of deformities in children whose mothers had all taken the same drug. is now eighty eighty years old. it all began with this data sheet from one nine hundred sixty one . pregnancy days or about malformations time recalled showing when come to get it was taken. up and his colleagues who took him to the ends become suspicious. one day they called the manufacturer a good intel does after this is the emission in the day. with. this question. and in fact that it's just failed belong the norm in gunstar trunk of. the of. this medical this. or it's the. best investment table and if this is all just. on paul here for

a government that is still a form and clicks. on. the home office think of an idea me off the amp. that i think est on this coming up will call it would have most of us i guess i was short as a few of these industries this collapse. affected us in those images pollin that. tobias artist was such a con behalf of the country gun victims. he's searching the archives for evidence and documents that have not been taken into account before today. as does this one i'm sends out soon enough. to demand wolf in that. he can view it as a here and saw a good committed. boy . sean four hundred forty four mark.

borden fish. darted in plenty of. fish. i made a comment inviting all the meat in park one for next fish. before that. starts. when it does funny for all and end. all. today the company says that the witness must be mistaken man that no warnings were ever issued concerning use during pregnancy pregnant women never knew that the country can sleep in build was not suitable for them the same was true in great britain. two thousand consequent children were born here. of i was also want to recommend compensation proceedings. i think the germans find it difficult to face up to the history in play the might and they have

to do it now and they will feel ashamed but at the same time being typically governments they feel powerless they don't know what to do. but sooner or later they're going to have to confront what happened. in june twenty sixth seen an event takes place in dusseldorf. the state government issued an invitation a study titled the role of the state of north rhine-westphalia encounter gun and the consequences is presented to the victims of contraband. the study could been commissioned two years earlier by health minister barbara stephens. it's a ph d. thesis from the faculty of history at the university of munster. the author nicholas leonhard is already under pressure as the meeting begins. one of the reasons is that he used the term lifestyle drug to describe conjugal.

it's a god like i life style that they dig up and give reasons that's all that's pretty sure victories this big deal is what's a bit odd to you about dr good that's what's a little over this car hit five speed the garbage at the coals a bit of that all for thought and dust is all dried leaves get sacked as does. the daughters ever the dust that's this big tears. this is the sort of miles over twenty thirty my mind gobbled up. for sure. you know i'm on an important for by done this more it was the one good news that we want to move on as does the author might go on for three no forty five. the author of the thesis was commissioned by the health minister to examine the role of the state governments during the criminal trial against the manufacturer describe your hopes that one collected on this collective file as there is on a trade mission unfun by the us and can see the veterans five years my going to do

five by four knobs it doesn't say three to five not but it does not missed by three d. at least eighty five not and. is argued inside kind in via skipped this year i know when solicited by office the stuff ons begin. so there is no evidence that the state behaved improperly during the criminal trial against a pharmaceutical company go in and tell. a key player in the country going trial is north rhine-westphalia as justice minister joseph nye back up the trial began in may nine hundred sixty eight. brigades of both the center for the foundation's release dad i wish i would you but so i don't want to give you sad i said i'm going to present fun and alice could die not them these really forgotten suburban therefore becoming justice minister berger acted as criminal defense lawyer for the main defendant. in the archives contained files showing that he was a defense lawyer for herman ferrets a former director. of growing intel the company that manufactures come together

tobias on and discovers a memorandum from the auction prosecution service two days prior to becoming justice minister. still a lawyer wrote to the public prosecutors in his opinion all questions concerning his client have been answered and that there is nothing to stop the case being dismissed. dungeness the on field minus never really even president down that video does this jack was this one view and they had an outsider the speed of the odds according to records or appeared in person the next day to meet the prosecution and to discuss dismissal of the case the judges in the county go on trial if a personal injury and involuntary manslaughter the defense demands of the case is dismissed a trial in which the parents of county gun children were only permitted to participate as spectators leading the prosecution now is justice minister. he is no longer

