they figured that east germany would be a pretty well denied area. the east german and russian air defense systems were pretty good then. not impen trbl but close. so we knew we couldn't fly airplanes in and have them survive. so these six team wurz going to be critical to the unconventional warfare plan. now the guys that came into the unit. as i said were kind of unconventional. first off they have to be a bit odd to begin with. i can say that because i am one. but as i said they trained unconventionally from very early on they did are the standard special forces kind of training. this is actually where they were stationed. this is the old head quarters of the prussian senior cadette school during the time of bill helm, the emperor. this is a very nice olympic pool and these buildings were constructed by the american engineers after world war ii. this was also the head quarters for the first ss division during world war ii. so obviously we took it as a prize after the war and for about 30 years the unit was located in this outfit. this barracks. fro

so getting in to east germany and east berlin was not a problem. some of the first guys that came looked like any other soldier until you start looking at their name tags and there's quite a few east german -- not east german, but eastern european names. we trained unconventional warfare type tactics in west germany. obviously, berlin was a city the size of approximately new york, surrounded by a fence. not easy to run military exercises in the city, so we would go out to the west. this, of course, is practicing a truck ambush in west germany. you will notice that these guys don't seem to be wearing uniforms. that's because they're not. that weapon right there, for example, is a world war ii german machine gun. airborne operations, just like the guys, the unit did airborne operations. not because they thought that they might have to use them, but to keep up their qualifications was easier than having to retrain them later and you could never tell when a mission would come up someplace else that would require it. you see some of the names down here.

the mad germans carry out their own peaceful protest to demand money for work they did in east germany for which they say they were paid inadequately or not at all. the boy did we are for. the next. oh yeah but they want to go to. germany did transfer their wages to the government of mozambique but the money never made it to the workers and that bonds them just like the memories of their common past. where. they are right. off the top like in mozambique or in africa i know front. i know mine shaft. spin that's very me freud ma. that may seem a long way off just now as does the return of their last earnings. but they clearly haven't given up hope. all. game long way i don't think. oh my. god oh yes. and to finish up we take to the air again for birdsong view of second division side one year on barely in stadiums. i'm often away. from my mother's cosell all of those daughters by those of us who have to remember how this become the start of love across the line. but over a month of playing and hearing mentioned he's an author mom you've got to remind us the heart of this and i think sure

sure of the real reason, but prior to the erection of the wall, almost anyone who could get into east germany could reach west berlin if his feet held out. and many did. once in west berlin, you are outside the iron curtain. the free passage of people between east and west berlin was the only physical gap in the iron curtain. so the russians sealed it. the wall is a solid fact. and the wall remains. it stands in berlin today. it stands and will stand wherever the road of world communism leads. some day, according to its builders it will surround not merely the world but the moon, the stars, outer space, the universe. their objective is clear and so is ours. they intend to put the world on their road. we intend that the world shall be free, each man and each country to choose the road that suits him best. to achieve our objective, we need, above all, to understand. each new threat must be met, force with force as in korea, threaten military action with military aid as in greece and turkey. exploitation of economic weakness with economic aid and cooperation of the sort that has helped keep west

to my german carry out their own peaceful protest to demand money for work they did in east germany for which they say they were paid inadequately or not at all. but that germany did transfer their wages to the government of mozambique but the money never made it to the workers and that bonds them just like the memories of their common past. ok well. that's. because in africa i don't front. my. freud. that may seem a long way off just now as does the return of their last earnings. but they clearly haven't given up hope. mean gone away i don't think. oh my. god oh yes. and to finish up we take to the air again for a bird's eye view of second division side when young barely stadium. i'm going away . my dollars to sell all of those dollars by those of us who have to remember how does it become the start of the first life. the number of sponsors playing in here mentioned he's an author mom and daughter my friends are hard at this and i think sure this thing is interview the state bloodstock on. sort of how is he going to what does it serve us as sort of it's worth four thousand bytes and ot

like sherlock a here in east germany he built mopeds and got hooked on german football. frankly. but when you bring that was it made him look. he's personally been and. through his best yet she loses sons live in germany but he doesn't have much contact to them he can't afford a telephone let alone a flight. there's just no money here a football field in mozambique is a world away from a luxury training pitch and i think the people wouldn't mind a little help sometimes. was upbeat enough was felt all good despite all these hundreds of them for you off guard bush should wish to win the presidency and it is the time that you have been able to go off half cocked up some off and that's the whole invest here comes over to the lights of native has lived in mozambique for almost thirty years he's excited about the success of his club his former city means more to him than just home big brother monthly money go back to the hospice itself but often with the what's the most organization or. community or from my door. to talk to him but try me. it's not for the peaceful monday demonstrations

