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 west germans wanted to profit for example those who judged one of the

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on the anniversary of the building of the berlin wall a firsthand account of escaping communist east germany still had a guardian angel but like i knew there were alarms to go for it it would be only twilight it was so thin piece of wire stretched from a bridge post a bridge post if i touched it it would have gone off and they would have immediately fired shots. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program chaotic scenes have unfolded at hong kong international airport where dozens of riot police clashed with protesters police could be seen forcing their way into the building the demonstrators fending off the attack and starting constructing. barricades to keep the police out thousands of people returned to the airport for a 2nd day of pro-democracy protests. let's get more now we are joined by hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wang dust well welcome to the program and i'd like to begin by asking you what you make of what we've been seeing unfolding at the hong kong international airport today. call activist or what i would to call them on produce brutality government to terminate extraditio

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 the young 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 it stood 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 they help smuggle thousands of people across the inner german border our reporter christina custer caught up with one of them. the best thing about jail says was being let out of a cell once a day to walk around inside a large y a cage as a young man he was held for months in a de

kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least $136.00 people were killed trying to get across that wall 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 ha

east germany was under. the fascist then communist rule they didn't know anything about democracy they never learned about democracy they weren't taught about democracy and now they're revolting against democracy and it's the old men who never bothered who never question themselves who. in fact agree with the system would be their peace with the system now they found another outlet for their horrible anti democratic attitudes it's just a terrible terrible thing we were much too lenient on them after reunification but i mean you actually that's exactly the point this is the thing that east germans resent if you travel to saxony to them democracy didn't deliver on their expectations of what they. promised and the last thing they want right now from politicians is to be elected on how democratic they are and whether their opinion is valid or not and this is exactly what leads to such broad support. for the far right whether you agree with it or not it's a phantom phenomenon and it's that i think that they do it

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east germany was under. the under fascist and communist rule they didn't know anything about democracy they never learned about democracy they weren't taught about democracy and now they're revolting against democracy and it's the old men who never bothered who never question themselves who who. in fact agree with the system would be their peace with the system now they found another outlet for their horrible anti democratic attitudes it's just a terrible terrible thing we were much too lenient on them after reunification but i have you actually that's exactly the point this is the thing that sermons resent if you travel to saxony to them democracy didn't deliver on their expectations of what they want the real thing promised and the last thing they want right now from politicians is to be elected on how democratic they are and whether their opinion is valid or not and this is exactly what leads to such broad support. for the far right whether you agree with it or not it's a phantom phenomenon and it's that

kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least $136.00 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 front tier 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 a crawl sore under the inner german border our reporter christina cook caught up with one of. the best thing about jail hartmut says it was.

. >> after the collapse of communist east germany, many people moved to the west. since then, the central left social democrats have governed the state of brandenburg. but since the emergence of the afd, many voters deny climate change and use fear mongering to stir up xenophobia. this party that has been tied to the neo-nazis could become the most powerful force in the former east, only a few people here are willing to comment on the afd's rise in popularity. >> it depends on where they want to go. they won't fail until they're in power. by then it may be e too late. >> this afd candidate who could laura spd voters to his camp dismisses concerns his far right party is to extremist. >> if something in the afd became unacceptable, i would be out fast, but i don't think that is an issue. >> you mean a far-right trend? >> yes, there's a -- that's always the assumption, but there isn't one. >> and yet, some of his own friends and family criticized him when he joined the afd. >> my family was divided. some other relatives, too, were really surprised. some were horrified

construction of the berlin wall the barrier was intended to stop people fleeing from communist east germany to rest and to rest germany the war turned red into a virtual island in the midst of communist china tree it was surrounded by more than 150 kilometers of massive fortifications at least 136 people were killed trying to get across a war and in total more than 600 people were killed trying to flee east germany into the west now the berlin wall stood for 28 years. then in 1909 a series of mass protests fed off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the front and it was also to mark the end of communism in central and eastern europe the during the time the world stood dissidents in east and west germany helps model thousands of people across the you know german border and often a dangerous and difficult mission are deported christina caught up with one of them . the best thing about jail hartmut richter 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 m

the 71 year old now gives to us in his from a prison he thinks young people should learn that east germany was a totalitarian state. as you will mention if you can see that young people are aware and interested that's why i do this and out of a sense of a little vacation will be back when it will always be like that before. that steeliness help tot not wish to overcome the brutality of the stasi now he's able to tell a story as one of those who paid a price for wanting freedom. art were jarring now at syria much to our pleasure by catching hasa how or if former resident activist in east germany and you can see her right here behind me she helped start the so-called monday demonstrations in the eastern city of life 2nd the words on the side that you see the banner that she's holding up is for an open country with free people so good to have you here was captured on this fateful day because it is so hard from this vantage points today to think about how this country not so long ago was split basically and the people were split for what was it like to live in east germany. so the meaning of t

