can be gone maya is a sculptor who lives in bavaria in southern germany the crucifixion and across our central themes in his work. for a new cemetery in the nick he has created a crucifixion sculpture that departs from tradition. as intention was to give his cross something he thinks traditional depictions have lost the mystery. because his sculpture cross in the void. has been of the david coleman i had the idea of making this crossing unsubstantial as a space shuttle the question was how. to form square oak trunks set up in a square with an empty space between them so the cross emerges in outline. form of the moon and where you stand inside it you're standing in this space this unsubstantial across lloyd's and when i look up you see the cross with towards. the cross in the void because this makes it isn't limited and it stretches in every direction that's very existential like our earthly existence. with. the significance of the cross for christianity began two thousand years ago in jerusalem. here jesus of nazareth called the christ and the son of god by his father. ours was execute

. >> oliver: instead of command in the pacific, patton and the 3rd army sent to govern bavaria in the occupied zone of germany. >> here you have george patton a great warrior asked to make sure we have fuel, food, firewood cut so on through bavaria. >> oliver: kevin is with the united states army europe. >> he had been in the government before, the nazi regime to help run the country. >> this is a parallel with iraq today, but to do this he had to violate iraq's no naz have i policy. >> eisenhower was fed up with patton for defying orders and remarks like quote, the nazi thing is just like a democrat and republican election fight. >> eisenhower takes the 3rd army away from him. >> probably the most humiliating thing that could happen to any officer. >> and then became the commander of the 15th army, paper army, charged with gathering documents from the second world war. >> decided that's it, i've had enough. he wrote his wife i'm going to retire from the army and before he leaves, he decided to go pheasant hunting. >> oliver: the car he rode in was restored and on display in knoxville

known for having this position here and very interesting lee there are state elections coming up in bavaria in october and the sea is you party of the smaller sister party to argue americal c.d.u. has lost voter support in the parliamentary elections in september to the far right party basically as a result of the refugee crisis of two thousand and fifteen the open door policy of americal that the smaller c is you sister party is also held accountable for what he's trying to do here use trying to win voters back. so he's trying to win votes of support even though it contradicts possibly everything going to medical his boss of fellow conservatives to settle this issue since twenty fifth. yeah and not only what has said as also the german president at the time in two thousand and ten christiane voles said islam belongs to germany sparking a massive debate here in germany also of all of. the time interior minister in two thousand and six said something along these lines but you know this is what is famous for he's always been the foreigner in uncle americal side especially when it comes to the

fifteen and this is the picture he's trying to draw off himself for the bavarian voter the guy from bavaria who comes to berlin defending conservative values here the question is and that is going to be very interesting to watch right now whether this plan will work because no doubt he's a good p.r. guy but the question is will voters appreciate this roof or will it fire back and resolve in a further. support in the if tea party getting stronger as a result of that because those who are the ones today who are applauding the lot of the loudest given what you've said about playing to the crowds i wonder how the chancellor and her interior minister playing good cop bad cop on this issue as they try and get back of voters who left for the f.t. say office says the unsayable rebuke but that message still gets out there none the less so are they both playing the same game together. well that's a good take they do want some of the same of course but there are slight differences if you take a closer look to what they said exactly you'll see that both both agree that that muslims belong to germany be

pleasant surprise about last winter sports in an idyllic setting the small community of posing in bavaria has both on offer. well if you have any places you want us to explore just get in touch with us you can find all details on d.w. dot com slash lifestyle that's also where you'll find this week's poll we want to know what you'll favorite type of holiday is by taking pot you stand a chance of winning an exclusive euro max wristwatch. that's all we have time for today but you can stay in touch with us on facebook and follow us on instagram at g.w. your remarks for daily updates by for now. the next edition of your own max sometimes the smallest details have the biggest impact like these college contact lenses developed by swiss designers. they put the finishing touches on silver screen appearances by stars like brad pitt or johnny depp seeing the world through different doctors and much more next on your own max . odds. looking for the artistry. edge of the seat drama. joy and tribulation. we've got all the latest legal loads. to go. through. my first boss was the sewing machine moving w

