america's first ambassador of nazi germany, the post that nazi germany had been vacant at this point for about six months. here's the kicker. he gives you two hours to decide. he gives you two hours to decide. what he does not tell you is that one reason he has called you apart from the fact that a confidant of his had recommended you, apart from the fact that you know german, one reason he called you is that nobody wanted the job. three weeks later you find yourself on a ship to germany, leaving new york for hamburg. you've got your family with you. your wife, a grown son and your 24-year-old daughter martha. and martha is one heck of a daughter. she's the one who hooked me. she's smart. she's sexy, she's a flirt and she has this thing. she's got it. she has a way about her that inflames the passions of men both young and not so young. at 24 she has already had an affair with the poet and author carl sanberg. in fact, one of the delights -- this is why i always do my own research is that when i was going through martha's papers with the library of congress, in one file i came across

the nazis asked rafael schaechter to perform that requiem for their guests.y probably couldn't understand the mass sung in latin, but schaechter and his choir understood exactly what they were doing. >> performers could be deported to the gas chambers at us a wits warned jewish elders, so he gave his kor ris a choice. >> he told us about the danger and said if you -- whoever is afraid, there is the door, and you can go. nobody left. >> no one left? >> no. >> the lyrics of the requiem and their hidden meaning were the source of the prisoners' defiance. the second and longest movement, for example, tells of the day of wrath. ♪ >> "the day of wrath, that day will dissolve the world in ashes. how great will be the terror when the judge comes" is how the latin is translated. >> it's very simple. god's in charge of humanity, and if anybody fools around with that, they're going to hear from god. >> in the wretched camp, says survivor vera schiff, verdi's requiem was a lifeline. >> it was part of the defiance, to keep up our spirits, to keep us in a frame of mind, yo

and next the nazi we're told to those who still remember the nazi germany's first offensive against the soviet union the took place in the city of brest. breast fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus the fortress was once the western most outpost of the soviet empire each day school children in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fascist forces invaded the soviet union without a declaration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german army was broken after the end of the war and the rest fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the early hours of june twenty second nineteen forty one german artillery unleashes a massive barrage from the breast garrisoned. german warplanes some ultimately dropped hundreds of bombs on the fortress soon after i

to pueblo of the nazis. the woman sitting at the entry as the nazi officials came through i think it is made for a miniseries. [laughter] you have died complaining about too many jews on the staff and one very strange conversation with two formal meetings but during the second, died actually tries to find common ground with hiller on the jewish problem the nazis have hijack the debate by framing it as a jewish problem wants you frame it as a jewish problem, what else do think about? how you solve the problem. dodd said we have our own jewish problem in america but we have chosen to solve it in a more humane fashion referring to university quotas but this does not qualify hitler he gets steamed up again and loses it completely. he says if the juice don't stop this i will put an end to all of them. 1934 per pros long before the holocaust. the first whiff of what was coming down the pipe. i was struck by how do everything was and what we know as the nazi era were unfamiliar back then for example, when dodd firs

nine hundred forty one lee's walls really first barrier for the nazi troops on their way to moscow. sunders and breathless dying one by one under ceaselessly cuts through water. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell mother i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. wealthy british style. markets why not scandals. really happening to the global economy. but out there it's time to take a look at the headlights take a ten year old child who was pulled from the wreckage of a plane crash in northwestern russia has died in hospital brings the number of those killed me instant to forty five the news comes as a nation experts examine that box recorders from passenger jet exploded into flames around here. the greek government survives a critical vote of confidence in its austerity drive amid furious protests will the people is being. world parliament house now decide whether to impose austerity measures worth billions of euros in order to secure a second you burned out. and former soviet republics on the twenty seven million victims killed in the fight against hitl

