and i am joined now here in the studio by axel klaus maya director of the berlin wall memorial welcome to the program and thanks for being with us on this anniversary. let's really start from the very beginning remind us why the wall was built to begin with. well i was the enormous pressure on these german regimes and so many people escaped war germany as you know was divided in 45 and especially during the 49 and between when the 2 german states found it and then between 1989 and the actual date of the war 961 to 6 of the entire population had fled the country and in that respect the government or the regime was under pressure and so apparently it's as the last exit to last a possibility to stop people from escaping building a wall in the center of berlin since the in a german border have been sealed off in 100 $52.00 already and it was really more than just one wall was it wasn't it tell us a little bit more about the fortification. and the area really surrounding it as well it's around it the entire west berlin's was approximately 100 miles 155 kilometers and it was not i mean the t

its coalition partners were too great. 58 years ago today work began on the construction of the berlin wall the barrier was intended to stem the population drain from communist east germany to west berlin and west germany the wall formalized west berlin situation as an island in otherwise communist territory now beyond cliff is now surrounded by more than 150 kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least 136 people were killed trying to get across the berlin wall in total more than 600 people were killed trying to flee east germany the berlin wall its did for 28 years until 1989 that famous day when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the frontier and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents activists in east and west germany that helps local thousands of people across the in and german border our reporter christina custer caught up with one of them the best thing about jail which to says was being left out of a so once a day

was on august 13th 58 years ago when the 1st briggs and mortar were laid that would become the berlin wall you'll hear from one man jailed for trying to escape he eventually made it across to west berlin and helped dozens of others do the same i had a guardian angel that night i knew there were alarms of the bridge years and in the twilight i saw a thin piece of wire stretched from bridge post to bridge post if i had touched it he would have gone off and they would have immediately fired. we start the day in hong kong while that territory remains in the grip of its worst crisis since the territory was handed back to china by britain 22 years ago pro-democracy protests is again coming out in huge numbers flooding hung kong international airport for a 2nd day in a row forcing flights to be cancelled and paralyzing operations riot police briefly clash with protesters united nations has called on law enforcement in the territory to show restraint mainland china takes a different view and has condemned the un for meddling in what it describes as a domestic issue meanwhile chinese state and soci

once stood he's built it back up the devices camera blends the world of today with the virtual berlin wall all things to the technology of augmented reality that's not all we know was it's you can see where the wall stood reborn as it were the history concealed in these places argumentative reality is perfect for that to make something visible that's no longer there fortunately no longer to look. the few original sections of the wall still standing can only tell part of the story technology takes care of the rest. and get through to seeing what a terrible time in our history that was with germany divided by the wall and so many people killed trying to escape using today's media to get a sense of those times is a good thing is to find them travelling through time with an app than seeing how good it is that the real wall is long gone. well a new record was set over the weekend the biggest folk dance in the world it all went down in the mexican city of quality. a total of $882.00 men and women their traditional guadalajara costumes braving some searing temperatures to dance stamp their feet t

this is all that's left of the infamous berlin wall some graffiti and neglected grass. these 2 men born in what was then east germany helped bring it down. well and yon on the left was extradited to west germany he helped get footage of the east german protests onto west german television and protested when doing so was still extremely dangerous but this can destroy the fall of the berlin wall was not a gift it was something people achievement big top of the ship and can be proud of that the small challenges we face today are nothing compared to this. victory. but disagrees fundamentally the legacy photographer documented the radical transformation of east germany his pictures show the effects of germany's rapid reunification and what was effectively east germany submission to the west. germany insisted on its own way of doing things most east germans lost their jobs and the country they had lived in vanished. the work we lost all faith and everything to do with the east we thought west german milk and sugar was better than our own even their people were superior. many

barrier was intended to stop people from leaving the communists is germany to west berlin and west germany the wall turned west berlin into an island that was surrounded by communists territory while the enclave was now surrounded by more than a 150 kilometers of massive fortifications it was berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least $136.00 people were killed trying to get across the berlin wall in total more than $600.00 people were killed trying to flee is germany their role in wall street for 28 years until 1989 when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the frontier and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people across the inner german border and our reporter chris enoch caught up with one of them. the best thing about jail to says was being left out of the cell once a day to walk around inside a large why i came as a young man he was held for months in a detention center run by the east german secret