bits because germany has so much more to offer than berlin be a festivals and the black forest from bavaria to the baltic coast this country is full of hidden gems torquey attractions and diverse landscapes it's off the beaten track what i call the real germany in the state of mecklenburg for poland for example the official part of the i.t.v. tourism which opened today in berlin. summer time on eastern germany's baltic coast. and in the winter hardly a soul in sight. second book for palm on play nearly two hundred thousand people depend on tourism wants to attract more visitors with creative accommodation like the fleet barrels a campground named off or the equally unusual dock in a hostile environment to where you can spend the night in a refitted cargo container an increasing number of guests are checking in even in the wintertime. the hostel which opened a year ago has already won a tourism prize. another local attraction is a darwinian at the ross togs described as a living museum of evolution it includes a whole featuring orangutans and other primates in their natural setting. a large

you are going to machall small conservative sister party in bavaria will put up or see will for its own party leader as interior minister and that germany's development minister gets will remain in office and how stable michel or do you think this new government is going to be given how long it took to bring it together. well though they have time really doesn't tell you that terribly much about it there was a necessity to really see eye to eye we have a one hundred and seventy seven page document which lays down the policies in very much detail in some points what this grand coalition has agreed on at the same time all three parties involved the social democrats americal c.d.u. and the c.s.u. sister party have already said that they want to shop in their profile while being in this government so i think we're in for some very interesting times indeed all right looking forward to that political editor michelle a christmas thank you very much kitty now an early results show more than half of the telly and voters have backed populist and far right parties in sunday's election the centrist

or head to bavaria, where you can relax gazing at snowcapped alps from one of six spas at a hotel.get cozy in vermont. this is an 18th-century farmhouse. go sledding and then thaw out in the japanese spa and then chow down on souffle pancakes. every december, "pursuits" makes holiday shopping much easier with holiday gift guides. here is chris rouser. i am chris rouser. i am here to tell you about our annual holiday gift guide. we will be showcasing items from action sports to home decor. these are the ods1 in-ear headphones. the sound quality is great. what you will really love about them is the build quality. each of them is covered with these calfskin leather sheathes. the buds are this brushed aluminum. people won't know if you spent $360, but you will know and that is what matters. can you guess what it is? the toast toaster. it is italian design, and this comes with everything you are used to having with a toaster. this is one of those cheeky gems from the design store that everyone loves getting as a gift. it does a great job of toasting your toast. it also adds a statement

american singers twenty seventeen album ideal shot into the german top ten he currently lives in bavaria. i. he used to perform with the famous kelly family as a kid then one day he had enough. in two thousand and four he was drew from the limelight and lived as a monk in a french ministry for six years there he drew inspiration from the bible and read songs in lassen she drew and gaelic. she released them in twenty sixteen on a spiritual pop music album titled which is hebrew for spirit plays a lot of people out there. have a spiritual dimension to their music but. i just can't express a chapter in my life through an art form. what's unique about michael patrick kelly's album is that he produced it without the support of the major label even so i'm a detention germany's top twenty. kelly has enjoyed success with both secular and religious pop music. the band is all about the christian faith. to musicians belong to him and evangelical preacher community in leipsic they want to praise the lord through their songs. catching up beat pop music. heavy metal band sucking feet are another germa

in bavaria and across germany, solve rates for break-ins are low. but police hoped that this case would prove different. >> once we arrested the women who carried out this break-in, we wanted to find out who was behind it, who's pulling the strings, whether it's a major network. that was the first step. >> the police uncovered a clan of roughly 500 members, active across europe and based in croatia. police believe it could be behind thousands of break-ins, stretching over several years. >> what you can see here is just a part of the wider clan. but that's the part we're focused on. as you can see, they're all related. they're all members of the same family -- none from the outside, nothing external. >> investigators have one woman in particular in their crosshairs. biserca v. the police refer to her as the princess. zagreb, the croatian capital. home to the woman police believe is the most skilled burglar of them all. biserca apaprently lives here, with other members of the clan, in the suburb of sesswette. we ring the doorbell. >> does biserca live

