at first he tried to cooperate with the german authorities even wore a german uniform in the typicalhat of the protection force but my herero soon realized that the colonialists were exploiting his people they both cattle from the hair over a song and then demanded land to graze them land the belong to his people. some while my herero appealed to the missionaries for justice they responded by accusing him of rebelling against his kaiser. the germans came and told the herero they had to become christians they built a church and. they also established a school and taught the herero to read. that was good. but then the germans started to oppress the herero we saw that they were not on first they said become christians and then they attacked us. in january nineteenth rumors began to spread that the herero were gathering in large numbers angry and armed most of the colonists sought refuge in the protection force garrisons. the trained out of dyckman procrastinated he was caught by the rebels and shot dead. together with his wife and six month old baby. this incident sparked outrage among

s up with east german what is up with east german men? i know you've written about this too. >> yeah. i don't know. it's really hard to say, because seetimes i get angry when i east german men just walking on the sidewalk towards me and i they are.grumpy and i want to shake them. so it's really, you know, hard to say. spend a lot of time recently with an east german man, because i wrote about him. and so i kind of, you know, got -- >> what did you discover? him?can you tell us about >> he was like so angry. on.e was always a t.v. whatever was on, he would just like jumump up, you know, and s, look at that! you know? it's like, as it always is. him,u would talk to discuss things, then the anger breaks down. know, just toou have someone in your living room that you can talk to, that you worries, yourur anger, whatever, you know, and also tells you about the biography. people laugh when i write about them, they laugh telling their because they never could do that, the last, i don't know, 27 years. sometimese that says, i'm more like a therap

or german politician and. you know i. wait for that moment when she maybe is not transfer any more and she would talk about the difficulties you know. her own identity and right now maybe she can she can do that and it's interesting you say that about that maybe she didn't represent them or whatever but i mean what does it mean now to be that she didn't represent them as an east german i just wonder what is an east german today actually for the younger people the freedom to travel freedom to work or anywhere they like i mean they voted for other parties there's no doubt about that do you want a generation is it just a disappoint her anglo-american this is a disappointment it's what you touched on earlier the big block parties i mean that this was a democratic pretty awful in eastern germany and the one party that really did well in the south saxon is ever was that they hung in there the christian democrats so that's that's quite strong down there for very different historical reasons perhaps but it is somethin

which is a part of the new german parliament and to talk about the new german parliament i have with me in the in our studios our political correspondent a jefferson chase welcome to jefferson and also at the bundestag i have thomas another of our political correspondents and let me start with you thomas. voluntariness then the first session have voted for a new president the vote counting is still going on tell us about the procedure what happens how's how is the voting procedure worked out there. i'm retired just to i want to give you an impression of what it's like here because i've been many many times right here covering different procedures at the german bundestag and i must say that the interest today from the people right here is much much larger than on previous occasions you probably saw it a few minutes ago when we also connected and that has to do with the fact. that we have a very different parliament when you compare this one to the one that we had the last four years the last four years you heart for parliamentary group in this case you have six and obviously you have

faulker: we love the germans. we are guilty of this at fort leavenworth, but the germans sort of have a propensity for war. we overstated. a lot of that has to do with -- and a lot of that has to do with geography, but i think we overstate that. the germans are really good at some of the tactical stuff, but when it comes to making strategy, they are a basket case, and the disasters you will see in world war ii are presaged by the disasters strategic decisions they make in world war i, and i think we also overemphasized the german tactical acumen. what they do have is an official army system for capturing honestly and openly the mistakes made trying to systematically put systems in place, but at the same time, the allies know the advantages they have and are playing them as best they can and a lot of the storm trooper tactics you see are also being done by the british and french on a smaller scale, so they are all making these integrations. these -- making all of these innovations. the germans just tend to get some

