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just about education anymore it's also about running a business and what you could also through jacque could this also the kind of fellow they could and. want is the place of students in this business model for college towns more now in an extremely more higher education the new global economic war. contigo on the sleeping pill taken by their mothers before they were born it still haunts its victims today. but what's the story as i get the moment i'm not once and verdict has been. fair and they go first to learn them under this existence when they move. fifty five years after the medicine was taken off the market its victims are demanding new legal proceedings they want to prove. they were denied fair compensation. the survivors are placing their faith in the hands

of this man. tobias found archived documents that he hopes will shed new light on the consequent scandal. once again it stands for one of the greatest pharmaceutical catastrophes. up until the one nine hundred sixty s. the sleeping girl was a mass market product the active ingredient solidified sold worldwide for the manufacturing company grown into a base near the drug proves to be a success story however more than ten thousand children are born with deformities caused by the pill it's estimated that over eighty thousand embryos die in the womb in germany roughly two thousand eight hundred account again children are still alive today. back in the one nine hundred sixty s.

clowes can now was a young pediatrician he began to notice an increased number 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 records showing when country gun was taken. and his colleague videoke implants become suspicious. one day they call the manufacturer a good intel does f. their loads this is the your mission in the day or its. mission. in fact that does the fail belong the norm in stud's land of involved. the of or. make of all this or. it's the. investment table and.

on paul from here for a government that is still full and clicks. want to think of an idea only of the amp. but additionally it indiscriminately a pet. i was sure as i'm sure. this class. does in those images molly that get. into his book to bias aren't just researching on behalf of the come together 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 sent out soon enough. to demand wolf in that. he can view it as a here and saw a good made goods.

there also. sean. mock nama. warden mixed fish. that's the dog shit in plenty of. fish i just made a comment. on the meat in park home and fornicate fish. fish for adults. when it does funny for want and need a hot dog. today the company says that the witness must be mistaken than that no warnings were ever issued concerning use during pregnancy or 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 contigo children were born here. british

survivors also want to recommend compensation proceedings. i think the germans find it difficult to face up to the history in the mud and they have to do it now and they feel ashamed but at the same time being typically governments they feel powerless they don't know what to do about it 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 income to go on and the consequences this 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 much stuff. the author nicholas and how much is already under pressure as the meeting begins. one of the

reasons is that he used the term lifestyle drug to describe conjugal. doug it is. bob but i got a lifestyle that made a couple of good reasons that are the finish of victories this big deal is what's a bit dodgy about what we did dr good that's all submitted over this car hit five days in the garbage to vomit or is a bit of that all for thought and dust is what i believed as an actor does. a little bit of us there with a does it's this big difference in the sort of miles over twenty thirty and my miners shoot all gobbled up. both unfortunately doesn't feel good you know i'm alive and in the coffin for by one of these more of us of we're going to miss the ones we've on the earth and might go on for going over it even if i could. the author of the thesis was commissioned by the health minister to examine the role of the state governments during the. trial against the manufacturer of the frogger

opposite of the uncollected on this correct. is there's only two ways mr urban for inviting us and can see the veterans progress my going to do five by four knobs it doesn't say three to five knots but it does not mr i three deal with eighty five knots and this is our go to side kind in via skipped this year i know unsolicited by of course 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 break up the trial began in may nine hundred sixty eight. bring these are brought to center for the foundation's release dad. to do but so i don't want to give you said i said i'm going to present fun and alice could die not them he's really got it's above in this for becoming justice minister 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 good intel the company that manufactured com to go to bias aren't discovers a memorandum from the arkan 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 to on. really in and president down there was this one view and they had an outside childish bit of yards according to records or appeared in person the next day to meet the prosecution and to discuss dismissal of the case the charges in the county go on trial if a personal injury and involuntary manslaughter. sensed the months of the cases dismissed a trial in which the parents of consequent 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 writes a letter to a defense lawyer who is also involved. the letter was addressed to eric schmidt lush and then to the defense lawyer for one of the growing until defendants did calling 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 evaluates the letter in regard to the state's role jury in the trial.

is that it is guns i don't want to fight get us out anything to get out of answer. and that's really how to set us and him can talk to and. until they give. and take advice and take his concept and contact. emmet in bod's a decent side point i need him for one don't stop in getting i'm not dead. until they go to. the university of glasgow. history professor braced 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 annoyed by going to join his time as justice minister this.

