in german translated into english. this major multimedia project from deutsche avella covers more than just one hundred books we also have one hundred online articles and one hundred web videos in german and english mountains of books novels from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present a subject of selection from our literary experts and a very personal view. what do you mean for filling the soul and it was a totally idiotic expression what are you trying to say is life or glass or a bottle a barrel maybe or the six. hundred and cups bondage blindfolds a few years ago a trilogy of novels with those ingredients caused a scandal it was belittled as worn for mom's mind of i sit in a. cot in hempstead is at the frankfurt book fair talking with stuff you know accuser and david leavitt's who both compiled the list our celebrity guest is author jenny aplin back. in part one we talked about german history as reflected in literature and the seven nobel laureates on the list. today were discussing the image of berl

center without german help. kleinman child then demanded compensation from the german government for pulling the plug on the deal the claim has yet to be settled the of. any damage payments would be the taxpayers' expense the german government has confirmed that the claim is under consideration. from twenty fourteen to twenty eighteen cutline sued us served as state secretary in charge of military procurement at the german defense ministry. she believes it's possible to maintain a proper boundaries between the bundeswehr on. the defense industry. doesn't always indians and ok most at ms as all but it's ok as long as you maintain clear boundaries and remain at arm's length with industry not too close but not too far either because the market isn't that large form yet you also have to stay informed for example if there's a manufacturer where things didn't go well. but then you have to be clear about what's a sales event and when actual content is involved wall the first such as are difficult and shut and that's th

german soldiers.irty six assault rifle which has been the standard issue rifle for the german armed forces is also produced under license in saudi arabia. the same goes for the g three assault rifle and the m g five machine gun we've got a long tradition of armaments cooperation. in twenty sixteen the german government so nearly five hundred thirty million euros worth of arms to saudi arabia the gulf kingdom is the third largest purchaser of german military technology. the images of destruction coming from yemen and saudi arabia's role in the many thousands of deaths have so far done little to change german export policy the business deals take precedence damages that's all this talk of human rights of christianity of our values are little more than empty words three things are at stake here profitable for profit and profit period feet poked. the current governing coalition has said it will enforce stricter guidelines and that weapons will no longer be exported to countries directly involved in the hu

eight americans with 100 germans, behind german lines. as they get the prisoners down, they have them drop their gear. -- this is inmer the movie. it is accurate. palmer knows the two roads. there is a high road that will take the americans under about 30 german machine guns or the low road is the best way out. he will not tell them that. he says to take the high road. york new better. he said i am going to take the low road. alvin york is out front. not really. he has paul and palmer out in front of him. , they come against another german mine. a line of men under that lieutenant. he hears everything is quiet behind him and orders his men, there must be something wrong. bavarian his minor company. they then attack. this column of germans but cannot shoot at the americans. the americans are hiding behind the prisoners. he surrenders command. a lot of drama back and forth. alvin york with seven other 130icans walks out with german prisoners. i wonder what you can do in life. you will never amount to anything, alvin york. you are too stupid

now we are inside the german trench, german first line. we have some barb wire left. remains are everywhere in the argonne forest. that trench is still very deep after one century. we are very close by. same here, we could not see the french trench. even though it's very close by. it's quite a typical shape of a trench. time, therom time to second line, then the third, then the fourth line. american troops had to make their way through to defeat the germans here. and make their way further north. have been that many german troops here at that time he? -- time? >> this part of the argonne forest -- 1.52 years. they were not expecting such a big battle on this day. >> the new yorker's through very fast. we break through the lines very quickly. and then we have the supplies slowly coming. that is taken in a few minutes. here's a bullet that was fired by a rifle. right there. it shot and hit something. lot, especially after heavy rain. is one more, and this one was not shot. and it's german. one, for that part of the bullet. very narrow for the french one. this part is qu

media insisting that it was a south african company but it belongs to a german company flies a german flag at the factory gate and has a german box name nor bat shorts. the rime at our headquarters in brussels off was also unwilling to tell us what countries its foreign subsidiaries export to the press department issued a statement saying exports by r.d.m. from south africa a carrier. out in accordance with the country's laws we cannot comment on possible customer relations for reasons of competition and in part due to contractual obligations. to use its foreign activities to circumvent german regulations we spoke to the industry federation. of the federation of the german security and defense industry. our first priority is german arms exports which keeps us busy and will do so in the future. issues with the previous government and we expect to have them with the next while. other countries where companies operate either alone or as part of joint ventures have other rules i can't tell from here whether they exploit that. is also president of the federation he declined several invitat

