♪ >> this is "dw news" from berlin. the world remembers the death of millions as it commemorates the holocaust. ceremonies were held to mark 71 years since troops liberated also it -- auschowitz. and is international holocaust remembrance day. also, growing evidence that the dangerous zika virus is spreading. south american countries are looking for ways to combat the disease and the mosquitoes that

carry it. allegations in a report about the german football association buying the right to stage the world cup. the the a's -- fbi is reportedly involved. ♪ >> welcome to the program. we begin with a wound that time cannot heal and the number of witnesses have diminished. still, 80 survivors of the holocaust journeyed to also it's -- auschiwitz today. they remember once again the millions of alliterative by the not see regime. -- nazi regime. dozens of survivors came to commemorate the liberation of the camp 71 years ago by soviet

soldiers. this is the end of the last -- largest mass murder in a single location in history. they laid reads -- wreaths and shared memories. >> i have seen him in death pain and suffering. >> this is the largest of the not to concentration camps -- nazi concentration camps and was originally a detention center. but he quickly evolved into a network of death camps. the majority of prisoners were killed in gas chambers as part of the final solution, but many also died from starvation, disease, shooting squads and appalling medical experiments. the german parliament also marked the day, i just in the bundestag's -- addressing the bundestag was a survivor who

spoke about her relationship with germany. >> this country that was responsible for the worst crimes of the century has earned the world approval thanks to its opening of its borders. >> and to the generosity with which it has taken in refugees. >> i am one of many outsiders who has gone from being wounded to and admire -- an admirer. this is a u.n. designated remembrance day and is not only marked by commemorations in germany, but across the world. 71 years is a lifetime and soon there will be no more survivors to tell a story, but is one that the world cannot and should not forget. sarah: we will bring in the director of the american jewish committee in berlin, you follow this today in the parliament,

what were your impressions? >> it was important that the president talked about the forced to labor and the slave labor, this is a chapter that has not been addressed sufficiently. he was frank and open and it was his frankness and the survivor's frankness, she built on that and said it is because germans are willing to confront the holocaust that encourage her to come back to germany. sarah: she spoke about being an admirer of germany now, because of its role in the immigration crisis. what is your impression of that, is that germany's effort to right the wrongs of the past? >> it is part of the reasons that they did it, but i think that germany also is trying to defend western values, which unraveled during the holocaust.

this is a combination of what happened and what they see happening today. saraha: what are the concerns with the immigration crisis, is there a concern in the jewish community about anti-semitism? >> there is concern in germany in general. most refugees are coming from syria, iraq and afghanistan, countries where there is a very anti-somatic climate. this is not to mean that they are all anti-semites, but they have preconceived notions that are going to need to be addressed and reversed, otherwise it is a threat to the jewish community. sarah: this was a day of commemoration around the world and the message and many ceremonies was the desire to never forget, and to make sure this never happens again. what efforts are being done to that end? >> not enough.

the importance of the holocaust is one of the overarching experiences in modern times. it is not just fully -- add ressed fully and it is getting harder to make young children understand. there needs to be a push at school levels in particular, but not that there, to help people understand the relevance of the holocaust today and why germany would reach out to refugees, for instance. there needs to be much more done to help young people understand even if they come from different countries, this is all of our narrative come of this is an attack against the microstate -- against democracy. sarah: thank you. as we have just heard, never forget. for generations now, those words have been proclaimed between the

victims of the final solution and those who carried it out. you are about to witness a special encounter between the holocaust survivor and a group of young people at a lesson that transcends all history books. >> yes. >> teenagers from around the world, try to figure out what to ask a woman who is younger than they were, which is survived the holocaust. oksana wants to know about a new film about hitler, is it ok to last -- laugh? >> now that the moon -- movie, he is back, it's out. i want to ask her what she thinks of it and whether this kind of movie is questionable. first of the group will hear her speak. like this survivor, the students

grandparents were placed in a concentration camp. >> after people spoke to us, they avoided calling it forced labor and they cringe when i talk about it as slave labor. would her in counts -- her ac counts leave an impression? [applause] ♪ >> i do not have words for it. it is a muslim i grandparents -- similar to what my grand parents experience in the war. it is emotional. >> there are more details on the racist ideology of the nazis. [foreign milelanguage] >> in their meeting with the witness of those times, the question comes up, how to remember the holocaust today?