allowed to interfere in the proceedings. however after two years in office go writes a letter to a defense lawyer who is also involved. the letter is addressed to eric schmidt life. then the defense lawyer for one of the growing until defendants dear colleagues the justice minister writes while leafing through in the evening i found something about the submission of evidence. was the minister of justice unlawfully interfering in a criminal trial and giving legal advice to a defense lawyer. we show it to the author of the thesis and ask how he a value way to the letter in regard to the state's role during the trial. is that it is the guns i don't want to forget i thought anything but i kind of answered. not to really how does that. until

they give. and take the dog and take his concept and contact. the. image involved so these inside point i need them for one stop in getting i'm not dead. not. until they get to. the university of glasgow. history professor bray stocks conducts research at the faculty of corporate history. professor stokes is an acknowledged expert on twentieth century german business history. he read the doctoral thesis on the federal state government's role he also knows about the letter. in his time as justice minister. game. on.

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get to shape out these days it comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. to. fill in the hot very materially bottomless saudi in china six oir here in the. area. an estimated eighty two feral since under-age refugees are now living in greece. you know still more go. to india at home in their euro food during. the many sell their bodies just to make ends meet.

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and formed a group called solidify trust. to bias aren't presenting his findings from the german archives. letters files of minutes outlining the role politics played during the criminal trial against the manufacture of good intel these documents shed new light on what happened fifty five years ago. it isn't just british that it might survivors who are convinced they find allies in all british political parties. in feb twenty fifth in an unusual debate takes place in the british parliament. which is the michael moore thank you mr speaker for over fifty years the little miters have been campaigning for justice particularly from the german manufacturers . know that over one hundred fifty m.p.'s of signed an open letter to the german chancellor with the prime minister add this to his busy agenda today so that we

might get a decent and fair settlement for all concerned. i have on behalf of a constituent as he raised this issue not only through the european parliament but also with german authorities and i'll certainly reflect what the gentleman says. more than one hundred fifty british m.p.'s from all political parties have signed a letter to the german chancellor. unlike germany britain does have a tradition of rebellion when dealing with the little mite the active ingredient in going to get. the four hundred sixty six members of the little my trust and not just fighting for compensation. they want those responsible for their disabilities to be held to account. nick deal breaker is one of them he thinks they have almost succeeded who had which ties and to whom and with his chart to explain the connections to german politicians as well as representatives in the european parliament if they hadn't ended the trial as they did in the early seventy's then

the evidence would have been available to the victims to use in their future actions against good intel and others and in particular the u.k. survivors action in the seventy's would have undoubtedly have been and it in a much more favorable fashion to to the claimants as it was they didn't have the evidence they had to settle for a much bigger discount in the amount that they should have got than would have the bad to be in that case if there's evidence to be available that it got a proper settlement and that's what threw them out as they're after now. the british lawyer thinks evidence of that confidential meeting is crucial it took place in july nine hundred sixty nine but the ministry of health and bone. senior management from come to guns manufacturer were invited to discuss the settlement of the counter gun case according to a note from the ministry. and the goal of the meeting is to reach a legal agreement with the company as to how country gun victims can be compensated

. when the parents association of the deformed children hands of the plans and hand asks to see details of the meeting the ministers say is under no circumstances will the association receive any details as address is explicit because art in document the. or would be. signs all of that you know how kind of all are. doing for. the district of half a century later in the summer of twenty fifteen a meeting between british that it might victims and representatives of the german government took place at germany's embassy. i think they heard the concerns we have they obviously refute the fact that they interfered in the criminal trial but they've never actually answered individually the documents that we put to them. the british m.p. simon horn was also present at the german embassy meeting. because

