the scale of the soviet military presence in east germany was staggering. half a million soviet troops. but then again, for moscow, this was its key outpost in europe. and its east german comrades were happy to play host. the wunsdorf base feels suspended in time. there are places here where the soviet past comes to life. oh, wow, look at this. this is amazing. this says, "berlin operation 1945." this shows the red army's last major offensive at the end of world war ii. so, these arrows, this is the soviet troops advancing on berlin. communist russia thought its ideas, its ideology, would bind east germany to moscow forever. but it was wrong. when the berlin wall fell, everything changed. within a year, east and west germany had reunited. moscow agreed to withdraw its troops. anton was the commander at wunsdorf. now he's back from moscow. for an official event commemorating russia's withdrawal. the general tells me he was the last russian soldier to leave germany. the fall of the wall didn't only have consequences for soviet soldiers, but soviet spies, too.

you have to remember 1st of all there were 2 different german states after 949 east germany under the communist auspices was very different from west germany and public cultures in the 2 states to fit massively the official ideology of the anti fascist states in east germany allowed a lot of people to just take on the alibi of huntingdale innocently misused by the imperial snottily capitalists and so on and a good alibi for a lot of ordinary instruments in west germany the official public culture of we'll take responsibility for the past moral responsibility did not go along with anything by way of bringing former nazis to account in the cos there was no real reckoning there was not a real turn out for a nothing come in both east and west the main priority was rehabilitation reintegration reform in our cities that meant that there was a whole generation who would compromise tamed by their involvement or not so they were not prepared to face up to so a lot of it is about generational change from the late sixty's 19 seventy's onwards a younger generation coming to challenge the older ge

and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and being it has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and thuringia well visit places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's make tim's and we'll find out what has. change since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive tourist destination. will visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. we'll check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. and globetrotters painted sends us regards from durban in south africa. i'm heading south all the way along the border between hess and until i reach the. 3rd cities and towns meadows and feels quite unimaginable that this region was once marred by the cold war and cut into by the iron curtain i want to find out what things were like back in the day and head over to point alpha a former u.s. observation post at the inner german border.

3 decades ago the monument to freedom and unity will stand where east germany's political center was located the monument will consist of a 50 meter movable crater cradle atop a giant stone slab resembling a seesaw the structure will pay tribute to the peaceful demonstrations that helped topple the east german regime leading to germany's reunification the project should have been completed last year but has been beset by delays. coming up next and business so stay tuned for that meanwhile keep it calm for all the latest information thanks for watching. in to assume. beethoven's pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world.

we have an original border marker that would separate east and west germany. it would give people walking in the area an idea they're getting close to the border. down here on the floor, one of our signs from east berlin, west berlin, saying no photographs were allowed for the united states military liaison mission. the missions were allowed to be in the foreign countries, but they would do a cat and mouse game. we're going to get into some physical that some defense. the cold war museum, we saved and salvaged the civil defense headquarters from washington dc. this was located in lorton, virginia 20 miles outside of the washington dc area. this would have been the communications headquarter. this is a schematic we drew up of the inside of the civil defense headquarters. it has little cubicles on the walls with washington gas, pepco energy supply, department of transportation, d.c. fire, u.s. park service, and all of them would have to be together to broadcast out the signal to their receivers, letting people know if it was safe to come out. trying to help them

you have to remember 1st of all there were 2 different german states after 949 east germany under the communist auspices was very different from west germany and public cultures in that instance difficult massively the official ideology of the anti fascist state in east germany allowed a lot of people to just take on the alibi of huntingdon innocently in the series by the imperial snottily capitalists and so on and a good alibi for a lot of ordinary stillman's in west germany the official public culture of we'll take responsibility for the past moral responsibility did not go along with anything by way of bringing former nazis to account in the cos there was no real reckoning will there was not a real turnover and a thing come in both east and west the main priority was rehabilitation reintegration of former nazis that meant that there was a whole generation who would compromise tamed by their involvement or not since they will not face up to so much of it is about generational change from the late sixties 19 seventies onwards a younger generation coming to challenge the older generat