well august 13th marks the 58th anniversary of the day the berlin wall went up practically overnight here in the city itself it proceeded to divide berlin into communist east and capitalist west and for 20 years it was the most tangible symbol of the cold war and during that time author and journalist peter schneider was one of the 1st west germans to write a novel about it 30 years ago i could have been shot to death just for standing here for space on the east side of the berlin wall it was called the death street. people risk their lives. trying to escape from the communist east so the west but who would have been crazy enough to try to jump over the wall from the west to the east. the wall is about germans from both sides trying to overcome the border. mr who was in his mid forty's and on welfare 1st came to the attention of the police when with a running start from the west he jumps the wall heading east the guards of the other german states arrested as a border violator he wore out his interrogators who wanted to know why he hadn't used a border crossing by pointing out time and

this is all that's left of the infamous berlin wall some graffiti and neglected grass. these 2 men born in what was then east germany helped bring it down. well and yon on the left was extradited to west germany he helped get footage of the east german protests on to west german television and protested when doing so was still extremely dangerous it's going to take the fall of the berlin wall was not a gift it was something people achievement the top of the ship and can be proud of that the small challenges we face today are nothing compared to this. act of free. but disagrees fundamentally the legacy photographer documented the radical transformation of east germany his pictures show the effects of germany's rapid reunification and what was effectively east germany submission to the west. germany insisted on its own way of doing things most east germans lost their jobs and the country they had lived in vanished. the work we lost all faith and everything to do with the east we thought west german milk and sugar was better than our own even their people were superior. ma

revisit the berlin wall through the eyes of a west german author of the way and see how german the business factor both sides and west and i mean working. and speaking of all the berlin based artist collective inner fields use them as their canvas for some of the most sought after street art around. well anyone who's a fan of the sound of music will remember julie andrews yodeling her heart out in the song the lonely goatherd heard and indeed long before the advent of smartphones cow and go herds used yodeling in the alps as a way to call from one mountain to another but what began as a melodic language in switzerland and austria has evolved into a sophisticated musical form in itself and it's one that has remarkable staying power. but be totally meaningless and loudly. we don't know when the 1st alpine dairy farmer let rip with the 1st yodel. perhaps the most plausible explanation courting the scattered herd of cows in for milking but with so much artistic creativity be invested into such a monday in toss. you can go far you know no more my thesis is that the 2nd variation is much more pen

wall one stood he's built to back up the devices camera blends the world of today with the virtual berlin wall all thanks to the technology of augmented reality despite all we know was it you can see where the wall stood reborn as or the history concealed in these places are granted reality is perfect for that to make something visible that's no longer there fortunately our longer look as. the few original sections of the wall still standing can only tell part of the story technology takes care of the rest. seeing what a terrible time in our history that was with germany divided by the wall and so many people killed trying to escape using today's media to get a sense of those times is a good thing is to find them travelling through time with an app than seeing how good it is that the real wall is long gone. now to a new record over the weekend the mexican city of the last had a host of the biggest folk dance in the world a total of $882.00 men and women in traditional costumes braved intense heat to dance and stamp their feet to money actually music they nearly double the previous record which

years ago i could have been shot to death just for standing here the space on the east side of the berlin wall was called the street. people risk their lives trying to escape from the communist east so the west but who would have been crazy enough to try to jump over the wall from the west to the east. the wall is about germans from both sides trying to overcome the border. mr cobb who was in his mid forty's and welfare 1st came to the attention of the police when with a running start from the west he jumped the wall heading east the guards of the other german state arrested as a border violator he wore out his interrogators who wanted to know why he hadn't used a border crossing by pointing out time and again that he lived right across the way and had taken the only direct path over the wall when the book came out in 1902 the wall was already part of people's d.n.a. hardly anyone here believed that east and west germany would agree unified and most people didn't even want them to win the war. weaves together political analysis and report taj with his own youthful adventures and his complicate

in total more than 600 people were killed trying to flee east germany the berlin wall stood for 28 years until 989 when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the front 2 year and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people across the inner german border our reporter christian caught up with one of them. the best thing about jail hartman says was being let out of his cell once a day to walk around inside a large wire cage as a young man he was held for months in a detention center van by the east german ministry of state security for trying to flee the country and for aiding others in their attempts to escape. so they didn't abuse us physically they called it corrosion it was a method they used to try and grind through hyper control isolation this information has been the worst 11 months of my life here after a while if you start too long to be sentenced. mr never accepted life under the east german regime and t