the war for which the nazi military the very marked had come up with a name for long before blitzkrieg but his seach they'd planned would last just hours instead was to go on for weeks in a fierce battle with those who defended to the death the biggest scorches became the size of the first major fighting between soviet forces and the vienna market there was no warning when the nazis invaded on the night of the twenty second of june one thousand nine hundred forty one the bombardment of the garrison by some fries but army officers were spread out and was on the wrong ben i mean ition but well even this didn't stop them to finding the fourth and fifth battles until the last survivor stories of the heroic resistance quickly reached different fronts soldier me the loss of received the news far away in the republic of call me in northwest russia it was a deep grief silent time for our people trapped here everyone news of the. when army was much stronger every day we receive reports that the enemy marched another hundred kilometers deeper into our homeland the nazis were in a hurry at the ga

the countries of the former soviet union are marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion which claimed the lives of some twenty seven million people solemn ceremonies have been held across several states which bore the brunt of the war against hitler's army in moscow russia's political elite played reserve the tomb of the unknown soldier by the kremlin wall president medvedev stressed the importance of keeping the memory of the world alive making sure it doesn't fade with time and bell roots a special ceremony was held out the breast fortress which witnessed the first major battle between soviet and not some forces covering the grotto but is there. being here inside the prettiest fortress on this day seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the visual damage to this city. the forefront of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from shells on the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on

history former soviet republics mourn the millions killed in the second world war seventy years after nazi troops invaded the soviet union. but from our headquarters in central moscow and you're watching r t with me and he's now our top story a ten year old child pulled from the wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed in northwest russia has died in hospital bringing the death toll to forty five doctors spent two days friday to save the boy's life but said his injuries were too serious parties tests are silly at the site of the tragedy. the ten year old boy who was in the hospital here at his avoids succumbed to his injuries and he died in the hospital though there were initially three of them of the word left at local hospitals because they were too fragile to the critic condition too critical for them to be flown to moscow as for the families of the victims as well as the survivors are several of them have already made their way to there was applause while some are still on the way they do have the tough task of identifying those who have been killed people of because of course have

some survived the night only to be buried alive later this is my second mother when the nazis rounded up the refugees scattered in villages by this woman save me the germans dug a mass grave into which they were about to throw women and children and this woman pushed me and my mom under when the german slaughter everyone around unless this woman took me out from under her skirt crossed earlier and said i just did what god told me to. after nine days of fierce fighting hitler's forces captured most of the fortress but their losses amounted to almost nine thousand there were reports that isolated defenders remain resisting the nazis as leaders when hitler and mussolini personally visited the site of the battle it's claimed the first stone hitler speaks out from the remains of trees was found in his office after the war. i'm often asked what was the biggest award for you the one most valued for. the most precious award for me was that i straight at night everyone was finally my true heroes but a few survived but you could understand four years of age nothing it's only now that i'm a fath

gave their lives when the war against actions i'm going today marks the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion the start of. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now way it's six pm here in the russian capital the number of people killed in a plane crash in northwest russia has risen to forty five after a young boy died in hospital experts are examining the doomed to print of black boxes to establish the cause of the tragedy while family and friends have arrived at the site to pay their last respects archie's tests are silly reports. the relatives of the victims and the survivors some of them have already made their way here sagar is still on the way a ten year old boy had passed away at the hospital to convict his injuries so his family definitely going through an emotional time now it will be a tough day for their families because they have the task of identifying the bodies at the borg and also we have spoken to some of those who are first at the scene and they were telling us about what they had seen where the plane had crashed bodies and b

gave their lives to win the war against fascism wednesday marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the u.s.s.r. . on to greece now where the prime minister has won a crucial parliamentary vote of confidence in his newly reshuffle the government he must now navigate the nation through a series of tough spending cuts and sales of national assets in order to secure a new e.u. bailout and avoid a default but as artie's sara firth reports for the millions of anxious greeks who feel their voices are going on heard the future has never looked so bleak. it's considered by many to be the best place of democracy but increase now whitening the gap between me and the people in the government is preaching explain. we are a mix of people that have no political dollars and we are here all together to say that we cannot be on the vice president we cannot hold. the measures the canonical measures that they take for us without us and we want to take our lives but these demonstrations are held on the central square now on a daily basis with some of the protests turning violent the trade h