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. >> one of our producers from primetime live went into east germany posing as a tourist.and found an incredible scene there. >> in east germany, you see a series of demonstrations for change and the question becomes, are these demonstrations going to be repressed and wiped out? what is gorbachev going to do? >> this was the show of mikhail gorbachev's show and tell day. guests of erich honecker in a military parade through the heart of east berlin. he preached reform and offered a gorbachev proverb. those being late, he said, will be punished by life itself. >> gorbachev felt he could put a happy face on socialism, that he could modify it. but the freedom genie got out of the bottle and he couldn't get it back in. >> overseas, time has finally run out for erich honecker, the 77-year-old leader of east germany resigned today. the official reason given was poor health but political change was inevitable. >> the people have their government on the run. today, in the bid to convince people that he's serious about reform, the east german leader, who has had the job for less th

it back in. >> overseas, time has finally run out for erich honecker, the 77-year-old leader of east germanyor health but political change was inevitable. >> the people have their government on the run. today, in the bid to convince people that he's serious about reform, the east german leader, who has had the job for less than a month, managed to convince all of the members of the government he inherited they should resign. the question is this, what next? >> the pressure on the east german government was getting enormous. and as part of the kind of package to present themselves as human, there had been a resolution passed which is going to introduce new rules about immigration. gunter went to this press conference. he hadn't been at the meeting so he didn't know what was in it. he said, here's something i can tell you. the biggest administrative error in history. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> when the east german government opened the window a little bit and said, well, if you want to move from east germany into west germany, you may, that's all people needed to hear. >> history turn

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they could do like russia did with east germany. when east germany became a liability, they pulled out and let it go back to one country. the united states created an artificial south and north korea , and it is time like we did like vietnam, let them go back together. has been no threat to us at all since the end of the war, since they were one country again. it is time to stop trying to dictate to the world. this is not the 1950's, 1960's where the united states can do whatever they want. times have changed. we have to change. host: thanks for the call. guest: you are right. north korea, after the war, they dictated that kim jong-il did that. since then, a lot of people don't know this. was a growing economy, becoming very prosperous, but then they had the famine, they became self sufficient, they want it'salso efficiency. in that process, they had a famine, a lot of people starved to death. then kim jong-un gets in there and his focus is on the nuclear weapons program. you are right, vietnam today is our 16th largest trading part

is hopefully they'll learn the lesson this time i think i would talk about east germany and germany they had their whole doping history as well i think germany learned from that i don't think germany anybody thinks that there's any serious doping going on in germany. so hopefully these sanctions will have a educational effect on not only russia but other countries that are thinking about doping and that's why i think it's a smart move by the i.o.c. tough sanctions but leaving the door open for individual russian athletes to take part in voting what did you what did you make of the announcement yesterday president putin's announcement that he's going to be standing again for the presidency what did you make of the timing of that announcement i'm not surprised the target of a new timing and there's just accident that it was yesterday it could be tomorrow it could be the before i mean it doesn't play in your role so naturally you see differently i mean yeah i wouldn't even say it's a new thing everybody knew he was running going on ok let's listen to the talking of president putin and what

a sequel was ahead of the eighties curve with the award winning series by some see about east germany and the omnipresent secret police the stasi. you find that he. has been in the film business for more than forty years through it all she's been able to maintain her independence something she can really be prouder. and finally just time to mention the new film a veteran german filmmaker who rick you know helped along the way once or twice in the past. is the first english language film of. it's a comedy sets in new york with catch a. bird as the two x. partners of largely absent to make a couple of thrown together in a loft they now jointly due to the arrangement made by the. sort of work. that. i couldn't think for another. night and. i had a hunch that you'd get along great once i was out of the picture. and. our very own kino producer and sometimes presenting make and also plays a role in the film so look out for that one that's all for this edition join us next time for our review of the movie year twenty seventeen to. go easy on the popcorn. crime fighter the new season of radio