one hundred german must reads we present the definitive list of german must read novels translated into english our ambitious multimedia project includes web videos interviews and links. to our literature experts read through stacks and stacks of books thousands of pages a complete century was explored from beginning to end. this is their perspective on major works from klaus money and cost of lawyers to yup follows up. clean sounds like men in leather jackets a cliche which is true and not true. most folks don't require a mouth guard but most folks are about being infantile or in. our list for worldly readers and amateurs one hundred books that have and will profoundly shaped our readers view germany and europe german novels that capture the brutality of the nazis and the holocaust stories about the divided city of berlin and the roaring golden twenty. and we'll show you our hall of fame the nobel laureates on our list. all presented for the first time at the frankfurt book fair twenty eight thousand nine hundred good to be asia one hundred german. mystery. with karen helm stat. has be

these are the three german these are the three german protagonists in the whole york story. on the right is machine-gun commander, the same machine gun that is going to kill 19 soldiers. in the middle is the mad bavarian. and finally the most important antihero of the story is the battalion commander on the left side there, looking very forlorn. he's the one who's going to make it decision to surrender his command on that fateful day. it's all about how life can hange history. this might be your story. put yourself in alvin york's shoes. he turns his back on his christian faith and it was a rough go, he became an alcoholic and his life changed. the story begins in tennessee. i'll the new york of course was born there just a few miles this might be your story. put yourself in alvin york's south of the kentucky border. the big star there pointed out. things are going well for alvin york. his life takes a fateful turn in 1911 when his dad is shooting a mule in the blacksmith shop and a mule kicks his dad in the chest and his dad dies. and he can't handle the pressure. he's the

now we are inside the german trench, a german first line. i see already parked wire that was all along -- barbed wire that was all along the trench. we have some barb wire left. remains are everywhere in the argonne forest. that trench is still very deep after one century. we are very close by the french trench but the french cannot see the german one. same here, we could not see the french trench. even though it's very close by. these acts shape is quite a typical shape of a trench. we have the disturbed ground everywhere around. crossing from time to time, the second line, then the third, then the fourth line. these of the first trenches american troops had to make their way through to defeat the germans here. they then made their way for the north. >> it couldn't have been that many german troops here at that time? a small reserve? >> yes. gonne was of the ar quiet for the last one and a half to two years. they were not expecting such a big battle on this day. thehis went quickly because new yorkers moved through very fast. >> that was pe

one hundred german must reads we present the definitive list of german must read novels translated into english our ambitious multimedia project includes web videos interviews and links. to. our literature experts read through stacks and stacks of books thousands of pages a complete century was explored from beginning to end. this is their perspective on major works from klaus man and cost of life to you up follows up. clean sounds like men in leather jackets a cliche which is true and not true. most folks don't require a mouthguard but most folks are about beautiful orange is. our list for worldly readers and amateurs one hundred books that have and will profoundly shaped how readers view germany and europe german novels that capture the brutality of the nazis and the holocaust stories about the divided city of berlin and the roaring golden twenty. and we'll show you our hall of fame the nobel laureates on our last. anted for the first time at the frankfurt book fair twenty eight. hundred one hundred german muster reads with karen helm stet. has been having him start my name is karen h

just for german citizens i mean i find obviously it is- certainly disconcerting from the german perspective that german citizens are in jail in turkey. but also that's elected it's that and these are your the concert is also council member -- and so i think that there tends to be holistic -- approach here not to single out. you know what sort of german citizens but to really pressure took out a loan. to change of course you will never be a democrat. he will make such -- you know he can we can expect ten to say such horrible things in the future too when he feels himself bolstered. but now he's an opportunity now is the moment where europe can actually in germany. ten up see some lines reading in turkey and that's good that that's a historic responsibility and i think they need to take that seriously. turkey is currently in the grip of a major crisis -- major currency and debt crisis before we talk about what the solution might be less of a quick look at the problem. people in turkey are paying a lot more for food these days in august prices overall rose about 18% compared to the same period

does this proximity between the german defense ministry the bundeswehr and german military contractors really only serve as a way to exchange information. or is a german government subsidizing the business deals of private industry. young from africa from the german left party says the sale of german combat training technology is also problematic for security reasons. i buffer export get a problem with arms exports is the boomerang effect you sell weapons to a friendly country and ten or twenty years later those weapons are turned on german soldiers and all that's all that's happening in afghanistan today. then may twenty seventeen. held its annual meeting in a hotel directly across from the defense ministry the meeting was closed to the press and security this tight. rope put in front of the hotel activists held a demonstration to protest against nine midsize activity particularly its export deals with the middle east and turkey. they have a bit i think oh anyone who buys a primer to start for profit which is complicit in arms exports and death all over the world. bob a happen is amon