roxana gets to ask heard -- ask her question. this is one that she cannot answer, she says she has not seen the movie. after she answers more questions, roxanne and adam are left with plenty to talk about. trying to understand the unfathomable, together. a young german and the grinch out of the holocaust -- the grandchild of a holocaust survivor. sarah: the european commission has accused greece of not protecting the border. brussels is threatening athens with expulsion from the free trade zone. the vice president said that migrants coming into greece are not being adequately identified and registered and warned that the good close borders of greece. greece can legally be thrown out

of the free travel zone, but enforcing the boundaries for goods could have the same effect. macedonia has reportedly closed its border with greece to migrants. macedonia is a key crossing for thousands of migrants traveling to western europe across the balkan route. they have already imposed controls, limiting passage, and more recently it has only allowed people from syria and other countries through if they declare their destination as germany or austria. we are joined in the studio, he was at the macedonia border earlier. this is not a member of the european union. first of all.

what does it mean now that it is reportedly closing its border, what does that mean for the flow of migrants? >> it will mean what we experienced last week when macedonia for the first time sealed off orders and what it will -- borders, and what it will create is a traffic jams on the greek side. this is a tough situation for the greeks. at the moment, 2000 people are crossing the border from greece to macedonia. they cannot cross, this is serious, afghans -- syrians, afghans and others, they are trying to get to the border. so to close the border, the reason for that is, countries in the balkans are watching closely. if somebody closes their borders , and what i have heard, the reason for this close is so lenient, which has -- slovenia, which has caused a traffic jam on the roof.

sarah: we have to remind viewers that this is not confirmed at this hour, but the closing of the borders, is this an attempt to isolate greece? if this is the case, this would be a huge change in strategy. >> absolutely. the slovenian prime minister has called macedonia a second line of defense, and grace being the first -- greece seeing the first, at the moment this is a country such as the czech republic, that has sent extra troops to help macedonia at the borders. there have been talks by eu officials in the capital of macedonia, overspending -- over sending other courses there. -- forces there. this is a possibility.

whether macedonia could become a buffer zone, that is speculation. sarah: thank you to our orrespondent. u.s. president barack obama has called for the rapid development of test and treatment to treat the zika virus. a case has been confirmed in denmark and two in switzerland, now brazil is taking steps to control the mosquitoes ahead of conical and then the lubbock -- carnival and then the olympics. >> keeping out mosquitoes before the festivities for carnival, they are out in full force. they are covering every corner of the venue with insecticide. this is a health measure. millions of brazilians will be

very -- will be wearing very little. dancers will be easy prey for the mosquitoes. as people put final touches to float and costumes, they encourage each other to take precautionary measures. >> people have to be aware of the risks, tenure place -- turn your place upside down to get rid of the mosquitoes. this is a breeding place. >> this is what she is referring to, pulls -- pools of stillwater, combined with rain and the hot summer, this is the perfect spot for insects to reproduce. during a visit to ecuador, the president of brazil pledged a commitment to fighting the virus. it will be a house to house fight, she said, in which the government will put a huge effort. sarah: we will take a short break. we will be back in a moment with

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♪ sarah: welcome back. more than 80,000 -- more than 80 holocaust survivors have returned to auschwitz to mark the anniversary of the concentration camp's liberation. germany's parliament observed holocaust remembrance day, hearing the personal memories of a survivor. in business news, iran's leader is in europe and he is talking business. we of the latest. >> hassan rouhani is out

shopping, looking to drum up trade and foreign investment after sanctions were lifted. it is his way of reviving a relationship with the you -- eu that used to be very strong. >> eu was iran's number one trading partner, they were buying machinery and industrial equipment while one and five barrels of oil landed in the eu. but in 2012, the band -- banned the oil as a part of international sanctions. it affected the trade figures between the two. 2011-2014, it killed off -- tailed off to 6.4 billion euros. and the industry shop -- shrunk down to 1.2 billion euros.

just how much trade will increase is hard to estimate, but first the you and iran - - eu and iran will have to align priorities. iran is hoping for more foreign aid to boost domestic production and exports. hassan rouhani is in paris today, so we will bring in lisa lewis who is in paris. what is on his business agenda in france? >> the iranian president will meet with business leaders from midsized companies, but also from large companies. he will make at least three major deals. one of them with airbus planes and there will be a joint venture between the french carmaker peugeot and the iranian carmaker khodro.

