was a big university here. um and i just, i absolutely follow up with the city and i think what surprised me was how warm the people are in the city. you know, everyone says that the weather is so bad, which i swear it's not. we get a lot more sun than people give us credit for that. but i, yes,

everyone is so nice and that there's a lot of emphasis on community and safety. so my friends in the states, we're definitely a lot more stressed that the university crews, they weren't receiving the same kind of support their class schedules were a lot heavier than mine. and then for us home to 4 different univers, international students make up 44 percent the student body at the university of edinburgh that serve a 24000 students. and besides london, edinburgh is the most popular student destination. in the past. the well, you may think of it as a rainy city, a buyer in the rain full in edinburgh is less than the scottish average. and it rains less annually than in room in unit and in new york. so i guess i'm just, i'm lucky. edinburgh is less expensive than london or paris intensive, living costs more expensive and still criminal. lisbon,

nice and international relations student from india is showing us how he budgets for centrals. so did you know that the university of edinburgh recommends between $920.19 pounds per month as a bunch of sounds about right i, there's a big gap and that's a good because there's and weight. he's a lot in the city in cost of living is really effective that as well. so we have oranges, you know, we have some middle, we have some chicken eggs, some bread and displeasure items because the butler gen to try and keep it. but under $500.00 pounds every month, which essentially includes most meals going out and except for it. and unless you're using taxi's or something, transport costs pretty much negligible in the city like edinburgh. but you can walk around and use the bus for free. that's what our bus boss looks like. it's a young scott carton. so and give her the 3 access to the bus like we need to stop

it in the bus loading for a lively night life and culture institutions. so how the students flow of things. i mean, it was done in english and for lots of the students from the us to the inside ski center reading 170 different societies. we have a wind tc society of irritating society of chocolate tasting society. a with the tasting system a. so um, really any interest you could sleep problem. we represent, we have a little community for it. we have 2 quizzes the week to the university a well. but throughout the city you can find at least 5 pub quizzes. a night anywhere your and um yeah, i think most of it really closer for as i bonded with also the 5 here. i left size of the each. what i have this old character, each one has its own, regularly use of each of them has its own flavor,

even though it's sort of in its own taste to it. and i love the, so how this studying at inverse sound to you or you spell bound, but it's caustic bt well a little bit off by the rain. the violent conflict in the middle east has been dominating international news for months. the divide between cultures seems insurmountable. and signs of hope are needed now more than ever. we met up with a couple of from germany who were committed to reducing prejudice and hatred, both professionally in and private league, the southern new cima, muslin, and mary mendo, whose jewish have been happily married since 2020. they visit the berlin zoo like any other family. and their living proof that peaceful coexistence is possible, in spite of different nationalities and religions,

the infinity meg is active because people are always asking how can you live together as a muslim and did you? are you compatible? don't to religions clash on and off and on the, in our daily lives that doesn't really play any part on it. we celebrate jewish holidays. we celebrate muslim holidays are going to be suppression. we speak hebrew men or do at home, and somehow it's a good thing, at least for us signs the voice, me the status and the i think with his references, i married was born in israel and came to germany as a student. now he's director of the and frank educational center in frankfort and a consultant to george evello on anti semitism sub a new a team. i grew up in frankfort as the daughter of pakistani refugees. now she's a political scientist doing research for the german interior ministry on issues of a slow i'm a phobia in germany. their union is one of life. obviously, statements from often people see us as a symbol of hope for the middle east conflict, but we're sorry to disappoint them. our marriage is not

a peace project. it's really just a normal marriage. i don't comes no model. you no matter how open and liberal the 2 communities may claim to be. for many on both sides marriage between jews and muslims goes too far. the couple of parents also struggled to accept it. that's where this stuff is kind of fine. of course, they weren't jumping for joy. neither of our families are free of the stereotypes and prejudices that are so prevalent that all not about the middle east conflict. either movie titles in times in the mirror and family are directly affected by the consulate and each side has preconceived notions about the other. so at 1st it was hard work, but what really made a difference was simply a 1st actual meeting versus of a file. and i had not had this, i thought to the all of the getting on the couple travel to jerusalem and visited both jewish and muslim holy sites. so i've got to know marin's family in israel.

