so, gunter bischof, i alex and mike, an opportunity to -- and then with, that i will let gunter bischof you take it over from their. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much for being with us this early in the morning. i said to someone, if this program continues until next thursday, you will be starting at six in the morning. [laughs] let me just -- allow me to make a few preliminary remarks. the remarks we were talking about the holocaust this morning, amongst other things. but of course, what is important to understand is that the road to auschwitz was a crooked one. maybe starting with hitler's antisemitism. and there is a debate, when did that start? in his munich years after world war i? i think it started with his vienna years because that is where he encountered for the first time, a lot of jews in the city of vienna, where he was failing as an artist. when hitler came to power, he very quickly began to exclude the juice from german public life. in january 1939, he gave a famous speech -- the german parliament, which he didn't use very much. where he issued his f