ward winning series nice and easy about east germany and the omnipresent secret police the stasi of new york you find that he. has been in the film business for more than forty years through it all she's been able to maintain her independence something she can really be proud of. and finally just time to mention the new film of a veteran german filmmaker who rick you know helped along the way once or twice in the past forget about nick is the first fully english language film of mockery. it's a comedy sets in new york with catch a reman and good bones as the two x. partners of the largely absent nick odd couple of thrown together in the last play now jointly due to a q a arrangement made by the x. no i didn't read the preview said it was three. weeks of work on that day. i can look at things for another. week like. i had a hunch that you'd get along great once i was out of the picture. and then our very own producer and sometimes presenter meghan guy also plays a role in the film so look out for that one that's all for this edition join us next time for our review of the movie year twen

on east berlin and east germany they have a chance to enjoy the finer things in life. he was going to other way, east to west and so has every other casualty at the wall. no one can be sure of the real reason but prior to the erection of the wall almost anyone could reach west berlin and many did. once in west berlin you were outside the iron curtain. the wall is a solid fact. and the wall remains. it stands in berlin today. it stands and will stand where ever the road of communism leads. some day it will include the universe. their objective is clear and so is ours. they intend to put the world on their road. we intend that the world shall be free, each man and each country to suchoose the road th suits him best. we need above all to understand each new threat must be met. certain military action with military aid, exploitation with economic aid and cooperation that has helped keep western europe independent. the choice is not red or dead. the choice lies between wisdom and ignorance, bravery, freedom and slavery. ♪ >>> american history tv. tonight u.s. army special fo

is girl when she first entered the political arena she was the drab mouse from great communist east germany not someone to be taken seriously. as if you sent she had to take a lot of really smart are monks. they can always have time she absolutely does this and made to sell it over by the time she was chancellor saying for a look that to day has become the brand. milk of style trousers and a colored blazer topped off with a good haircut was set in two thousand and five the first she sported a bowl cut when she became party leader then chancellor a hairdryer became part of her styling programme. she won the power battle with her hair and with her critics too. but no matter how her hairstyle developed over the years her clothes remain the same the blazer is part of the chancellor's uniform it's got one cut but comes in many shades color psychologists are challenged by the choice of hue because they try to use it to determine her political intent. but america doesn't show her hand the days color is simply an expression of how she feels. not so much as a remark that she has three hundred sixty

gera, in the former east germany.y unfamiliar with immigration because of its isolated communist history, home now to a new population of refugees. around 2000 are expected to arrive in the next few years. hello! well, are you going to show me around? wow, that is a big handshake... this family is among them. they show me videos of life in syria, before the war they fled. daham worked in electronics in syria. his wife is from a family of farmers. da ham was imprisoned by the syrian regime, accused of being involved with rebels. he suffered beatings while locked up. daham fled, making the epicjourney overland across europe on his own. he got asylum in germany and his family were flown over by the german government as part of family reunification. l, m, n, 0, p... across germany, 500,000 people applied for asylum in 2015. in gera, a small army of volunteers fills local community centres to welcome them. (speaking german). the arrival even spawned studies, local academics looking at their impact here. they are not experi

those were his qualifications for being the press secretary for east germany. unfortunately, what i'm about to tell you calls into question both of those publications. on the night of november 9, 1989 he attended bureau meeting and was handed from the bureau a list of new travel policies that were going to be embargoed for a few more days but ultimately would be released that would relieve some of the pressure of the citizens wanting to flee. for example, citizens could go to passport control centers and apply for passports and that was new and it said they can apply for a passport with execution they would get it and they went through proper channels they could get a 30 day visa to go across the border. that's a big deal. he is in a rush to sweep the newspaper in his briefcase and heads off to the press conference where he proceeds to for the crowd to tears for two hours and i encourage you to google this and look it up on you to see how many people had fallen asleep. more than this crowd, i am happy to say. [laughter] until the very end and italian journals g