one of the original arm bands that was used at the guard gate that separated east and west germany there in downtown berlin. and an assortment of other little east german and west german stamps and coins and books of the era. up on top, there are original berlin, east german and west german signs, basically saying, you know, halt, it's a border. you can't go past this. and to let people know that it was a dangerous area or the no man's zone in the border between east and west germany. here we've got an original border marker that would separate east and west germany. it would give people walking in the area an idea that they were getting close to a border and to not cross over the border. then down here on the floor of one of our signs, again from east berlin, west berlin, saying that no photographs were allowed for the united states military liaison mission. the missions were allowed to be in the foreign countries, but they would always do a cat and mouse game and try to chase them out before they could take pictures. we're going to start to get into some civil defense. the cold war mus

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amber stones back then the army had track suits made from last trick or synthetic material made in east germany so when the phosphorus started to burn at around 2000 degrees or so lasting breast pockets would melt and then stick to the skin and it was impossible to remove the line so they were given a general anaesthetic or an injection and then the doctors would use a scalpel to remove the skin together with the melted synthetic material monthly allen film. good samantha is now wary of going to the beach on his own it's been 5 years since the accident and he's still in intense pain it's changed his life. and i hope nobody else ever has to go through that. i'd like to see the local authorities ensuring that there are warning signs with the public like you have with poisonous mushrooms. signs saying these stones are dangerous and these are harmless. this one is safe but don't touch this one call the police. also difficult about that is that under 3 of the. 2 saddam further east does have warning signs where this is a rifle beaches but they have to look closer for the relevant information lower d

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in east germany, the day was marked for a long time, it's only been re ce ntly for a long time, it's the country. and as you say, they have now, what was a moment of national shame is now a new moment where they try to celebrate democracy and this is actually one of the things i think we need to remember. you had early before we went under, the broadcast from germany, from france and elsewhere, but this was the reunification of europe and the sort of great peace, they call it, an incredible achievement of the decades of warfare we have that on this contact. rachel, obviously a significant moment for germany. they have had different experiences from us have had different experiences from us in the war and it seems in this country, we are using the war as our guide for the pandemic. i know your august and not a foreign correspondent based in germany, but you get the sense germany also wants to use the or as a guide or are they thinking of other ways to guide themselves through this? the war obviously has a very particular place in the british psyche and other european countries but not

so that was in east germany. it is interesting is that because of the political education there, the germans i know don't resent the reparations. they seem to feel they were there. the second wave of recreations was or beginning 1952 and that was the result of the negotiations between the first west german prime minister and david the first israel the prime minister. they were very controversial. the majority of people in both nations were actually against them. and they went through very hard negotiations to see what they should be in exactly how they should be calculated. i know that were going to be told how they will be the recreations to be calculated today. it's a really and interesting question and it was back then. in paying reparations to jews who had been victims of the holocaust or the state of his zero as a body, the germans made a fairly awful bargain which is that they would actually engage in what i call this attempt to actually look at the history and look at the past and acknowledge what had been

time the city had a rather complicated relationship with its most famous son who chose to live in east germany when he returned from exile at the end of the 2nd world war. the house he was born in has been the. you see him since 985. here comes in yes we have some original pieces this is the baptism in confirmation silverware received by brett wrote brushed this is it's original just that yes it's original it looks as if the silverware is definitely original thoughts and especially charming is a silver bracelet that perished gave to his 1st love. whose portrait you can see here. so you see it was her 18th birthday that's the original silver bracelet and. involved why does your stood like a rock star here by this year 53 it was after his international breakthrough with the threepenny opera which premiered in 1970 berlin. with even funded foreign comedy came back to his hometown and was photographed by the famous court photographer quantify the best little coffin corner of this the photography and she's wearing a leather coat on smoking a cigar lead among these both became part of his image. of

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