the hapsburg ruler made his position on luther clear since the king of the germans didn't speak german he composed it in french. how many fish do you understand what he's saying. you don't need to understand french to know he has it in for losers and the timing type can be lickin those are his design if you're concerned about him he dated a liaison. whatever the un presenters can only end one way i miss you national often these days. you know he wants to see luther burned. to do that he has to get in first he's so you this is. in the eating to vamose charles the fifth declared luther an enemy of the church and state he held a previously issued guarantee of safe conduct but as soon as it expired luther was to be arrested and punished would come to that. luther set off to return to that and back but the journey was interrupted. by what was that hunters yeah god. yes and i know who they're hunting too. deep in the woods foresman ambush luther's carriage. when he goes in they don't want you. luthor had been briefed on the plan what looked like a kidnapping was in fact a rescue operation. t

and gentlemen worked with a german hip hop band beginner on. the single reached number one in the german charts and sold for one hundred thousand copies making it gentleman says most successful release ever. got the two thousand and fourteen so the release of a documentary called journey to job for seven years two filmmakers a company gentleman and italian reggae singer all below sea into mica with the film says how the two have made the caribbean island nation their spiritual home and how they've been most themselves into american culture and. everything from the vibrant world of pop music on facebook at music story songs and the latest from the music scene. join us in the universe of pop on facebook to send us a message we love hearing from. new dawn from twenty thirteen was the first gentleman album with all tracks penned by the artist himself. including the single you. remember which recalls the days when people used to write letters to each other. good things up so it would stand a chance everybody. has. done. such discuss the to. listen.

a new german t.v. series brings to life the golden era of the weimar republic and all a period of cultural renaissance decadence and debauchery. if you can books were different but now we can say is that we look for the berlin of the one nine hundred twenty s. in our city because we discovered it in new york and then invented if you will when the city plays the main character in the film. in the one nine hundred twenty s. berlin was at the forefront of a remarkable cultural shift famous for excess on the german people juggled extreme poverty and unemployment with a lust for life. coping because on the whole there was an incredible explosion of creativity art and culture there was so much going on particularly in berlin hundreds of thousands of emigrants came to the city mostly from eastern europe and on the body they were really mixed bunch more welcomed in a city that pulse with the life of millions of people which used to isn't where the tyrannies never got. on the streets police and communists back.

(speaking german).awned studies, local academic and is looking at their impact here. they are not experienced with any kind of lifestyle or ethnic diversity before 2012. the proportion of migrants is below 3%, and that is not what it is like in west german city ‘s example. they don't have any knowledge about them, they are quite easy to be many dilated by the right wing extremist parties. do you think there is a problem with racism in a town like this? yes, there is a problem with racism all over germany. and it is increasing. it was never a way, it grew and grew. watching as these use changes and fold at this family. mum daniella, dad dirk who has led his whole life in gera, and their children. and on a trip to the city centre, dirk and daniella find refugees are already a key political issue in gera. vying for their future votes are both the far right afd, who are broadly anti— islam and anti— refugee. and a different party on the left. they are pro— refugees. it is now december. and that means the fi

german journalist an easier job a clear show of solidarity by the german government with those being held illegally in turkey's presence. and i'm joined here at the big table now by our political correspondent kate brady it's good to have you back on the show so let's talk about we've got eight people freed on bail they can travel home which resulted a but they still have to face a turkish court when the trial resumes in november right exactly but at the moment obviously everyone's eyes now are turning to shoreditch and this deal because now we're waiting for the still obviously over the german nationals are still detained in turkey and so we're looking ahead to what's going to happen to those people who are still detained dale what diplomatic deal can be done live and if there is one to be made that is a good point isn't it how how did the former german chancellor gerhard schroeder i mean how did he become this is a covert mediator and somewhat of a freedom broker is what he was called today by some i mean does he have a special connection with the turkish president well he was sent

thirty percent of germans now find their partner on line. the dating business by special focus on made in germany starting october twenty fourth on d w. this is the news live from her lead a call for help six hundred thousand muslim arranged a flood persecution in myanmar and are now in bangladesh they.