once stood he's built it back up the devices camera blends the world of today with the virtual berlin wall all thanks to the technology of augmented reality that's not only don't you can see where the wall stood reborn as it or the history concealed in these places are granted reality is perfect for that to make something visible that's no longer there fortunately all along for. the few original sections of the wall still standing can only tell part of the story technology takes care of the rest. seeing what a terrible time in our history that was with germany divided by the wall and so many people killed trying to escape using today's media to get a sense of those times is a good thing. travelling through time with an app and seeing how good it is that the real wall is long gone. this is. football with. looking to win their 2nd dinner robot to power for frankfurt. that and all the weekend's matches coming up on the bundesliga. don't forget there's much more to website as well. for now though for me bryan thomas the entire team thanks so much for being. good. to. have. legs i know for him

wall one stood he's built it back up the devices camera blends the world of today with the virtual berlin wall all things to the technology of augmented reality that's not all we know was it you can see where the wall stood reborn as or the history concealed in these places are granted reality is perfect for that to make something visible that's no longer there fortunately longer to look now as. the few original sections of the wall still standing can only tell part of the story technology takes care of the rest. seeing what a terrible time in our history that was with germany divided by the wall and so many people killed trying to escape using today's media to get a sense of those times is a good thing is to find them travelling through time with an app than seeing how good it is that the real wall is long gone. it's reminder now of our top stories this hour g 7 leaders are heading into the final day of their summit in the french from sort of directs praise meetings are expected to focus on climate change and the fires burning in the amazon of brazil on sunday the iranian foreign minister job

the berlin wall stood for 28 years until 1989 when a series of protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the front here and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people across the inner german border sometimes through tunnels a reporter christina caught up with one of. the best thing about jail heart says was being let out of his cell once a day to walk around inside a large wire cage as a young man he was held for months in a detention center run by the east german ministry of state security for trying to flee the country and for others in their attempts to escape. they didn't abuse us physically they called it a corrosion it was a method they used to try and grind down through hyper control isolation this information has been the worst 11 months of my life here after you start to long to be sentenced. rishta never accepted life under the east german regime and tried to flee for the 1st time by train when he was just 18 he was arrested and put behi

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when building began on the berlin wall on the 1st of august 1961 he knew he had to escape he saw how brutally the regime was cracking down on dissenters. as a young person at some point you have to ask yourself how long am i going to play this raid have how long can i take it or do i want to cooperate with them to find myself a little nation who is a long as you're still studying you have to get all of this crap that in every essay there had to be a commitment to socialism and if you needed good marks you just wrote that rubbish down. a short time later richter attempted to escape again he swam across a border river on the edge of berlin and made it to freedom he was in the water for 4 hours before he finally managed to get through a barbed wire fence and onto the shore on the western side on the eastern side he would have been shot. at the cauldron is off the food supply had a guardian angel that lied or knew there were alarms at the bridge he was in the twilight i saw a thin piece of wire stretched from bridge post a bridge post if i had touched it he would have gone off and they w

during the 28 years in which berlin was divided by the wall more than 130 people were killed or died trying to flee to the worst. possible richter also risk his life to excrete from east germany . the best thing about jail hartmut rishta says was being let out of his cell once a day to walk around inside a large wire cage as a young man he was held for months in a detention center van by the east german ministry of state security for trying to flee the country and for aiding others in their attempts to escape. they didn't abuse us physically they called it a corrosion it was a method they used to try and grind to stand through hyper control isolation this information has been the worst 11 months of my life here after a while if you start too long to be sentenced. mr never accepted life under the east german regime and tried to flee for the 1st time by train when he was just 18 he was arrested and put behind bars. when building began on the berlin wall on the 1st of august 1961 he knew he had to escape he saw how brutally the regime was cracking down on dissenters. as a young person a

when building began on the berlin wall in the 1st of august 1961 he knew he had to escape he saw how brutally the regime was cracking down on dissenters. as a young person at some point you have to ask yourself how long am i going to play this raid have how long can i take it and where do i want to cooperate with them to find myself a little nation who is a long as you're still studying you had to get all of this crap that in every essay there had to be a commitment to socialism and if you needed good marks you just wrote that rubbish down. a short time later richter attempted to escape again he swam across a border river on the edge of berlin and made it to freedom he was in the water for 4 hours before he finally managed to get through a barbed wire fence and onto the shore on the western side on the eastern side he would have been shot. at the governor's office that's why i had a guardian angel that night i knew there were alarms at the bridge in the twilight i saw a thin piece of wire stretched from bridge post a bridge post if i touched it he would have gone off and they would h

