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is asked if he could visit japan more often and frustration he calls the german embassy. i told them i have to work i have to pay for all this this situation is just crazy. the embassy advises him to file a missing persons report after all his children have now been abducted for a 2nd time this time in japan. we decided to pay a visit to the house no one's there. father in law's wealthy so is he financing his daughter's undercover life and that of his abducted grandchildren a neighbor says he's never seen the children. and i know we don't know the family very well have you ever heard the children with. yes but that was a long time ago maybe the end of last year but little. later that day the 2nd direct enforcement gets underway everyone knows the children are there but appearances must be maintained the sister in law makes a brief appearance she says she has to leave for a moment but she'll be back in 2 hours no one asks or where she's going to be on will have to pay the bailiff then we're told nothing will happen as long as we're filming we leave. again it comes to nothi

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we later got document to the german embassy because the survivors and the nation made a little bit of trouble for peoples of the german embassy got the documents and the records, and then here there's a so-called repayment document that says on november 9, 1938 his dad cashed in the policy. he was taken to buchenwald that day. .. as much. [background sounds] background sound saturday on book tv, at 11:00 p.m. eastern and their new book the education of red. new york times reporter export justice cavanaugh his recent confirmation process. >> at the time of the cavanaugh confirmation hearing, had been underway for a while, i think there was a backlash brewing. it was going is it too far. this notion of all women was oversimplified it and overlooking the investigation part that i was talking about earlier. and then you do have a president who does advocate taking tough stances. and also has talked about allegations of sexual misconduct that sometimes you just need to deny deny deny. i think it was important for us to put ourselves in cavanaugh his shoes and really imagine someone being f

we later got documents through the german embassy because the survivors organizations had been making a little trouble for people, andnd so the german embassy got the documents, and there's a so-called repayment document that says that on november 9, 1938, his dad cashed in the policy. well, he was taken to buchenwald that day. the odds that he was, you know, stopped on the way to buick pen wald to catch in his policy is preposterous. >> and the odds that the family kept temperature money are zero. >> zero. because even if that had happened, that money went straight to a block account, and jews were not able to access that money. >> yeah. thank you all very much. we'll take all of this under advisement and see what we can do. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington dc and around the country created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider, c-span, your unfiltered view of government.

we later got documents through the german embassy because they had been making a little bit of trouble for people and the records there is a repayment document that says that on november 9, 1938 his dad cashed in the policy. he was taken to a camp that day. the odyssey were stopped on the way to cash in his policy is preposterous. even if that has happened that money went straight to a blocked account and they were not able to access that. >> thank you very much and we will take this under advisement and we can do. -- and see what we can do. >>> the washington journal live every day with news and policy is that impact you. coming up wednesday morning we will talk about the security of the global oil supply. also a california democratic congressman will join us to discuss gun violence prevention and michelle talks about her new book open border. who is funding america's destruction. be sure to watch the washington journal live at seven eastern wednesday morning. joined the session. >>> coming up wednesday a hearing on the until health of migrant children. we will hear about the needs of

after icheic close, german embassy provided mr. calling her with some information including the repayment repurchase document. was david dated november 9th 1938. that was the day his father was taken to pocomoke. that's the kind of treatment the survivors scott and icheic. >> i just want to make a clarification. while the name of my office had processed, we do not adjudicate claims. when we say process, we act as a facilitator and i gather caterers to claimants. we don't actually settle the claim ourselves or make decisions on the particular case. we act as a voice claimants. we do research for them and try to find as much documentation for them and instantiating their claims. we help them with genealogy research. to help them explain their family connection to an insured for example. i just wanted to clarify that aspect of our office. and if i may interject something about the relaxed standards of proof, companies don't require that you provide policy information. they will take those letter from 19304 that says i remember we do b

the german embassy provided him with some information, including the so-called repayment repurchasing document. kristallnacht, the date his father was taken to buchenwald. that was the kind of treatment the survivors got from icheic. >> thank you. office hasme of my process in it, we do not adjudicate claims. we act as a facilitator and advocate for claimants. we do not settle the claim ourselves. we act as a voice for claimants. we try to do as much research and documentation as possible. genealogyem with research. clarify that aspect of our office. interject something about relaxed standards of proof, companies do not require that you provide policy information. they will take a letter from 1934 that says i remember when you bought this policy, and they will investigate within their own records for any evidence of the policy, and they will make payments on policies related they do not have specific details of the policy, just a record that a policy was purchased. i would be happy to submit additional information about what relaxed standards entail. >> i want to ask you about private

the german government has tried to get north korea to comply. although the embassy cancelled the rental contract with the youth hostel operator and submitted an eviction notice the process has stalled. we as the foreign ministry stand behind this and we are applying pressure to ensure that the correct legal situation is implemented however an eviction notice can only be applied if the appropriate court fees have been paid and that has not happened there that instances of mr foote north korea has not paid the fees tom schreiber a member of berlin state parliament suspects there is a secret agreement between the embassy and the hospital to keep the income flowing as houses were destroyed innovation things will stay the same because it's also a source of revenue. but what also needs to be clear is that rules must be applied so that we can put an end to this before but innit. after 2 years of litigation and no end in sight the city hostile berlin is still in business. joining me now in the studio is the only fun hammerstein who produced that report let's back up here a

embassy communication from washington, d.c. and in world war ii when they first started using this facility as a listening post, they were listening to german, japanese and italian frequencies. some would be cab dispatchers. some would be military communications. some would be normal radio communications to see what they were telling the public at the time. there was a variety of different signals they were intercepting primarily to determine what channels were worth listening to that could be a military strengthen and advantage. they would listen to the broadcasts and when they found one that was important they would transcribe it. they would not transcribe every bit of information that came across, only that that was crucial to the wartime effort. the next room here on display it's all about east germany, west germany, the iron curtain, the military liaison mission that was stationed in germany. it was a trench mission, a russian mission, a british mission and an american mission. what we had here was an original license plate from one of the american missions, the cars that would go and do a little espionage activity, original piece of b