german and therefore. that the. kingdom and it is this way that the global trade in weapons remains less regulated than the global trade. some deals were approved by neither the italian nor the german government run the town has found another way around the regulations this time by south africa. since the days of apartheid the country has had a powerful arms industry with close ties to politicians. one of the few politicians who lost critical questions about this is copus marais of the opposition party democratic alliance in twenty sixteen he learned that an entire turnkey arms factory had been exported to saudi arabia. people concerned that you know said saudi arabia has got a good record in terms of human rights and suppression of human rights especially women and then you know the perception that they are supporting isis and even some rebel forces in yemen and other countries it is in conflict zones and we were concerned that whatever gets manufactured the we you know can be used directly or in directly in those

sure enough, they come against another german mine. -- german line. a line of men under that lieutenant max toma. he hears everything is quiet behind him and orders his men, there must be something wrong. he orders his minor bavarian company. they are miners, engineers who tunneled during the trench days. they then attack. they see this column of germans but cannot shoot at the americans. the americans are hiding behind the prisoners. in the end he has to surrender his command. he is worded to buy the battalion commanders. ordered to by the battalion commanders. alvin york with seven other americans walks out with 130 german prisoners. that is what a good for nothing drunk from nowhere, tennessee did. i wonder what you can do in life. someone said you will never amount to anything, alvin york. you are too stupid, your life is a mess. look what he did. have hope. never give up hope. you or those you influence could change history. one of the greatest flaws of -- we are very sarcastic and cynical people. i'm all about finding the truth. just being cynic

personally german unity means. a great stroke of luck i've met so many lovely people who might never have met if the berlin wall had going to fall on the german unity will be truly complete when. when a few more years have passed and the next generation has learned to interpret the experience of their predecessors in a way that leads to a positive outcome was that he was. refuted and his thank you you thank. in good shape. cancer prevention. good nutrition and a good workout is excellent for preventing cancer and even good if you already have cancer. discover foods with cancer fighting properties and sports to be healthy and fit on in good shape next. month forces are under pressure they're battling recruiting problems outdated and broken down equipment and limited budgets. all the challenges a huge lesson is you know not enough planes are not enough transport helicopters are not enough tanks have temptations they don't have tents. innovation and modernization i must say to them in a trade. so outsourcing and priva

society and the german state as well i don't know what do you notice. how. does it out since you know maybe that's another discussion it's out is it. because of comedy. if you ask and think. and economists and i doubt that it's. german character bad then kind of arc to this story it reveals a lot when she says she wants to have the terrorists shot or everyone said not exactly nobody cared. my mother and i and that's a special matter. because i didn't see her as a mother until fairly late. so we have a lot to come to terms with. that's one way of putting that the other is we've tried to build something like a normal friendship. maybe that's because she's in the films which she did so. who call in. with us from. the sec to speak. to us from the polish to make the case for yourself to speak and because it's an easy thing. to talk to i don't. see. how until now you have excess been desperate to. filming with fans been know was always like a human lebar a train. but. he didn't treat everyone equally it was the carrot for salmon the stick for others. with oth

themselves d w z e learning course nikos fake german made easy. we make up over a week watches over half of them under the age of five we ought the civil service and. they want to shape the continents future. be part of it and join african youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges. the seventy seven percent to keep the peace platform for africa charge . in january twenty eighth. we met a chinese mother looking for her son after he was sold by human smugglers. now we're back with tan changing and she's still booking. we accompany her to police stations classrooms orphanages will touching jane never see her son again. the whole story recorder on t w.

hundred german streets on the double. scars cover and forget women in russia have to live with violence sexism and oppression a lot of the same and violence is no mother and russia. where putin is petri arky rooms to do women's rights were already gaining traction in the pundit years ago. people here don't have a clue about feminism but there are women who want to instigate change in everyday life for justice and equality. under the skin of russia's women starts nov thirteenth on d w.