dot com the germans. two events made deafened famous first president putin personally awarded him russian citizenship in two thousand and fourteen second after europe slapped sanctions on russia because of its onyx ation of crimea. personally advised putin to impose counter sanctions that put firm adore at the heart of international politics caught between two worlds right now things are a bit difficult between russia and germany i feel like the child of divorced parents you love your mom and dad but they're arguing and you don't know why you just want them to get along because you love them. it's mid february there's more snow than usual in the southwestern russian town of list ski in the province of voronezh it's minus twenty degrees. district administrator victoria shifts of is visiting stefan to. a german born businessman who is one of russia's biggest dairy farmers. the view from the air shows how big the farm is. this helicopter belongs to one of doers friends a fellow businessman and a member of th

german. jamaica good. things that such a coalition with bring out the jamaican side of christian democrats. she has composure. it's a little like the jamaican mentality. she's religious and this god gives you a special strength. if they all work together they can do it. with the serenity of bob marley and the sprinter usain bolt maybe german jamaica coalition will be successful. well i did have to start somewhere to spread and cry right that's certainly what salim economy is doing with half fashion label trying to promote clothing that is begun and produced without harming animals we have more on that coming up at the top of today's express. british fashion label stella mccartney aims to dress its customers and over size clothes in spring two thousand and eighteen on monday the creations were presented at paris fashion week all stella mccartney products are exclusively vegan and sustainable the label uses no leather or fur i think for me the statement is why of people using foul while we killing millions o

berlin and my guest is german politician. he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered defeat now that the votes are counted worse germany headed. on a nice welcome to a conflict zone and the german election is over and your party's candidate martin showed didn't manage to convince enough voters that he should to be the next german chancellor he failed miserably yes we feared miserably as a party and. we had a swing which was interesting last january where we very close actually same level up at that time your candidate got one hundred percent. from your party i think it was a little bit too optimistic at that time well it was not a question of to be optimistic of us to question if he is convincing the party to be the leader and to run as a translator candidate. their first very the same time during the lender elections nobody wanted him to participate in the campaign. exactly that happened not on the sphere where the decision was taken not to include the federal politics into this

german visitors are confronted everywhere by reminders of the war. local residents refer to the fighting around the village of. opened his first business as the second battle of stalingrad. it was part of the great patriotic war as the russians call it. the conflict has shaped russia's perception of itself to this very day. and there's a monument in the forest near the solution. the s.s. shot twenty four civilians that in front of their children. really grisly far from death but i went there once with a village priest and an old woman who had seen the germans execute her parents. for that center chill down my spine. on may ninth the anniversary of the end of the war we were all amazed that stefan doe was there. he laid wreaths and asked us to forgive his grandfather's generation and his nation it was very moving. after that everyone accepted him. door has helped to insulate and partly modernize the local school. is now a model russian village duis company supplies the school and kindergarten with free food. unemployment here is almost zero and more p

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his classes are entirely in german.ls about refugees, about who they are, where they have come from? some people in gera think that it is too much, and they have problems for us, and so on, and so on, but i haven't got a problem with it. children are not responsible for all the problems we have got around the world. and so we have to welcome the children. i want to help them, that's it. toy chatters. the increasing hostility towards refugees in gera is a worry for the al—mohammed family. there have already been ten attacks here on refugees in their homes. and after school, talk turns to returning to syria. a subject daham and his wife don't agree on. you want to go back? so this is a big debate? she wants to go back and you want to stay. daham is still learning german, still training for a job, desperate to work. news on car radio: whether merkel or schultz becomes chancellor, one thing is certain — the german political mainstream is set to move to the right. 1.5 years on, and daham finally has the job he was waiting fo

thank their spirits and so that's what being german is about a part of becoming german is acknowledging and accepting our history and i say this to those who come here from eastern europe from africa or from the muslim world and if you are looking for a new home in germany you cannot say that's your history not my history. month. but ladies and gentlemen how can we expect this kind of commitment from immigrants in fact the heart of our democracy it is being challenged and this is why i say in no uncertain terms that responsibility for our history knows no drawing of lines under it certainly not by m.p.'s of the german bundestag thank. you. thank these in london to belonging to this country means sharing in its many advantages but also in its unique historical responsibility for me that is what an enlightened german patriotism is all about and if there is one thing in germany that distinguishes us then it is difficult afton painful if you. critical examination of our history and looking long and hard at the deep shadows cast by germany is only a few as that are just as important as this