after the collapse of communist east germany many people move to the west sense then the center left social democrats have governed the state of brandenburg. but since the emergence of the f.t. many voters deny climate change and use fear mongering to stir up xenophobia. this party that's been tied to the nato nazis could become the most powerful force in the former east only a few people here are willing to comment on the rise in popularity. i was on where they want to go. we won't know until they're in power. by then it may be too late at least most of the. a.f.d. candidates steffen qubits key who could lure s.p.d. voters to his camp dismisses concerns that his far right party is too extremist. when george says issue of what they have something in the f.d.a. became unacceptable be out fast but i don't think that's an issue. you mean a far right trend yes that's always the assumption that there isn't one it's well informed and yet some of qubits keyes own friends and family criticized him when he joined the f.t. . tom you know while your. family was divided some other relatives were

reunification of west and east germany that the f.t. has been strongly criticized for co-opting this language for their own political purposes all right our political correspondent william noah glue cross thank you so much. to sports in bundesliga news philly could genial has taken to the training pitch at his new club munich for the 1st time continues being touted as the next big thing in bahrain but he's only on loan from barcelona the team that spent a staggering 160000000 euros to get him fans of all sizes withstood the rainy weather to get a glimpse of byron's new number 10 foot lead could see neo the announcement on the club's instagram page was their 1st post to gain over 1000000 likes of the thing and well i think good seno for the loan in other words was a good decision. because he's a strong player and and i think he'll do good. still as with biron players like robert levin dusky some fans wish the club would be more ambitious in this transfer window. i had wished for a little more for a bit more euphoria from the transfers bu

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when sharif returned from east germany he was happy to replace the bread rolls meatballs and hearty german breakfasts with home cooked meals he loved . typical guinea and staples such as fish planting local band. and i. looked. and finally he scored. but wasn't that the penalty that he hammered into the corner . not. a lot you touched. on how. good you look. in your hello pat i hear you see us here we delighted that we're able to greet you really and we want you to know that we remember you were pleased that we can send you a message and here it is. now so we've got some papers here for years and we've also got a gift which is special for us as well all of our players have got one. arm which invited in grateful that we got to. play with you and we wish you all the best that's what i did good ridge. i didn't. see. duncan oh no thank you for annoyed brandon books cheer is. going into. today so we're all still proud that we got to play with you in our team always there must have to give business was by business especially how well you integrate it into our team was exemplary. and in all the t

possible richter also risk his life to excrete from east germany . the best thing about jail hartmut richter 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 aiding others in their attempts to escape. and so they didn't abuse us physically they called it 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 you start to 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 it was the other woman as a young person at some point you have to ask yourself how long am i going to play this r

what's unique at least in this election is that well looking eastwood's am saxony was informant east germany and interestingly c.d.u. the conservative c.d.u. party they have been the strongest party in saxony since germany reunified the 2 geminis united in 1990 so this would be market huge loss for them but over time 4 of the last 7 governments that in the state of saxony of also being a coalition between these 2 big tent party social democrats and the conservatives and so they have really been held a cab to account now by a lot of voices they see as failings especially in the 30 year. since the fall of the wall there are there is huge. unemployment compared to the national average is more than double in saxony but interestingly enough one of the main topics as we saw there in that report that's driving the support for the far right now is migration and interestingly migration in saxony is down. even since 2016 we think back to 2015 we had the huge arrival of when a half 1000000 migrant server a couple of years to germany that didn't actually have too much of an effect on saxon and the incre

tours in his former prison often for schoolchildren he thinks young people should learn about east germany was it to tell italian state. that stealing is held hartmut richer overcome the brutality of the stasi the east german secret police now he's able to tell the story as one of those who paid a price for wanting freedom. and 2014 bolivia's national congress pass laws that legalize child labor ever since children as young as 10 have been allowed to work it's estimated that the country no has some 850000 child laborers. adding these 4 children are singing to honor the dead but not because the deceased is a loved one. they're doing it for money. at the end they chant our father. said that for god. and kevin this cemetery is their place of employment they're hired to sing for the relatives of the dearly departed. they receive 20 bolivian knows each time worth about 2 and a half euro's that's a lot of money for children who are growing up without a father. with a. 10 year old kevin longs to buy a football but he has to spend his earnings on medical treatments for his mother who's ill. it's s

and they're concerned of course because they're just not used to that in former east germany yes from history but. back then we had people from vietnam in cuba. yes i know all that and i think it's good but what did we do back then it was mostly people who came here for a reason to do vocational training and then they took that training and went back to their home countries. the main talking point here in chemist's is the german government's refugee policy the true extent of local dissatisfaction became clear a year ago when a german cuban man was stabbed to death in the city center and the kids yes he says since then everything is changed he is this is the memorial to daniel h. who was murdered here a year ago on august 26th 1900. or more the right wing mobs use the incident to go on the rampage throughout chemists shouting racist abuse giving the hitler salute and chanting nazi slogans politician and other members of the right wing party were seen demonstrating alongside local neo nazis according to the kids here ski the demonstrations polarized the city with people on both sides st