form a german development minister. is now the company's chief. former german defense minister. recently joined the royal supervisor. would give us an interview. germany are incredibly close to the government because they all. defense. foreign policy. they would claim in their public relations. which they are treated differently to other private companies. frank from germany's financial hub is where stocks are listed the share price has shot up thanks to the money made by a south african saw gania. january twenty seventh team. just on the sixty five euros each climbing to almost ninety by media and almost one hundred ten euros by the end of the year that's a rise of more than seventy percent within a year. many analysts recommend investing in. its like this more conflicts equals a greater need for security more defense expenditure this is indeed that's the chain. and in general the arms companies in different ways depending on what's in demand will profit from that. moshe holders probably don't even know that they profit when ryan mittal sells bombs to crisis regions investors w

the germans were on the western and eastern borders. at the end of the day there were police around it. you can imagine being there in the same location. a cold october, wet and rainy. no possibility to be reached by your own comrades. >> on october 8, 1918, american soldier held in york earned a medal of honor while fighting in france during world war i. his actions propelled him to fame and eventually led to the popular 1941 hollywood film sergeant york. we travel to a french village near the argonne forest where york and a small group of fellow soldiers captured 132 german prisoners. historian and french battlefield guide tell the story. village. in a small the argonne forest is just above us. battle involving the 82nd division. most of the american troops were making their way north. to enter into the argonne forest by chateau chari. >> the reason they were heading west into the argonne forest was get of the relief effort to the lost battalion out of the so-called pocket near the charlottesville mine. toe the plan was conceived resc

glen german phrase with w. o.

german from equipment wholesaler crueler imports john deere machines and exports german machines to the u.s. u.s. sales of near slumped to twenty percent a poor season low milk prices and a slump in soybean exports to china souring the mood of u.s. families german famishing remake is starting to feel trumps tariffs this will certainly have a knock on effect on farm as purchase behavior but it's too early to say. what it means at the end of the day but one thing is clear and certainty is causing people to hold tight money. small and mid-sized businesses in the brook m. slant region geared towards exports around two hundred firms do business with the u.s. and some even have production facilities there the local chamber of commerce says washington's protectionist regime and tightened visa requirements are making business more difficult but no company in the region wants to give up on the u.s. market. the prevailing feeling is one of insecurity the u.s. government is perceived as unpredictable there are always new measures right now sanctions and more threats electricity go down whether. ba

what you weren't supposed to watch i watched west german t.v. but it was disapproved of as they saw gangs involved as well if someone talked in the playground of the plot as opposite a few skincare now i think what happened to children who talked in the playground but it could well be that their parents were later approached or a teacher or a party member started asking questions. so. it was a bit confusing for me as a child when total strangers suddenly turned up and started asking odd questions but i say that everyone was aware that a dangerous situation might arise. if he and his little it's all that surprising i wasn't growing up to be on guard all the time watching what you said who you talk to so good ones with the response is this it wasn't too daunting because my parents were very open with me about scenarios like that and they had the privilege of not being party members but despite that working in well respected positions with this i think they were quite open. they had a strong courageous attitude which they passed on to me as a child

march twenty eighth in the german parliament agreed that a dentition all three hundred german troops may be deployed at camp mama. left tenant colonel marco how busy responsible for the smooth operation of the campaign is that he says the troop reduction has caused difficulties it isn't up to me yet we are not demised for our mission here or. in corner of and what that means is that if any soldier is unable to perform their duties we're no longer able to carry out certain functions of arcanum and. that's also why we've passed on many duties to civilian companies which provide various services. or and. given the limitations we face due to troop reductions or that we couldn't carry out our mission here without them call us to call again. or snooty it. with one hundred sixty seven employees he can log is the largest private contractor at camp mar mile just off base company which specializes in work in war zones handles waste management laundry and other services at the camp. most ecomog employees here are afghans the rest come from southeastern europe and india. but there are also limit

let's get more french german journalist found us on a welcome to the w. so what we're talking about twenty eight years since the two germans east or west were united a recent survey says that only one in three east germans believe the country has grown more united since the one nine hundred ninety was the view from about sites or negative. well if you would travel as a foreigner from west germany to east germany you would not see any difference anymore after twenty eight years germany has been rebuilt and yet there is a dark cloud hanging over this day of celebration and rightly so because a lot of people in east germany have a huge problem with a lot of things forty six percent say in a poll that they have problems with the concept of democracy and that is very virus i'm the problem with the concept of democracy why. well they feel left behind it's the same phenomenon that you see in the united states where lot of people millions of people in the same big democracy also feel that way and there's a growing gap between the so-called elite ruling class the