we met up with a couple in a berlin hotel since 2021. they've been writing a column entitled jewish muslim dinner for a major german newspaper. they also talk about their children and it is a 5 actually when it comes to the children. the question of judaism or islam is a far more important one field advantage of that, for many people warned us that it wouldn't work and they'll end up deciding on neither of them or they'll take one over the other. in our daily lives we have no problem saying everyone follows their own religion and then we experience other things together. and it's even nicer for us. it reaches our lives since the homeless terrorist attacks on israel of october 7th, 2023, and the subsequent military escalation in the middle east. the couple have been more focused on peace than ever. and if the get, are they in the aftermath of the gods of war, even if it looks as if jews and muslims can only be enemies,

that's just not true. if can, of course, every community is made up of very different people. and it's these nuances that we try to find and for one, that's a scene, then now the couple has turned to call them into a book. at readings around germany, they discovered how curious many people are about their lives together. and about their perspective on the middle east conflict stacked else that's also encouraging is that working together just feels very good for us and as well receive to both of these aspects, motivate us over and over, along with our private circumstances and our families. so many new things have taken shape and that's it. that is still through noise and stop. stop under cima and mirror and mental intent to carry on devoting their efforts towards greater dialogue and understanding between jews and muslims, but professionally and privately. italian cuisine is popular all over the world,

but one man is challenging. it's proven in saying that many of time recipes aren't that old, or aren't even a tying writer. and historian, alberto grandy is making bold claims that are ruffling feathers at home and abroad . this man is turning everything we thought we knew about italian cuisine on his head. you seem to the video this within the major italian tourist? was it easy like florence or roman venice? it seems to me some damage the tourist has become a national for the board employees to feed them any old garbage and claim. it's fine italian cuisine, you know, there's no reason to say italians cook any better than the french germans or austrian, steve and t, z o. and you'll see you see how there to grand d as an associate professor of economic history at the university of parma in his books. he claims that pizza has been a thing in italy only since the 1950s through parmesan cheese comes from wisconsin and that italian graham of camp cook what truth is there to his claims to help make

sense of it. we turned to modeling a facade, the editor in chief of luck, regina talia, and she's advocating for a tally and present to be included on eunice goes list of intangible cultural heritage. of course, we also talked to ordinary italians theory number one. neapolitan pizza isn't from italy. that'd be secondary. go to the pizza we today, and the pilots and pizza is more american and then it is a tally. you want me to kind of case that. yeah. and excuse me, pizza is the quintessential italian dish that everyone knows it and loves it. in fact, pizza was founded as far back as the 18th century in naples. sure, it looked a bit different back then. pizza was an inexpensive meal for naples, poor lower class bred topped with whatever was left over at home. the pizza case. humans have a need for the great emigration of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and over

the pizza. eden and naples was a very basic product anymore, so they would have disappeared from our cuisine. and okay, anita paul attends themselves, despise that stuff on the piece like oh, rest of these pizza has certainly evolved and changed. of course, that doesn't mean it doesn't have an origin. no can the birthplace of keep them in naples not theory. number 2, until the 1980s olive oil was only used as lamp fuel to day italians consume per capita up to 13 leaders of olive oil a year. but is that a new thing that's almost like it's on the silver olive. oil was never part of the famous mediterranean diet and exhausted for cooking. they used to work fat instead . come again. even in the 19th century travelers raved about the taste of italian oils. clement that goes to the quick well there was certainly people producing high quality olive oil and the kinds that the vast majority of italians knew was a very poor quality. okay,

was scarce and there wasn't much of it and it was expensive and it was used for everything. but cooking theory number 4, the only true parmesan cheese comes from wisconsin if at any time a john original know is an essence of a tie and cheese that originated in the middle ages period. that's true, but it's changed significantly over the centuries. the original parmesan was softer, its texture firm or not until after world war 2 did tell you in parmesan, evolved into the crumbling hard cheese. we know today in wisconsin though, it still me like it was one a 100 years ago. the vin so was able to taste on the parmesan. our grandparents knew. we have to go to milwaukee, not pharma, a 1000 year old cheese is just awful though. theory number 5, italian grandmothers can't cook nicholas. so not only do the grandmothers have of