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to. london british victims of the active ingredient i'm going to go on. have teamed up and formed a group called solidify trust. to bias aren't presents his findings from the german archives. letters files of minutes outlining the role politics played during the criminal trial against the manufacturer good until these documents shed new light on what happened fifty five years ago. it isn't just british than it might survivors who are convinced they find lies in old 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 philip him either so i've 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 assessment for all concerned. i have on behalf of a constituent as he raised this issue not only through the european parliament but also with the german authorities now certainly reflect what the old 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 that in mind the active ingredient in going to gullane. the four hundred sixty six members of the through the my trust not just fighting for compensation. they want those responsible for their

disabilities to be held to account nikto brick is one of them thinks they have almost succeeded who have 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 had. 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 graham's are 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 in the amount that they should have got than would have the bad to be in that case it's evidence being 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 at the ministry of health and bone. senior management from com to guns manufacturer were invited to discuss the settlement of the counter gun case according to a note from the ministry. 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 hears of the plans and hand asks to see the 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 those of you 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 in london i think they heard the concerns we had 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 hoggart was also present at the german embassy meeting. it was really i think two hobs the first half i thought was very positive the 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 go 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 with this 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 could be manufactured under license in the u.k. and it is now very clear that the german officials taking tided the point that the thirty five trust in the u.k. has been making for many a long year that there was no. manufactured in the u.k. and that which was taken by british mothers or expectant mothers had been manufactured in germany. this is knowledge to still it might victims receive decades too late since the one nine hundred seventy s. people affected both a little might have only 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. nor would it comment on the meeting with british counter victims at the german embassy in london. it stated that the consequent trust fund grants financial support when claims. grounded. christiane or tel also apply for support. yeah i smile and a cloud from the east and haven't as ensconced of london as. i and box spring back . i was cooped oh my no one of them in english to become yeah and it's good bye to how it's one of one armored. to get in of my macbook. air and dozens of the each task baskets bookish ones and if you shop at the office on the album you get this book. that he has but i think without that we spend

a third of our lives in our beds our beds are important and 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 get stiffed 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 it will suit suspects. the formosa little manufacturer no longer considers claims from the victims of the drug to be the responsibility. the tough. side. want to get all sean. in because with onion clark. isn't hard to get you double tough and fun to put up for when tiger seeded border.

of i know him from life and just its. supporters not played by grown until but the federal government. one of many who was applications to the german counter gun foundation were denied this lorraine mercer sometimes i think. because. back on point. when i move in. some of the later complications are only now becoming apparent most of the need supplementary oxygen just to be able to breeze there is a fund in germany connected to the court against gift which allows the little white has 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 could 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 they have said no and that you've applied to all the charities only applied to local government get assistance when you've been rejected by everybody you can then green atar they would like to contribute some money towards your. financial assistance but you're not really aware that because agreement 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 decisions are made they say they don't want to provoke him for. we believe general government should be responsible for paying for those i met health is that we or have a new female me get that money remains to be made. in great britain so robert nelson is a well known judge he's 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 such. 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 to however the

dismissal of a criminal case requires strict conditions these according to the prosecution service were not met. i would still like to believe for the everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that but if the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians or the month by and large we are addicted to the thing would just be instability within the region that is the board then. where they didn't know was done offshore the region the long term presence of foreign troops inside of one if i dared speak in modern board better for the region or for a lot done. still on the trail of dear labor bottomless sorry in china six oir here in the.

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education. higher education is becoming just another product that can be born and sold but it's not just about education anymore it's also about running a business and what you're good. look at is also the kind of fellow we couldn't. want is the place of students in this business model before college i was born now i'm an extremely more higher education the new global economic war.

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