more than half of germans blamed chancellor merkel for the state of the german government. one third thinks interior minister is responsible for the situation he's been losing support just before state elections in bavaria that are especially important for him only two percent of voters blame. for the situation but that doesn't help her party. the greens on the other hand are flying high this could be because most germans are dissatisfied with the ground coalition's climate policy. recently thousands of people demonstrated to save the forest near cologne from being destroyed to make way for. three out of four germans think chancellor merkel's government should do more to protect the climate every fifth german is of the opinion that the german government is acting correctly only three percent say it should do less. a turkish court has lifted the house arrest of u.s. pastor and true bronson he's now on his way to the united states brunson was arrested two years ago on suspicion of having links to the to the good line a cleric that uncle rebel aims for the failed coup attempt

me coke is in germany to learn german. emerged in the cold why not learn with him online on the mobile and free stuff from the w.p. learning course. because vic. germany state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all that any time. check in with the web special. take a tour of germany state by state. on t w dot com. welcome to highlights of the week my name is louise house and i'm happy to be here with you from my last days on your mac and that was coming up.

a british blockade of the germans in a german blockade of the british. the british blockade was something the germans anticipated in the germans that look, we get it, the british will come and set off the brush that's the way that naval war had worked in napoleonic ages. that's the way it had worked in the american civil war. that is not what the british did. they didn't sit off the german coast, they didn't even sit up here by norway, they imposed a distant blockade of germany with the main battleship appear and cruisers operating from the field appear to keep supplies from going to germany . >> the germans did not consider this blockade to be particularly legal. it's not something that had happened before, but what was their response? counter blockade, how can we blockade with the submarines. that's with the german navy did let's look at some of the numbers on this. obviously, at the beginning of the first two years it was very on-and-off as it tended to bring the international consequences of the united states into the war but along the way we got som

before our one of those want to talk to a german his from the german wine institute and joins us now from mines on the banks of the river ride the heartland of german riesling was there was a long dry period not enough rain how is that beneficial for any plant. owner we had to really try some of but the grapes they have roots that go down to ten metres into the earth and we had a fortunately quite wet winter so the grapes could get these water reserves and yes we have really exceptional and quality this year how does that go together yield and quality good. yes this is for the experts quite astonishing that the grapes could get so that's not that much water. we had especially due to the driver the very very healthy grapes and ripe grapes which is very important for the aroma and the color of the grate and the winds afterwards so a lot has been said about the warm summer being down to climate change so what do you say is is germany is german wind benefiting from climate change. and yes german wine makers are still the winner of the climate change. climate change also brings threats li

more than half of germans blame chancellor merkel for the state of the german government. one third thinks interior minister is responsible for the situation he's been losing support just before state elections in bavaria that are especially important for him only two percent of voters blame s.p.d. later on today and not for the situation but that doesn't help her party. the greens on the other hand are flying high this could be because most germans are dissatisfied with the grand coalitions climate. recently thousands of people demonstrated to save the forest near cologne from being destroyed to make way for a coal mine. three out of four germans think chancellor merkel's government should do more to protect the climate every fifth german is of the opinion that the german government is acting correctly only three percent say it should do less. we shift our focus now to turkey were a court has lifted house arrest of u.s. pastor andrew bronson the ruling allows him to leave turkey immediately brunson who was arrested two years ago in suspicion of having links to the cleric

finally, the germans were stopped.e able to celebrate a late christmas with hot showers and hot food. ♪ first army job drove across the roar to the banks in the rhine. where the the location where the nazis failed to destroy a bridge, soldiers from first army's ninth armored division rushed across under fire and secured the bridge. in their own words, they tell it happened. >> on march the seventh, at about noon was lieutenant and my commander came to the hill with commanding view of the whole valley. i formulated a plan to come into the town and reach the approach of the bridge. movement began when we got to the end of the bridge at the other side. the tanks took positions and began firing across the bridge to the approaches on this side of the germans on the bridge. the infantry then started moving across. it was about 3:30 at the time. i received a message about the time that the bridge would be blown at 4:00. in a few minutes, two detonations occurred on the bridge. looking at the bridge, i could see the infantry w

literature list hundred german plus creeds.

the german character bear. it reveals a lot when she says she wants to have the terrorists shot or everyone said that is a yes nobody can just. my mother and i and that's especially. because i didn't see her as a mother until fairly late. so we have a lot to come to terms with. that's one way of putting that the other is we've tried to build something like a normal friendship. maybe that's because she's in the films which is so. who calling in could. take us from. this. ship to show the sector spin. to us from the promise to make the case against office because and because it's an easy game. i don't like. it. that's how until now you have expressed being that city you. filming with fast been know was always like a human lebar a tree. but. he didn't treat everyone equally it was the carrot for salmon the stick for others like he's. in for with others again he mixed it up though with vick he treated some with deep respect while confronting others with their own black hole and being a man was seen conduct. he coul