this country know how to cook their, the heart of a time cruising normally that. yeah. and italian grandmothers didn't even know how to cook, or rather they could maybe cook 3 dishes like everyone else in the world come into the holiday dishes. tortellini was anya, has that sort of thing like that. the rest was just making do with what little they had me say, i run jassy complete, but we'll get to the under the tele and co and every tradition truly about perfection. and i'm changing recipes. picking on the she left, the whole world knows italian cuisine. i don't think it's just 100 years old or 50 or 10 years old and the yeah, these dishes have been handed down from great grandfather to grandfather, to the children. and so on these down through the generation equals in janetta fione equipment advantage. the core of my work is really to show that traditions are invented and above all that they can change. so that's essentially what it's all about. mean though from them and 1000. yes, almost recruiter. i know of course that we dress up differently a 1000 years ago and lived differently and had different ingredients. and that

doesn't mean we should deny that we were on we're going to be, i'm going to got a kid, obama, me. i think a lot of love goes into preparing food and italy to meet the for them. and whether it's $400.00 or 40 years old, italian cuisine is ultimately more than just the sum of its ingredients. even it's harshest. critics can't resist it. any fashion designer knows that if your collection makes it onto the runways of paris, you've made it to the top. and that's been the case for german designer marie christina stats. we caught up with her in paris to see which designs launched her career. the with a low key, minimalistic look. fashion designer, mostly you, christina stats hasn't only conquered the streets of paris over the past decade. her elegant collections have also found a growing international fanbase. most people might be unaware that the creator behind the french label is actually german. but the name gives away another part of

her identity. go share is french for left handed. spinning sanders and i'm left handed. and the next thing was actually given to me by the teacher, the powers fashion school order. because i worked with my left hand hand um i just have a one permission. but to me, it has the deep meaning of going against the grain and doing your own thing. that is definitely that has a sense. it's something personal. the gap has ruined. it shows us assistance. we cannot change certain things about how we came into the world. well, how we look and see things, and that's why i chose the name for my brand, for the new markets, and that's my view. christina founded her label in paris in 2013. at that point she had already worked for luxury brands like diane, fun furstenberg. nowadays she exhibits her collections twice a year at the parents press up. forte shows. this is gabby. what do you think you have may have? i think that took some coverage. that's when i look back. i sometimes think i was

a bit naive, but i didn't start out with a huge collection to begin with. i only had a few homes, so in pieces. then i got my 1st fashion week show and bought my shape, bought some pieces. so i thought i'll just keep going. i took at her studio and central paris. she employs between 12 and 15 people. she has a lot of responsibility as both a fashion designer and ceo. is this mission the some point? it's not just about session anymore, but also a business, a company that you are running, and then you start asking yourself very different questions. then things which one to collect feelings and then you don't just think about one collection. but also about your team, about sales, about digitalization. did you tell the vehicle? the casino was only 20 when she left germany. but the designer now in her early forties still feels a connection to her roots and even think some german components can be seen in her

collection. i think it's a certain straightness, a kind of structure. many of my pieces are very clean and minimal, even with that isn't fair. when my per discrete luxury garments without big flashy logo is, are now sold all over europe, north america, and asia. but from of the christina, there is no stereo, typical goes their customers. now that in the adam wise, i think they do have something in common in that they are looking for a certain tailoring that may be looking for things that they can weigh both day and evening of the app. and i also work with mens with fabrics creation, different shapes in volume lumen. it's unique fashion made with fine fabrics like this top for example, set and it has an open bag. and this pot can either hang down like this is with 2

bags were hanging order or kind of, you can sort of fold it up and sling his head of your shoulders the whole class and wonder about in short on time notices. then it becomes a kind of double top and drop it in the show. the model only was over one shoulder, allowing it to full of it. when worn. it looks minimalist and sophisticated at the same time, something that appeals to a lot of her customers same. so i liked it to brenda, so time this i honestly loved to look from on her collection secret x, so it's really not sure if this even all of that for me, these are close for a woman who is cool and elegant. at the same time, a woman who's a bit archie yet refined to, i think, you know, something i've seen often my think hosting his thoughts has gained a firm place and the international fashion seen with her under stated luxury, close the net stylish note. we come to the end of the show, be sure to subscribe or follow us on social media. as always thanks for tuning in

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