the teenage friends divided by the berlin wall.e tenth weekend of unrest, there have been further clashes between pro—democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kong's affairs, after the foreign secretary, dominic raab, suggested there should be an investigation, into ongoing violence against pro—democracy protestors. from hong kong, here's jonathan head. this is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. they've turned improvising barricades into an art form. they work with impressive speed and coordination. there is never much time before the police arrive. these confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kong's streets. generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. but, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city, and getting worse. the police are stressed, and acting at times with little restraint. this was tai koo undergrou

years ago i could have been shot to death just for standing here the space on the east side of the berlin wall was called the street. and. people risk their lives trying to escape from the communist east to the west but who would have been crazy enough to try to jump over the wall from the west to the east. the wall is about germans from both sides trying to overcome the border. mr who was in his mid forty's and on welfare 1st came to the attention of the police when with a running start from the west he jumped the wall heading east the guards of the other german states arrested as a border violator he wore out his interrogators who wanted to know why he hadn't used a border crossing by pointing out time and again that he lived right across the way and had taken the only direct path over the wall when the book came out in 1902 the wall was already part of people's d.n.a. hardly anyone here believed that east and west germany would agree unified and most people didn't even want them to win the war. weaves together political analysis and reports with his own youthful adventures and his complicat

november 9th 1989 the berlin wall comes down and the iron curtain current. barely 11 months later germany is reunified. but to flourish in landscapes the leaders promised haven't materialized instead eastern german industry has been languishing more than a 1000000 eastern germans are out of work. western germany still dominates the economy not a single tax listed corporation is based in the east. germany 15 the refugee crisis brings feelings of discontent in the east to critical matters. increasingly migrants are seen as competitors for both jobs and social benefits. 2000000000 euros of investment are helping the east to catch up with the west but at around 70 percent unemployment is still above the average in the west are eastern germans 2nd class citizens. without question to michelle or are eastern german 2nd class citizens the question that ma says when individuals go into a polling booth is whether they feel they are 2nd class citizens and saxony is the economically most successful eastern state and bats with the a if t. is likely to come out potentiall

november 9th 1989 the berlin wall comes down and the iron curtain current. barely 11 months later germany is reunified. but the christian landscapes the leaders promised haven't materialized instead eastern german industry has been languishing more than a 1000000 eastern germans are out of work. western germany still dominates the economy not a single tax listed corporation is based in the east. in 2015 the refugee crisis brings feelings of discontent in the east to critical mass. increasingly migrants are seen as competitors for both jobs and social benefits. 2000000000 euros of investment are helping the east to catch up with the rest but at around 70 percent unemployment still look out of the average in the west are eastern germans 2nd class citizens. let me put that question to michelle there are eastern german 2nd class citizens the question that masses when individuals go into a polling booth is whether they feel that they are 2nd class citizens and saxony is the economically most successful eastern state and that's where the a if t. is likely to come

still to come: they were schoolfriends until the berlin wall divided them.ecame bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the tenth consecutive weekend of pro—democracy protests in hong kong has come to an end with accusations of increased police violence. donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofjeffrey epstein. polls have closed in guatemala's presidential run—off election, where voters have been choosing between the centre—left former first lady, sandra torres, and the right—wing candidate ale

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barrier was intended to stem the population drain from communist east germany to west berlin and west germany the wall formalized west berlin situation as an island in otherwise communist territory the enclave was now surrounded by more than 150 kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least 136 people were killed trying to get across that wall in total more than $600.00 people were killed trying to flee east germany the berlin wall stood for 28 years until $989.00 when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the frontier and the end of communism in central and eastern europe.

months later, the berlin wall started to crumble. they commemorated that historical opening of the border today. seeing angela merkel marking the day struck some as off. these two leaders have rarely seen eye to eye. >> a solemn ceremony to commemorate a moment that changed the course of history. angela merkel and victor came here. a picnic in this hunt giving city and it led to the terror and down of the cold war barrier in europe. >> the picnic became the scene of thehe biggest breakout of people in east germany sincecehe construcuction of the wall. >> dubbed the pan-european picnic, it was organized on t te austrian border. eastermans c crossed the border and escaped frereedom in the we. an estimated 70,000 had fled via hungary. this was seen as a keyey factorn the e fall of ththe berlin wall. >> i would like totohank the people of huhungary from the bottom o of my heartrt on n thef hungngary's natitional day. germany will not forget this. >> as merkel and her counterpart celebrated this moment, it was clear that the relationship