parliament like the kaiser he dreamed of a world wide german empire.when war broke out in one nine hundred fourteen he demanded conquests in east and west when it was clear that the war was lost he too wanted to restrict the power of the kaiser but he didn't welcome the republic that was proclaimed on the ninth of november one thousand nine hundred eighteen. one. was a brazen man found himself marginalized meet him says with the end of the imperial regime a man's whole world collapsed. for him personally the end of the war brought a hiatus in his career. and february nine hundred nineteen the freely elected german national assembly met environment the city made famous by good turner and schiller strays him and was the chairman of the newly formed german peoples party which wanted a constitutional monarchy but now it was the social democrats like friedrich hébert who had to say. that there was nothing there that i thought that i have either but. i think you are right. here. in the national assembly the advocates of a republic had a two thirds majority b

the german human rights commissioner along with german politicians are urging the immediate release of it now they say the move could help improve strained german turkish relations. for more on the story i'm joined by delay kurbaan she's a human rights lawyer working at the hoodie school of governance here in berlin now welcome do you deal the evidence against jordan is fairly weak from what we hear and yet he's facing a jail sentence of fifteen years how do you see this case developing i mean this is not an exception right the evidence against all other human rights defenders in this case and hundreds of others journalists who must offenders politicians that are currently being prosecuted in turkey are extremely weak and that shows that there's no rule of law in turkey therefore it is not possible to answer your question in the sense that anything can happen and that depends on the political will high up in the turkish government if the turkish government the regime finds it in its interest to release. or some of the other defenders they may do so today but they will still be prosecut

this is the wus coming to you live from berlin a german human rights organizer goes on trial in turkey today be destroyed now was arrested in istanbul along with several others from amnesty international three months ago on charges of abiding aiding terrorist groups not the case is expected to test already strained relations between balin and uncorrupt was a coming up. the on edge as it gives up or redrawn of the presidential election the previous balloting all this was a nod off to allegations of irregularities can officials ensure a free and fair election this time we get the latest from nairobi. and german president trungpa steinmeier is in moscow as the russian government progress to return a cathedral to the evangelical lutheran church we have a report from our correspondent there. other unwelcome i'm a thought she. the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british jordan is one of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey balances he's been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for israelis he was arrested while at a

german actor. who plays nicholas the second avoided the premiere after a hate campaign by religious extremists. he sent this video message instead. to. the film's success remains to be seen but it's already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach planned theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. sounds like an interesting but controversial film turning now to sport and football and the portuguese forward christiana ronaldo has been named free first best made clear in the world for the second year in a row now fever's their best awards take fan voting into account as well as votes from coaches players and the media. it was supposed to be hollywood on the

the german human rights commissioner along with german politicians are urging the immediate release of it now they say the move could help improve strained german turkish relations. and you have used for insurance is covering trial proceedings at the supreme court and star ball dorrian turkey alleges that peter has ties to fatah they're good and a cleric who the turkish leadership blames for last year's failed coup what evidence was presented to support this claim. well there's really very little so far and that's why this case which is so controversial and drawn so much condemnation even before it starts prosecutors main case the story is that he attended this seminar where he was giving a lecture on cybersecurity by the prosecutors claim that that meeting was in fact a plan a civil uprising against the president turkish. you've heard one following the same a conspiracy lined up was involved in last year's failed coup other than the prosecutors only other evidence has been publications by amnesty international and some tweets with one suggesting turn off your telephones and enjoy the

present were a doctor who's worked in syria and iraq and i now miss a german muslim and a jewish german. from the altar a message of tolerance and coexistence. on germany's national unity day the country's political establishment is gathering strength to face the heated debate that will mark the next chapter of german history. and for more on this german reunification day let's bring in our political correspondent charlet potts i charlotte welcome to you you know germans really know the significance of this state but for our international viewers explain to us the weight of it yeah i think it's a really important day for all germans but particularly for those who lived in former east and germany on the g d r. who grew up there herself the german chancellor she said that it's a day of freedom from dictatorship to those who really lived under socialist rule for so long and we have to remember east and west germany was divided for forty years for over forty years and literally separated by a wall for twenty eight years so it wasn't an easy task to bring them together and finally on october

