the symbol of a country that no longer exists and a city that was once divided 50 years ago communist east germany completed construction on the berlin t.v. tower just in time to mark the now defunct country's 20th anniversary the imposing structure was meant to show the world what east germany was capable of and the tower still dominates berlin skyline today attracting a 1000000 visitors a year. with the heights of 368 meters its butlins most visible and since it opened in 1969 the t.v. tower has attracted 60000000 visitors from all over the world. but it scary i didn't expect it to be quite so high when we look for places to go in berlin we just missed and we saw a great big dollars to come for the night every monuments specially in the new one we'll. show you elevators transport guests to the top in just 42nd news many of the lift that takes visitors to the viewing platform at a height of 200 free meters has a top speed of 21 kilometers per hour. for safety reasons only 350 people are allowed on the platform at any one time on a clear day you can see 80 kilometers. the revolving platform also d

also coming up it is a country and a world that no longer exists communist east germany sees to be nearly 3 decades ago but now to documentary filmmakers are bringing the pounds back to life for a new generation. i'm so much god that's good to have you with us pro-democracy protests in hong kong marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of china have turned violent one of protesters in the hospital after being shot in the chest by police now a video appears to show the moment that a police officer fired his handgun at close range the protester was treated on the scene before being taken to the hospital and his condition is on no it is the most serious incident in months of demonstrations in hong kong today's anti-church china rally started peacefully with thousands marching in the streets before some started throwing molotov cocktails and demonstrators also threw eggs at a portrait of chinese president xi. and good of you charlotte shells from hell is covering the protests for us in hong kong charlotte as we heard there has been a major escalation a police officer shooting a protester

next we traveled to germany in october $989.00 communist east germany's days were numbered every monday fellows of people marched demanding freedom and democracy. we talked to some people who were eyewitnesses to history. on october 9th 1909 catherine hatton hall was in a prison in light in east germany she was just 20 years old on this day you could feel that the guards were very nervous and you could hear sounds later in the day. close to the evening and what relate to create fear that maybe what we have heard. where the sound of 70000 people walking. among the crowd much ng for freedom and democracy was that 18 year old opposition activist catalan model of. german reunification just didn't cross my mind at the time my motivation was things can go on like this a spring star this country has no future we have no freedom of expression no free elections i wanted to reform the country i wanted democracy in the g.d.r. and it is. for months premie things have been held at leipsic said nicholas church on september 4th catherine hutton how a unfelt of bama it called for an open country with f

in the former communist east germany nearly all property was state owned only a tiny fraction was privately owned. on february 12th 1990 the east german council of ministers convened for a roundtable meeting. on the agenda was the forming of an agency to privatized datasets the share of those assets was to go to east german citizens. their process would be administered by a new holding company the trade hunt. the holding firm was founded on march 1st 1990 by the last communist led government of east germany. the idea behind the toy hind agency was for someone to take care of all the changes involved in the privatization process they needed to have a plan and it couldn't simply be done by a ministry in a trust company had to be set up. the idea of securing national assets soon became a secondary issue the immediate priority was the survival of east german companies an early test of relations between east and west and he went out there didn't nobody gave east germany a chance it would have needed a lot more time and a lot more money in order to overhaul the economy so a state economy is like

more and more people who no longer agreed with the social developments in this part of germany the communist east. in order to understand what happened back then the group heads for the form of contemporary history. that provides a comprehensive picture of the division and the unification of germany. the origins of the s.c.d. the ruling east german communist party. daily life and how the state owned enterprises operated. the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 and open the way to freedom it also meant the loss of a home and earns an identity topics to foreign consciously focus upon. those mean that this. this is why it isn't called a museum but a forum. we wish to initiate discussion about this it's a great deficit that we don't talk to each other instead everyone has their own cliches and prejudices. east and west have to talk to one another north and south rich and poor. this house is meant to serve as an example for that. is an open invitation to visitors here and engage in conversation on the net on things with political. will the monday demonstrations began in 1909 nobody could know this was the

east german citizens. their process would be administered by a new holding company the 20 hunt. the holding firm was founded on march 1st 1990 by the last communist led government of east germany. the idea behind the toy hind agency was for someone to take care of all the changes involved in the privatization process they needed to have a plan and it couldn't simply be done by a ministry a trust company had to be set up. the idea of securing national assets soon became a secondary issue the immediate priority was the survival of east german companies an early test of relations between east and west new went up there didn't nobody gave east germany a chance it would have needed a lot more time and a lot more money in order to overhaul the economy so a state's economy is like a huge tanker you can't simply turn it around in a new direction it takes time we weren't given that time and east german citizens didn't give themselves the time i thought in the last east german elections they voted for the center right of christian democrats who had promised to do things like in west germany. east germans decided themselves that they wanted to live in a free market economy. and that meant