resurrection during the christian holy week and it easter it's on display at a village church in bavaria beagle maya concert resurrection cross. over the cup i wanted to portray the cross of the resurrection cross floating in the air not touching the ground it's unsubstantial and the body is no longer hanging on it it will just missed it is hot cocoa permitted this. easter the feast of the resurrection is inextricably linked with good friday the day jesus died. the story of jesus doesn't end with his death on the cross it begins a new life with resurrection is probably a plea for losing the good arc of our first day of the profound meaning of the resurrection of jesus or is one of redemption and the death and dying have no more power over us see here in the end toward fall in with the message and purpose of jesus's life and preaching is that god is close to us especially when we feel that he's out of dimension just says it was on the film fruit. so in the angst of posts innocent of years i do not have the final word that is the mystery behind across court. people have been trying to unde

manuel middle homma has lived in costa rica for thirteen years a forester from bavaria he's a licensedassessor that means he checks farms and verifies there sustainable organic cultivation on behalf of various organizations his specialty is perma culture everything is grown in the forest and therefore mostly in its original environment including pineapples his place of work is often deep in the rain forest . this plantation is to be certified so it can sell to europe and america i'm going to take a look at the whole thing but it's my helmet it's going to. there are a lot of other plants growing here the ground is green and this species diversity is thick and there's even the lungs of insects and different products ranging from cocoa to but nonnes and capoue and i'm going to expect all of this visually. i can tell right away on that chemicals haven't been used if the year is and that's a good ending. in line with. the side by side cultivation of cocoa plants and coconut palm trees but nanna's and pineapples creates an ecosystem in which every variety benefits from the others this is the

fossilised skilled in the largest teradata ever found has gone on show at the ultimately tal museum in bavaria. the flying reptiles were close cousins of the dinosaurs they stood as tall as a giraffe and had a wing span of more than twelve meters. the sixty six million year old fossil was found in the transylvania region of romania which is why it's been dubbed dracula it will be on display in the museum until november. and now we're off to austria to meet fabio vip professional street trials biker and a you tube star a twenty two year old in fact has nearly a million subscribers who follow his incredible antics doing basically who are on a bike jumping over walls roof hopping and leaving no obstacle unconquered one of his most successful clips is called urban free ride lives in vienna and it's like an extreme sightseeing tour of the austrian capital. matt gets his kicks from exhilarating downhill rides and somewhat unusual routes as residents of cities across europe in this case vienna can testify. the bike he rides is smaller and more maneuverable than a mountain bike making it ideal for stu

a place where upon first glance there's not much more than snow and trees a place called fish in bavaria for a tale of old back in the fifteenth century a heritage building there housed the sick and the infirm and today it literally blooms with health and creative energy and here's why. we enter the heart of the dark there in forests. deep into the night. there's a night club here which attracts people from as far away as two hundred kilometers from cities such as munich. the clubs in the small town of which doesn't have much except trees. and this is a song as well as the bride and it's true that the parent forest is really really beautiful but it's a bit dull at night and he won't be any more. this insurgency there are. over silk runs the club in this former hospital that's now a listed building people dance until three in the morning in the chapel which dates back to fifteen ninety seven the dance nights often begin with a concert. or art. for example gospel and blues by switzerland's andrea. there are about five free concerts a week and they're always packed. wrong. rome. was probabl

homemade hot air balloon two couples and four children survived a half hour flight from east germany to bavaria they painstakingly stitched the balloon together from pieces of waterproof material that collected from many sources. only a few pieces of the berlin wall remain including this section at the berlin wall memorial. when it was still standing the death strip separated east and west friends and families. the founder of the checkpoint charlie museum by negative rant was an anti nazi resistance fighter. who le bron's widow says he helped reporters with their work during the cold war. the good boy that is that there was a building across the street that was in ruins from the war up the store so that's a photographer there fell and seriously injured himself when my husband heard about it he brought all the people here instead the room was warm and dry and they went in danger they could sit and watch what was happening at checkpoint charlie through the window and respond to it they took photos andrew reports that. in these rooms ryan are going to plan to continue to document what happened on

rate coffee culture is rapidly evolving in many german cities and a caffeinated tour of new music in bavaria can feel like a trip much further afield. this cafe in munich serves icelandic style filter coffee. how splenda is called other foreign or else green. icelander stephanie be honest and greets visitors at the door with your drop are which means come in for ten drops of coffee coffee. coffee we drink coffee in the sauna and at the swimming pool. because it into our school break time is called cafe timi or coffee break. these and i'm sure that all it is simply an excuse to get together and start a discussion. and i like especially it's a fun. stephanie to be honest one was a successful engineer before she opened a cafe row here she makes her special coffee with white roast beans freshly ground for each guest and brewed with loving care your own sons are also responsible for their cafés nordic design when she couldn't find light fixtures she liked she simply made her own using concrete and empty yogurt drops is more. her philosophy pay attention to the little details while never losing si