really i think the two hobs the first half i thought was very positive so clearly the mood music coming out from officials on the on the german side of the table as it were it was very encouraging that they wanted to have a dialogue they wanted to see this brought to a conclusion we had to leave as we had to come back to the commons to vote and then the notes following that seem to suggest that they slightly dried up like clapham and it was very much we're not going to get involved this is the only meeting we're going to have to discuss this effectively that's the end of the news i think if there was anything which came out of the meeting which we had at the embassy in july of last year is that there had been a long debate point as to whether the drug which had been taken by british mothers had been manufactured in germany or had been manufactured under license in the u.k. and it is now very clear that the german officials taking tided the point that the

third trust in the u.k. has been making for many along that there was no. manufactured in the u.k. and that which was taken by british mothers or expectant but those have been manufactured in germany. this is knowledge to solidify victims receive decades too late since the one nine hundred seventy s. people affected both a little might have been able to file compensation applications with the german government anyone who does file an application must renounce all claims against the manufacturer. many european victims say they have received little or no compensation at all. the federal ministry of family affairs declined to be interviewed. norm wouldn't comment on the meeting with british counter can victims of the german embassy in london. it stated only that the counter gun trust fund grants financial support when claims are

grounded. christie and alltel also applied for support. yeah i smile and a cloud from the rich don't have one as an instance of one as good. box spring bet . i was going to tarboro on my no cornish looking shrouds in english yeah and it's good bye to charlotte's web of one armored wish to get in on and off my macbook air as it could be a clear investment of the east does baskets bookish ones and if you shop at dollar for some of them you get this work don't. that he is but about how can we spend a third of our lives in our beds our beds are important for it to be turned down on that basis is utterly ridiculous and so it's abundantly clear to me that applying to the call to go isn't going to be a solution for us at all and so therefore for us to be subjected to

a ridiculous system bureaucratic system at this point in our lives it's not going to meet our needs all we need is money that we can use in the ways that we know that will suit us best. the formosa little manufacturer no longer considers claims from the victims of the drug to be the responsibility. the. side. want to. because we're tiny unclogging going to name it isn't hard to get you double tough no they're fun to put look for tiger seeded border. of i know him from life and until on the streets of. supporters not paid by grown until but the federal government. one of many who is applications to the german counter gun foundation were denied his lorraine mercer sometimes i. don't because. i. stick.

to a few months back. when i'm movin. it's getting more and stiffer. some of the late complications are only now becoming apparent murcer need supplementary oxygen just to be able to breeze there is a fund in germany connected to the court against gift which allows the later might is to apply to it for financial assistance there's also a fund that's been set up by agreement to apply to that but you can apply to them saying you wanted some more money but you have to. prove first of all you've applied to a little more trust to get some money and that they have said no and they've applied to all the charities only applied to local government get assistance when you've been rejected by everybody you can then bring a task they would like to contribute some money towards your. financial assistance

but you're not really aware that because green a tile hasn't made it public to thalidomide is outside of germany in fact the company established a private foundation. however does not want to talk about it nor do they want to discuss how application decisions are made they say they don't want to provoke envy . we please the general government should be responsible for paying for those i met health is that we or have no flame only get that money remains needs to be met. in great britain so robert nelson is a well known judge has written to the german federal ministry of family affairs. the purpose of the letter was to bring home to the german government the problems that the flu the midas face and the shortfall in finances that we felt they had in the amount they got and the amount that they would in fact need i wrote it to

the relevant minister and there was no reply as. for decades parents never knew what was going on behind their backs during the criminal trial they were only allowed to be spectators. the thalidomide manufacturers defense strategy was to convince the prosecution to agree to dismiss the case. they knew that they didn't just have the regional government justice minister on their side but the federal government too however the dismissal of a criminal. case requires strict conditions least according to the prosecution service would not matter.

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fifty years ago pregnant women to come together as a sleeping pill does this would suddenly because odds are does what it said just the side effects what terrible but not on known as shown in dutch one football in the world here not the war. will come up across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation in something in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well that the concept in mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been able to justice and that has been the cause of. politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president i'm sure. more some want to.

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