major statesman and to bomb city hall and why von well for 40 years it was capital of the german federal republic this edition of czech and it is a journey through time in 2019 the german federal republic celebrates its 70th anniversary it all started here and bonn when the german constitution was passed in may 949. today i want to invite you to join me on a tour of 70 years of history from germany's provisional capital bonn all the way to the current capital berlin together we'll discover what a giraffe has to do with the country's constitution or basic law as it's known here and we'll revisit the places and locations that tell the story of post-war germany . we take you tube on this museum of german history. we kept an open air film and berlin government quarter. and we share of viewer video sent in from the hague seat of the dutch government. to kick things off i'm taking a walk down bonds path of democracy along the route you'll come across the alex and the colonel. bond was heavily involved in world war 2 so there weren't enough venues in the sit. for officials to meet when it became the new

some of the beisel to moment jupiter the invisible president of the republic of poland and to the. german. federal president are approaching the students and a picture shall be taken with the participants of the run. please . notice it's a tribute to the victim so for bombing for vienna on the 1st of september 1989 and minute of silence. on the arms of potent and gemini. oh. yes. yeah i would like to give the floor to. the new status to get in school might not be a lot for a killer to start or start feeling and of the my own because somehow i thought it all for their old town affair lasted well i have the great. tool well come everyone got that this morning in following. the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of world war 2 i would like to interject in to welcome witnesses so for me to fail and in 1989 in fact. associated in effect council of veterans organizations at the county level. we're delighted to welcome the president of the republic of potent on trade with. you but if he didn't get one does it will be. found but they're stunned by it and welcome to. the federal president much help us to not

germans accept it. and we pass it on. to. as president of the federal republic of generally high and low pressure or chancellor want to tell. today that we will not forget. we will not forget the wounds that germans inflicted on ireland on the parish people we will not forget the suffering of irish family no will we forget the courage of their resistance. we will never forget. he. was. the fed chairman guest came to poland you know for his size and years ago i his name was to auto and he entered this country band force as a simple program. in a gesture of peace and should military and. i to stand bad for to day before the people of poland was as a human being. as a german. weighed down by a huge historical push it was nothing can bring you right the cost of the fish. cannot heal the pain the deeds can all bring back what was lost. i stand baffled before you but i am inspired by the spirit of reconciliation that men face showed us the germans. and the bad. is the cross was a poet. john paul the 2nd sat in his homily on the eve of pentecost 40 years ago and i quot

major statesman and to bomb city hall and why bomb well for 40 years it was capital of the german federal republic this edition of czech and it is a journey through time in 2019 the german federal republic celebrates its 70th anniversary it all started here and bob when the german constitution was passed in may 949.