now the contras of the former soviet union are marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion which claimed the lives of over twenty five million people solemn ceremonies have been held across several states which bore the brunt of the war against helpers' armies in moscow's russia's political elite laid wreaths at the tomb will be unknown soldier by the kremlin wall president vendor stuff the importance of keeping the memory of the war alive making sure it doesn't fade with time and in belo roofs a special ceremony was held at the breast fortress which witnessed the first major battle between soviet and nazi forces the garrison staged a hopeless defense against overwhelming odds sacrificing their lives to slow the enemies of vast because they didn't catch over is there for us. being here in such the prettiest fortress on this day seventy years after the start of the great war makes you not only see the visual damage to this city. the forefront of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearl

the countries of the former soviet union are marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion that claimed the lives of some twenty seven million people solemn ceremonies were held across several states which bore the brunt of the war against hitler's armies here in moscow russia's political elite laid roots of the tomb of the unknown soldier by the crimean. president but have stressed the importance of keeping the memory of the more alive making sure it doesn't fade with time. i did belarus a special ceremony was held at the breast fortress which saw the first major standoff between soviet and nazi forces from where r.t. is a country that. reports. like any careless child i had plans that evening i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something exploded and my bed was thrown into another corner of the room. not only four year old canady was unaware of what was happening his father an experienced red army officer was also caught flatfooted that night seventy years ago. i was at his house with my mother and my father who was delayed to defend the breast

of the brunt of the first offensive the nazis deployed. on the rest fortress but failed to great resistance. is their first. being here inside the biggest fortress on these days seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the beers will damage to the citadel of the forefront of that war it can also fill that human coast of those terrible times dance from the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that ferocious night thousands of people of buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteenth forty one i hear also that but look behind the inscription just like the one on a wall i'm dying but i want so we're not leaving for us we can be your and your witnesses saw the first day of the war and the horse which followed after here is the story. of like any careless child i had plans that evening i wasn't afraid when they started shelling i only remember that something exploded and my bed was thrown into another

gave their lives to win the war against fascism wednesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the u.s.s.r. . hello this is our team osco it's just after eleven pm here now moscow time my name is kevin owen and our top story today the number of people killed in a plane crash in northwest russia has now risen to forty five for a young boy died of his injuries in hospital today experts are examining the doomed to pull off black boxes to establish the cause of the tragedy while family and friends arrived at the site and pay their last respects but he says for a city report. well it has been an emotional and tough day for the families and friends of the victims and the survivors many of them had gone to be a more to identify the bodies of the victims and a few of them to coming here to the site where the crash had happened to have a one three four carrying fifty two people that live here on the road right behind me they have put together a small memorial where locals family members friends have been coming in bringing flowers and candles and also there was a small servi

history former soviet republics mourns the millions killed in the second world war seventy years after nazi troops invaded the soviet union. and also in our business schools when we look at what russia is doing to reverse the trend of capital outflows dorrian twenty seven so i will. this three pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live i mean east now with our top story this hour a ten year old child pulled from the wreckage of the air disaster in northwest russia has died in hospital bringing the death toll to forty five doctors fought relentlessly to save the boy's life but said his injuries were too serious archies tests are still out the site of the tragedy. the ten year old boy who was in the hospital here at his avoids succumbed to his injuries and he died in the hospital though there were initially three of them of the were left at local hospitals because they were too fragile to the critic condition too critical for them to be flown to moscow as for the families of the victims as well as the survivors several of them have already made it their way to get his applause well some a

commemorate the twenty seven million people died fighting against me on this day seventy years ago nazi troops invaded the soviet union and what is described as a great patriotic war. is in the city of breast but every switch bore the brunt of german attacks on the eastern front. being here in such the prettiest fortress on these days seventy years after the start of the great passion war makes you not only see the visual damage to this city. the forefront of that war you can also feel the human coast of those terrible times dance from the walls of the fortress maybe you cannot see clearly behind that smoke is a living reminder about that the roches night thousands of people were buried alive on these four square kilometers on the night of the twenty second of june nineteen forty one defending the prettiest fortress was the first battle for the soviet union in the great war but it was also one of its most boyhood and chapters the nazi invade us expected that they would capture it swiftly but instead they came up