today we've got a request from the usa carol stu from arvada colorado wants to find out more about bavaria so we sent our reporters south to one of the state's foremost winter sports resorts who parting has a population of just six thousand three hundred but that figure is dwarfed by the amount of tourists it attracts. the alpine community boasts more than one million visitors every year let's find out why our. guests of every age can enjoy winter sports here the pace of life is slow and leisure lay in there who pulled a municipality of the bavarian alps. the base just are magnificent and stress seems far away. for here in the mountains and luckily we have some snow and it really is a little more quiet here than in other ski areas that's certainly true here at the bag to lift our nonprofit's association keeps the fun going for locals and tourists alike the slopes are rarely full here and the mood is relaxed that keeps many vacationers coming back. to us is kind of are the living room and it's cozy and it's everything you need practically within reach but it's the movie because you keep mee

been a pleasant surprise last winter sports in an idyllic setting the small community of posing in bavaria has both on offer. well if you have any places you want us to explore just get in touch with us you can find all details on d w dot com slash lifestyle. that's also where you'll find this week's poll we want to know what your favorite type of holiday is by taking part you stand a chance of winning an exclusive euro max wristwatch that's all we have time for today but you can stay in touch with us on facebook and follow us on instagram at v.w. duramax for daily updates about for now. the next edition of your own facts sometimes the smallest details have the biggest impact like these comic contact lenses developed by swiss designers aka lean obama they put the finishing touches on the silver screen appearances by stars like brad pitt or johnny depp seeing the world through different caucus and much more next time you're a match. the fast pace of life into digital shift has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information to the wittiest phone lines and in

mr seehofer, who heads a bavaria sister party of merkel‘s conservatives, has been a vocal critic of her a rapist has beenjailed for 23 years after giving himself away by urinating in a neighbour's plant pot and leaving his dna. eric mckenna raped two women in separate attacks in the 1980s. police hadn't linked the assaults until they were called to the neighbour dispute in 2016 and took swabs from mckenna which matched the cold cases. an iraqi teenager who smuggled himself into britain on a lorry to seek asylum has been found guilty of bombing a london tube train. 18—year—old ahmed hassan left his bomb on the packed train during rush hour. the device only partially detonated, but injured 50 people. it's emerged that hassan was on the british government's de—radicalisation programme while he was plotting the attack. june kelly reports. ahmed hassan, buying batteries and screwdrivers in asda. everyday items, but for a violent extremist, part of his bomb—making kit. he's asked for id. he may have looked young but hassan is said to be mature, highly intelligent and calculating. cctv cameras

in bavaria to tell us who they want to send in to a future cabinet and on the back of this must be a real collective sigh of relief for germany even for german voters after months of not knowing what's going to happen in terms of their government well actually we did see the impatience grow in the polling over these past five months in the end want to see a government in fact we've heard voices from the opposition who were saying who basically had accepted that the grand coalition is what it's going to be now also this signals already from the free democrats and the greens who of course failed to form this so-called to make a coalition with machall i mean we saw a failed attempt leading up to this we tend to almost forget that now it is saying that they would actually be co-operative on key issues like education reform here in the financing of education so some signals that there will be a broader support for this on particular issues for foreign audience i think i think that the expectation that germany would stay this beacon of stability in europe is the correct one we're not going

the christian social union in bavaria so then now signing the coalition agreements once they are done we'll have the party leaders stepping up to the podium that will of course be ungrammatical. in the interim. social democrat leader all of schultz and. hosts the hoof of the c.s.u. with varian conservatives they will be stepping up to the podium in just a second. so you have the three legs of the party executive signing this coalition government agreement. and as we saw. we had the parliamentary party which is now signing that document and before them the secretary general's of the party and now as christopher our political correspondent with me in the studio mentioned the three leaders of the bodies and here they are led by chance the anglo-american of the c.d.u. . so i'm the medical now putting pen to paper signing the coalition agreement that turks actually didn't take that long to to agree bearing in mind that transfer medical first hosted talks with the liberal free democrats and the environmentalist greens those talks failing in late november. it actually took just a number of w