multifaceted figures of germany's postwar art scene and the story of his rise to fame in former communist east germany to his eventual forced departure to the west in 1980 is now told in detail at the home in his native. in 1960 s. dresden young artists set out to revolutionize art think aliase a our paint is the leader of the art group gap an anarchist impasses within his own country one who loves loud music even when he still looks conventional how he became an international star without going to proper on school is the subject of an exhibition at the. science of origin was he stood out in the way he began to look beyond his horizons at a very early stage and by showing an interest in things outside of our hearts in natural sciences cybernetics information theory informants who instill he. also had high ambitions right from the start he taught himself by studying picasso and wanted to improve on rembrandt he was talented and irreverent happy workers pictures from the sixty's contrast with later abstract works his most radical invention in 1961 the stick man which he used to construct whole worlds be

split berlin into the western part belong to democratic west germany the eastern part to communist east germany and it guarded its borders selous like anyone who tried to escape was arrested or shot that meant east germans freedom of movement was severely restricted and largely limited to other eastern bloc countries so after the wall fell close to a fire bush travelled the world and made his hobby his profession the train physicist became a photographer and published books of his photos. doesn't disappear my as i was saying then i never believed i'd see all of that but i was convinced that something would happen at some point and i always said they can't paint us in forever and that. was from my in east germany from my childhood onwards it was self evident that there was a wall and that meant wherever you went north south east west or even to the coast at some point you could go no further the idea of leaving and going to the west was not an unusual one for east germans but doing so had serious consequences. at this point in what i thought that my mother wouldn't be able to visit me regularly

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split berlin into the western part belonged to democratic west germany the eastern part to communist east germany guarded its borders zealously anyone who tried to escape was arrested or shot criticizing the regime could land you in jail. as well was put in jail an effort for her political protest via arson here earlier on the street home to the former stars he remained present. perfectness. was east germans dreaded secret police. thus when if this is when you heard that the keys you knew something was up and those sounds started and really hard to forget. long and is focused in the early 1970 s. it was a university student in alford majoring in german and art. over . the. kind of concept of the day there she. was also deep. in east germany that triggered a wave of protests among artists and dissidents including one who was arrested. is this was the only connection to the outside world. spent 5 months in detention in 1977 she was sentenced to a year in jail at a women's prison in sacks of. well in class haven't been in jail i decided to do art because of that they don't jail you right away. what

split berlin into the western part belonged to democratic west germany the eastern part to communist east germany it guarded its borders zealously anyone who tried to escape was arrested or shot criticizing the regime could land you in jail. as well was put in jail an effort for her political protest so here we are on the street to the farmers does he remain to prison. the fingers. as he was east germans dreaded secret police. does whether this is when you heard that the case you knew something was up and those sounds started and really hard to forget. long and. in the early 1970 s. it was a university student in alford majoring in german and art. and over. the. line of concept of the day version control. the person that saw these increase also to. germany that triggered a wave of. protests among artists and dissidents including one who was arrested. this was the only connection to the outside world was new york. spent 5 months in detention and i decided to do art because without it they don't jail you right away . if you have what i belong to the underground scene i had a private gallery. in flo

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the world associates the peaceful revolution of nice 9 that brought about the downfall of communist east germany with this is city berlin the fall of the bubble in wall but the revolution actually got underway in the east german city of lights with demonstrations after monday prayers in the st nicholas church that the 1st major demo was 30 years ago on october the 9th and the man who behind the scenes was hugely influential in these demos not being violently crushed was not the great conductor quote most or. sick lights up the city is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the peaceful revolution that led to the form of the berlin wall thousands turn out with candles it was here back in 190970000 people gathered for a decisive protest that proved a catalyst for change this wave carrying from this they came from but this wave took all over the east germany and then this power over the people could destroy could you know for you know. very war and then it went to a view only if it cation that this nation is united. or is the widow of cooked woman's or back then the man in charge of the light sycophan

berlin into the western half was part of democratic west germany the eastern half belong to communist east germany. guarded its borders zealously anyone who tried to escape was arrested or shot homosexuals were often harassed and denounced. high who played the lead in the 1st east german film about homosexuality coming out the film had its premiere in east berlin exactly on november 9th 1909. cannot fulfill what a movie goer exiting the cinema was really euphoric and said this entire country needs a coming out. my whole place filled a closeted gay teacher the film tells the love story between him and a man called mathias. due to popular demand the film was screened twice at its premiere so those involved were unaware that history was being made at the berlin wall the only heard rumors. the number was because we kept looking. out of then we saw how car they was full of cars heading west towards one car after another all driving towards the west with the with. only after the premiere party at around 4 am didn't go to the border crossing which was here on behind my street he saw with his own eyes tha