a new study from the german development bank has shown that sales from german s.-a m.-e. companies like this manufacturer of specialized palms rose steeply yet again in twenty sixteen they were up by nearly four percent to four and a half trillion euros that's the strongest growth for five years unlike in the past however much of that growth is being powered by domestic demand rather than exports and in a kind of feedback loop domestic demand is in turn being driven by excellent employment figures as the middle east and companies hire more staff to cope with rising orders at the end of august germany's federal employment agency announced that only around two point five million people were currently looking for work pushing the unemployment rate to the lowest level since german reunification more than twenty five years ago. today a study on germany sameas coincides with coalition talks in building a new government in berlin these businesses want to shore up their future let's talk about that with york so a chief economist of the k f w banking group is standing by for us in

actor mario he's been a giant on the german film scene for more than sixty years. out of his been in more than one hundred films with that face and a physical presence you just can't ignore from local blockbusters to german classics he's won over critics and fans. now in his mid eighty's mario is german film history made flesh he's had a very diverse career but he's best known for playing the bad guy psychos gangsters slime bags the occasional nazi those other roles that are off seems to love best and the stands love him for it but there is one role that even his most devoted admires can't forgive him for in a classic german westerns out of place the heavy who shoots a beautiful girl sister of the hero with a two i think he still gets hate mail for that one. i'm talking. german film fans still can't forgive this murder mario odd office shooting when a two sister but i don't have always enjoyed playing the guy in the black hat bad guys have more fun. out of big break came in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven playing a serial killer that role launched a career pl

traveling there to be cautious and also questioning how the german government could guarantee german investment in turkey when they say there are no legal certainty so certainly the case of oil and also all the other elements of these strained relations have been a very big problem between. recent months you know there's one of the economic ramifications as well there during back to you it's not just ten other german nationals are also in jail in turkey are these cases all politically motivated. well that is the growing sentiment there is certainly coming from berlin but it's also feeling the across europe it's not only german nationals that are being held there also american nationals and the turkish president and september made a clear link he said offering to release an american citizen being held in exchange for the extradition of. who is playing for large who lives in the united states and this is cited as evidence increasingly. foreign nationals and particularly german citizens as bargaining chips and in quite a european member of parliament in a press release rebecca holmes ye

for the german verde you. the three thousand positions offered by loved ones are not enough because they leave five thousand five hundred employees out of the deal. doesn't this is not good news for air berlin employees because right now it seems like only a fraction of the workforce will have the ability to apply for a job. we don't think that's ok tons is getting a big piece of the cake but is taking no responsibility for those who work at air berlin. many passengers are skeptical about the takeover they fear less competition in the skies will have negative consequences for everyone. surely take its will become more expensive and they'll be a monopoly which is not in the interest of passengers. but the shit you can see but it's unfortunate for passengers of both lufthansa and air berlin it's sad really losing a loved ones will have to do even less for its customers and. the stock market on the other hand is welcoming the news. shares climbed up to three point two percent reaching their highest peaks in squar

the german human rights commissioner along with german politicians are urging the immediate release of short now they say the move could help improve strained german turkish relations. are going to shift our focus now to some of the other stories making news around the world. kalau leader carlos jamaat has turned down an invitation to address the spanish senate in madrid this week the senate is set to debate and vote on possible penalties for the callout government put forward by spanish prime minister marianna their response to the region's push for independence. in austria coalition talks are underway between the center right people sparty of incoming chance most of us know kurds and the far right freedom party the a feared led by. dr king called liberty in elections earlier this month for the kurds has promised zero tolerance on anti semitism and said future partners must be pro europe. and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin son mom has pledged to restore a moderate form of islam in the kingdom at a conference in riyadh he said he wanted to end extremism and to make saudi arab