call in his and in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people across or under the inner german border our 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 van by the east german ministry of state security for trying to flee the country and for aiding others in their attempts to escape. and so they didn't abuse us physically they called it a corrosion it was a method they used to try and grind to stan through hyper control isolation this information on the cusp of 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 dis

concentrated on his game he and his teammates had a name and promotion into the top flight of east germany for. me. i am. not god but god. knows what he's a jolly good fellow for he's a jolly good fellow. of the. sun and the most fantastic moments of. the view it was as if the noise from the book people adopted me at that moment the. promotion of the novel and then people were ecstatic that the biggest. is if ever among. us can name one temple in the division of. the brilliance achievements of our football club s c noise random books and their promotion into the open ego was celebrated yesterday. an official reception held by the local leadership of the socialist unity party representatives of the free federation of german trade unions and the council of the district of noisy brandenburg. were. for his 12 goals sharif was awarded an honorary title. when the guards. it was written in the regulations of east german for all the foreigners were forbidden to play in the open league. just that. awful. slow and slow on the today show of course it was regrettable that foreign sea mates were forbid

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members here in germany the christian democrats the social democrats they're getting smaller they're losing members what's behind it well some people think it's particularly in the east of germany but i don't think so as you've said yourself we've seen this across your we see this particularly in the european election that's a big posses the so-called folks but sign as you say here in germany that people's parties are losing voters they're losing confidence in the electorate where the electorate is losing confidence in them and that just because there's a lot change so there's a lot of differences dynamics in the left and right on the political landscape here across europe and especially in germany so the center parties both the center right party the city of angle america. most of the christian that social democrats on the losing side us at take because there's a need for sort of more die find put takes and they vote as a no seeking for that's both on the left with the green party and on the right with the far right a 50 that's true of the center of gravity is no longer in the middle anymore i smell and push and thank you like well this year germany is marking 30 ye

in former east germany, yes, from history, back then, we had people from vietnam and cuba. >> i know that. i think it's good. what did we do back then? it was most people who came here to do vocational training then they went back to their home countries. >> the main talking point is the german government refugee policy. the true extent of local dissatisfaction became clear a year ago when a german man --- german cuban man was stabbed in the city center. next is every thing has changed since then. >> this is the memorial for daniel h who was murdered here a year ago. >> right-wing mobs use the incident to go on a rampage, shutting races abused, giving ththe hitler's salute and chantg nazi slogans. members of the right-wing party were seen n demonstrating alongside local neo-nazis. the demonsnsations pololarized e cicity. people on both sides still unable to breach the divide. >> the atmosphere here has gotten much more aggressive. there are divisions amongst my friends and within my family. >> makes grandparents knew the area when it was part of east germany. they say the city no lon

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 potentially as the strongest policy that's where the c.d.u. is now they're about there's a margin of 56 percent said you was ahead they're getting a bit more relaxed about it but what is a real race between going to michael c. do you posse region on the on the far right if t. so many feel 2nd class citizens and it's a generational question v

hardly anyone here believed that east and west germany would we unified and most people didn't even want them to be in the wall. weaves together political analysis and report ties with his own youthful adventures and his complicated friendships with germans from both sides the book proved to be prophetic it will take us longer to tear down the wall in our heads than any record company will need for the wall we can see. the wall jumper is still one of the most important works written about german division and it's probably the coolest history lesson you'll ever read that . nice little slim addition to your summer reading list while wolves play a central role in our next report because we're going to meet the guys from inner fields who specialize in massive street art murals now fred decades there are has reflected how ai and technology are taking over our lives and the more surface they manage to cover the more they hope that they can change the world. do and hold. in a field. for 10 years now they've been painting giant sized colorful and very precise works using building says they campu

to focus on europe i'm liable lola thanks for joining us a political earthquake is looming in east germany state elections will be held in brandenburg and saxony and the right wing parties there are set to make huge gains poll suggests they might even come out on top well party leaders of the far right a.f.d. or alternative for germany are drumming up support with nationalist and anti refugee rhetoric those who oppose their policies are determined to stop their rise. so what is fueling this shift to the right well since the country's reunification and many people in germany feel they are treated as 2nd class citizens young people are also leaving to seek opportunities elsewhere and the region of lucy brandenburg is about to be dealt another blow the mine which is one of the region's biggest employers is slated to close for many voting for the anti establishment a.f.d.c. will give them a platform to be heard. many people in brandenburg who say she region depend on the coal mining industry for their livelihood but they're worried because germany has decided to phase out coal fired power plan