they will produce cars that will be sold in iran and countries in the region. and their deal -- third deal to be announced will be a construction deal, constructing an additional terminal in toronto -- tehran at the airport. >> how the french public view these close public -- close business ties with iran? >> according to a recent poll, 50% of the population says, we really should not deal with a country with such a bad human rights record, but the other half of the population seems to be more pragmatic about it. this is the largest untouched developed economies in the world, 80 million consumers are waiting for us. the french government is aware of the potential and trying to get a foot in the door. this could be very important,

especially for the french president. unemployment is very high and political analysts say if the economy does not improve, the french president does not stand a chance of getting into the second round of voting in next year's presidential elections. >> lisa lewis in paris. and robots are expected to replace 5 million human workers by 2020. it is not factories that will be hit hardest. how do you think you can cope with a robot doctor? how about an automated teacher? these are jobs could be on the line soon. >> robotic surgery is not standard in germany, but it is routine in the u.s. the surgeon controls the robotic arm with a computer and looks with 3-d glasses.

the director of the institute of robotics believes this technology will become common in europe. >> just like in conventional operations, the surgeon decides where and what to cut, but now he has a total that is -- tool that is much more precise, it can filter out shaking movements, that way they are much more exact and it makes the operation more precise. but also more expensive, the surgical robot currently costs 1.5 million euros. the price is already falling ahead of the official launch. it is expected to be helpful for prostate and appendix operation. medical technology is the fastest growing injury. this robot sorts surgical instruments, that phase personnel -- saves personal costs. dr. shafer does not believe it will eliminate jobs.

>> those workers who do the same jobs, will be overjoyed to be able to do other things. >> at the university, scientists are testing the humanoid robot now, which helps teach languages to children. this student is learning english. >> what color is the block? >> blue. >> the robot does not replace a teacher, but functions as an important adjunct to an instructor. >> a technical system like this is incredibly patient and it explains things for the hundredth time very kindly. if we can consider language children's of migrant children, the teachers here may not speak in the mother tongue of that child. we will soon be able to give the robot the ability to speak to

them in mother tongues. >> now, it will not just teach, they'll be able to play, but it will take work to give him the ability to keep up with child's play. >> a brave new world. little to cheer for in the world of sports. sarah: speaking of the world of sports, allegations of a new scandal at the governing body of german soccer. allegedly, they had a flesh -- slush fund to the use to pay off officials to host the world cup. this is according to new information just released from german media outlets. here is more. >> the dfb is investigating itself and one man mentioned in the report is the former head, who has since left the organization, although he still carries out other functions in the game.

in the fall, the german news magazine, first broke the story about how they allegedly thought -- bought the right to stage the world cup. they have been at a loss to explain money transfers, but they have always denied that it was bought. football's world governing body, chief, has been under pressure because of their corruption scandal. this new report claims that they told the fb to transfer 7 million euros to an african nation, just before the vote for hosting the 2006 world cup. this new report also claims that the german group kept a slush funded list. the dfb is being investigated and have hired a law firm to find out what happened. germany did win the right to host the coming world cup, but

at what price? sarah: we will bring in cress, they are already facing a lot of questions. bring this down. -- break this down. >> according to a public newspaper, a smoking gun was found in the form of the bribes list. they hired a law film -- firm to come up with anything, they found that, the list. on the list, there is a payment of 250,000 euros to an unknown recipient from isl. that raises flags. and there is a witness who is talking to the former vice general, who is fired a few months ago for a serious breach of duty. according to him, he found a document, a contract between jack warner and his german

counterpart, that was promising warner things if the world cup went germany's way. it did. and they found this contract. and they found a document on a computer that was classified eyes only. they think it was a budget cover up. it looks very bad. and the fbi is investigating as well, so many more layers will come out. right now, a smoking gun was found, something that the day of -- something that the dfb has been denying. sarah: those at the top line the entire time -- lying the entire time. will we ever get to the truth? >> there is a very small circle involved. and some have been disgraced or walked away. so the dfb, they are moving in the right direction.

the new leader taking the reins. and when you think about it, if you want to clean up the mess, take up the trash. i think they have done that. but this story will develop. sarah: taking out the trash, but there is a whole -- hole in the back. we have to leave it there. cress, thank you. you are watching "dw news". that is all we have time for. see you again at the top of the hour. ♪

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