community with fifteen and however since it's located his side of the brain and in the former east germany and has seen tough times since reunification an anonymous buyer purchased the village they were the only that or. another woman has come forward to accuse oscar winning actor dustin hoffman of sexual harassment and actor claims how fun groped her regularly while they were both appearing in a play in the one nine hundred eighty s. this is the second complaint against hall fun he apologized after an author accused him of sexual misconduct a month ago. we've gone to paris now where the city is saying goodbye to the cigarette known as the french elvis presley rock legend johnny hallyday died of lung cancer on wednesday at the age of seventy four tens of thousands of people turn days to see him off ahead of his funeral. tens of thousands lined paris streets to say farewell to the man the french call the king of rock. fans young and old saying keisha tell him how much i love you johnny hallyday is a beloved figure to generations of french ruckus. he was known as a bike and so hundreds joine

vina is a small community with fifteen inhabitants it's located south of berlin in the former east germany and testing tough times since reunification and anonymous buyer purchased the village they were the only bidder. well now on to something for our cinema fans they are europe's answer to the oscars the european film awards the prizes will be handed out tonight here in berlin the home to the european film academy you've taken a look at this year's favorites including a dark comedy from sweden which is expected to win big. what are the biggest challenges of square a comedy about the art world and one man's accidential crisis has picked up five nominations a museum curator goes from one strange situation to the next and not completely without blame how often rich. women say you don't know very well. and have sex with them you know their names. so what's my. director ruben best learn to expose is the hypocrisy and immorality of the upper middle class a social satire a portrait of the president that you won't forget in a hurry after winning the palme d'or the highest prize at the con film f

euros vina is a small community with just six rundown hells us its south of berlin in the former east germany of ina fell into disarray following german reunification twenty seven years ago. some sports news for you now match day fifteen the bundesliga is underway and friday's kickoff leverkusen managed a bit when it struck are moving them up in the standings to force twenty year old jamaican player leon bailey was the hero of the match for labor and the assistant on both their roles in this corner kick set up a loris bender better ten minutes left to seal the two know when bailey has played a major wall in his club's ten game unbeaten streak. and there is a special match up in the bundesliga this weekend the boa ten darby when i'm struck frankfurt will host byron munich brothers kevin princes rome are going to be going head to head the first time in nearly three years. kevin prince i'm chocked frankfurt midfielder. jerome defender at byron munich the bulletins are two brothers as different as they are like kevin prince is a bit of an extrovert he's never afraid to put on a show somewhere wor

thousand euros vina is a small community with just six rundown houses and live south of berlin former east germany of fell into disarray following german reunification twenty seven years ago . well more than two months after elections here in germany the country is inching closer to forming a government the center live social democrats have been meeting in berlin to consider what key issues they want to take into talks with a chance or goal that's after the as p.d. decided to go ahead with exploratory talks on a possible coalition let's listen to what party leader martin schultz had to say. everyone that gives this often the good we will focus on results in the negotiations and attempt to find ways to lead this country out of the difficult situation it's currently finds itself in. and that's why i will say again it can be annoying that we are once again called on to take political responsibility for our future after others have let is into a dead end. but we social democrats will do it on our own terms don't know about women mostly about p.b.s. here but we have another try that is free this serves

auction vina is a small community with fifteen residents it's located south of berlin in the former east germany and has seen tough times since reunification an anonymous buyer purchased the village he or she was the only bitter now more than two months after elections here in germany the country is inching closer to forming a government the center left social democrats have been meeting in berlin to consider what key issues they want to take into talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives well that's after the s.p.d. agreed to go ahead with exploratory talks on a possible coalition let's listen to what party leader martin short's had to say. you're going there give this offer niggers we will focus on results in the negotiations and attempt to find ways to lead this country out of the difficult situation you currently finds itself in. and that's why i will see again what it can be annoying that we are once again called on to take political responsibility for our future after others have let is into a dead end road. but we social democrats will do it on our own terms don't worry about me

was not recognized. >> my father told, "you have to recognize east germany as a state." we don't -- don't recognize you as a state." in berlin, he told, "i will kick you out of berlin." >> the standoff ultimately led to the construction of the berlin wall. >> the epical scientific achievement by soviet russia in beating the united states of america in the race to launch the first man-made moon has all humanity staring heavenward. >> in 1957, when the soviets launched sputnik, a 23-inch polished metal sphere that orbited the earth, it created a panic. >> i can remember the weekends that we spent here in gettysburg under the starlit skies and looking for the sputnik. >> sputnik prompted eisenhower to create nasa. the space race was underway. and it helped fuel the arms race. >> my father, he understood soviet economy three times smaller than american economy. so he tried to threaten americans that, "we have more missiles than you," or, "we can build them like sausages." and i told, "what are you talking about all these things? we have only six missiles." and he told, "i am