classic slam this is for this is defending your country and your allies as a boy i grew up in northern bavaria and i remember american tanks on the czech border when from when i lived in a village five hundred meters away all the talk then was just about national defense doesn't lands for tyrone gets in recent years we've got to understand that defending the country is more about defending the alliance and the frontline state is a different country in as it were there for the whole alliance that was always the case of course but it was forgotten this is focused on. process is logistics maneuvers they all have to work all over the world and often in parallel the bundeswehr doesn't have much time to adapt to the requirements for years it had budget restraints for personnel and military hardware but more and more foreign missions were added now it's the operation in the baltics. is of me of all we're definitely having more exercises both nationally and multinational things have also become more flexible and integrated lithuania is a great example because we can't just rely on us driving our tanks

with natural gas in one nine hundred seventy three the first delivery of siberian gas arrived in bavaria. close under ninety a confident a village plant took part in these negotiations which heralded the start of a new political era. when god made me want to shift you should never underestimate the importance of economic relationships as a driver of political developments. because of common. gorbachev's and emergent us meant changes in the soviet union you know they may well have been partly due to the sense of trust that was fostered by the policies of gone by really blunt interest on the whole. it's a doctrine of change through trade helmsley economic ties would and did help tear down the iron curtain. but today there are signs of a new cold war in the making between the u.s. and russia a struggle that also covers energy supplies and pipeline routes. the history or muslim descent for europeans it always comes as a surprise to realize that they too are players in this new great game instrument the energy map is a tool russia wields within its sphere of influence from the miss blow it's

she also served as the confidant and mistress of king ludwig of bavaria, a scandalous relationship that contributed to his abdication, and also sent the vanished lola -- banished lola packing. during a tour of the united states, lola arrived in 1853. she quickly became known for performing her famously --gestive torrential tarantula dance, a ballet in which lola pretended to become entangled in a spider's web. as she waved her arms, leaped in the air and vigorously shook her clothing, the audience is sat spellbound. lola threw lavishclothing, partd was frequently seen in the company of her pet, cinnamon bear. 1855, lola broke into tears as she departed san francisco, bound for australia. a local newspaper editorial praised her as a noble hearted and generously, w -- and generous lady, whose good acts won the esteemed parts of our citizens. whatever lola wants, lola gets. cynthia and parker. -- ann parker. on may 19, 1836, a band of indians attacked parker's fort in the newly formed republic of texas. followed,rmish that five texans were killed and five others were taken captive, includi

and to somehow tamp down, really a bavaria of german desire or strauss's desire for nuclear weapons. this had intended consequences with moskow. there i agree, it's an unintended consequence. but in the pen pal of the letters, which i think set the stage for khrushchev's decision making and risk taking in '62, they're talking about the details of berlin. so i think berlin is really important. but you know what, historians disagree. it's part of the fun of our business. >> a somewhat more narrower point, it sounds, tim, as if you're saying degall's advice would apply to north korea, and sort of connected to that i'm wondering in retrospect to what extent eisenhower came close to khrushchev to taking degal's advice, compared to kennedy. to be sure he was pressured to the visit and the summit in april of 1960 because he was worried. but i don't think eisenhower produced the same impression on khrushchev as the bay of pigs and kennedy's behavior at the summit in viena, which you didn't take all that seriously. i think kennedy did strike khrushchev as an immature young man in ways that ei

which i established in bavaria this is all people at the beginning were always smirking at that making fun of it. but not so many laughter it's a hope as first political moves in the role including bringing up and all that we mark that split public opinion. in an interview hole for said that islam does not belong to germany chancellor angela merkel contradicted him it was a veritable slugfest within their own ranks still chancellor merkel has all the reason in the world to laugh she's back as head of government after six months of being in limbo everything could have been so smooth were not for the adversarial exchanges. yet spawn the loudest critic of markel in the c.d.u. is now even part of the cabinet he's also a bit too loud for many of his colleagues in the party a lot of members are upset with him because of his controversial remarks regarding abortions and welfare benefits and internally germany's handling of foreign affairs is also a hot topic in germany got involved to regarding the alleged nerve agent attack on former russian double agent sergei script hall and his daughter e