about east germany and the omnipresent secret police the stasi of new york you find that he. has been in the film business for more than forty years through it all she's been able to maintain her independence something she can really be proud of. and finally just time to mention the new film of a veteran german filmmaker who rick you know it's helped along the way once or twice in the past i guess about nic is the first fully english language film of mockery. it's a comedy sets in new york with catch a reman. as the two x. partners of largely absent nick odd couple of thrown together in a loft they now jointly own due to arrangement made by the x. no i didn't read the pretty. hard work of that day. i couldn't look at that thing for another. week like. i had a hunch that you'd get along great once i was out of the picture. and then our very own producer and sometimes presenter meghan guy also plays a role in the film so look out for that one that's all for this edition join us next time for our review of the movie year twenty seventeen till then go easy on the popcorn. quadrig

that is why we said east germany was a tyranny. if you stay in the country, the argument is you have given your tacit consent. and tacit consent is a valid form of consent in this theory. if you stay and enjoy the protections of the law, you have given your consent to be part of the regime. there is an argument to make that once you turn 21 or 18, you should have a declaration. there is something that functions this way, do remember when you signed up for the selective service? it's a big deal, right? this is when you sign a piece of paper saying, what? >> doesn't give you permission to draft you if there's ever a draft again? prof. muoz: yes. i am willing to be drafted. gentlemen, do you all remember this? some of you paused, it is a big deal, right? in a way that functions as consent to be part of the regime. at that moment it is up or out. you will stay or go. if you did not want to sign up, -- to sign that -- you might say i will move somewhere else. it would be wrong, according to the founders theory for the country to keep yo

army film that tells the story of refugees fleeing soviet occupied east germany through berlin to west germany when an estimated 20,000 germans were crossing the border each months. from 1945 to this film was made about 9 million had been granted refuge status in west germany. >>> berlin, the target area for the strangest invasion of all time, an invasion by its own people. ger mans fleeing oppression in the soviet zone. since 1945, the german fed republic has granted political asylum to more than 9 million refugees, expellees, and displaced persons. weary, frightened, and always since the soviet's instigated the policy which slammed shut to borders between the east and the west the only escape left is through berlin itself. weary, frightened, and always after dark, these haunted people are pouring into the city on an average of 20,000 a month. desperately overburdened city finally broadcasts an urgent appeal to the people in the soviet zone with these words. do not leave unless you're in direst need. the zone must not be deprived of honest free-thinking germans. we beg you, stay on th

he grew up in the former east germany but was later deported to the west his four brothers and sisters became doctors or engineers. assisi wanted to dedicate himself to the arts among other things he studied painting in berlin in. the family back then migrant families all dreamt of their children becoming doctors the next best was engineer and after that not much so being an artist wasn't considered an option my mother always said start doing something respectable in two thousand and three assisi took a giant step and produced his first panorama in leipzig mount everest i began not really knowing what i was doing i didn't have a cent my pocket but i went to the public utility company in leipzig and said we have to do this. since then he's produced twelve large scale pattern rama's in berlin he's recreated the wall. another panorama shows what it was like to live in didn't bag during martin luther's time. the cylindrical rain forest in hanover is his latest three thousand five hundred square meters create the illusion of nature thirty two meters high and one hundred ten meters long. it'

those were his qualifications for being the press secretary for east germany.unfortunately when i'm about to tell you calls into question both of those qualifications because on the night of november 9, 1989, he attended a meeting and was handed a list of new travel policies that were going to be embargoed for a few more days but ultimately going to be released that would allow hopefully to relieve some of the pressure wanted to flee. it said for example that citizens can go to various control centers and apply for a passport. and he said they could apply for a passport with expectation they would get it. if they went through proper channels they could get a 30 day visa. that is a big deal. and he is on his enough process in his briefcase and goes to the press conference when he proceeds to bore the crowd literally to tears for two hours. encouraging Ãi encourage you to look this up to see how many people had actually fallen asleep. more than this crown i will have to say. [laughter] until at the very end and a tiny journalist gets up and says, i have -- any mo