route or german route would choose the nazi. >> crlie: why?> he was a one-horse pony, that's all he had. he started to believe he the super warlord of all time and the propaganda about him and though he would listen to his generals and we have this word for word what was being said in the meetings in east russia and listen for up to an hour and en do precisely what he intended to. >> charlie: why are we so fascinated by world war ii. >> it still molds our world. look at the united nations it's th victors and powerful ideology. >> charlie: the further you get from it and the further you get from 19 and what happened after that and the more you get to a paradigm of shifting of power to the east it's less than. >> it wi be but then look what happened to the east aselland japan took one-sixth of the land's surface in one year and your country having built 40 aircraft carriers destroying it and have paradigms with powerful records. >> charlie: and there's mething about the nazis. >>the sheer level of their evil is -- charlie: hanarathic. >> she tal

they call him the butcher one of the last surviving nazi s.s. officers who has been convicted of war crimes but who remains at large the families of his victims think that putting him behind bars is there a last chance for justice but they face a race against time and german war daniel bushell reports this is where the man dubbed the nazi executioner lives german media is burned from revealing his address but we know he's in it for years a message for the families of his victims. and you have a message for. those who are close carol for volunteered for the nazis in world war two he taught should victims before killing them. concentration camp in the level and with frank was held to heaven she says the medical people in the night they have to dig their own graves and she was part of the foreign school in which. a dutch court jailed for part of the war for twenty two murders he's suspected of many more but in the one nine hundred fifty two he skipped to germany which lets him go and gave him full german citizenship he was basically sure that are p

former soviet republics and more in the millions killed in the second world war seventy years after nazi troops invaded the city your. world news twenty four hours a day this is all t. a ten year old child pulled from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in northwest russia has died in hospital bringing the death toll to forty four life spent two days fighting to save the boy's knife and said his injuries were too serious to reports from the site of the crash. the ten year old boy who was in the hospital here with his affords succumbed to his injuries and he died in the hospital that there were initially three of them who were left at local hospitals because they were too fragile to create the conditions to critical for them to be flown to moscow while the other five had been flown as for the families of the victims as well as the survivors some of them will be making their way to the site to the hospitals and the morgue today and there's a bit of a delay and it's been it happened on monday it's because a lot of the family members don't actually live in moscow so they've been g

remember the victims of the war against fascism wednesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion of the u.s.s.r. some twenty seven million people died to bring about victory on the eastern front. next on our t.v. talk to those who are still remember nazi germany's first offensive against the soviet union which took place in the city of france. and. rest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of bella roofs formerly the soviet republic of miller russia a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fashion forces invading the soviet union without a declaration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german army was broken after the end of the war the rest fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the

germany is under pressure to lock up in the tories nazi war criminals who found a safe haven in the country over half a century ago. and russia's split over proposed restrictions on abortion with some saying the move aimed at tattling demographic the final breach pregnant women's rights and result of war abandoned children. eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie welcome to the program the japanese government is starting radiation checkups for more than two million people living near the crippled fukushima plant it's part of a long term health monitoring program launched over three months after the nuclear crisis started and is r.t. shaun thomas reports confusion over words safe and war isn't seen many lose trust in the authorities. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of just continued after this crisis is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war that the japanese

en alemania que obligaron a llevar a los gays, ellos en la alemania nazi fue un grupo perseguido. >>toria. >> fin de semana del orgullo gay. >> las autoridades de san francisco implementaron medidas de seguridad para la marcha y mañana se llevará a cabo el gran desfile que se espera acudan 1 millón de personas. >> el gobernador de nueva york firmó el proyecto que legaliza los matrimonios gays, el arzobispado está en contra, nueva york septimo estado en permitir matrimonio de personas mismo sexo. >> hablaremos de los detalles luego de los anuncios. >> una tarde muy agradable y fresca. arrestado el chango en méxico. senadores democratas se unieron para revivir reforma migratoria, vamos con la información con fernando pizarro. >> senadores presentaron propuesta de reforma migratoria integral. >> una ley que incluya dream act, agriculturas, asegurar fronteras, pero una vía a legalizacion a once millones de personas que están indocumentados en el país. >> un analista cree que será difícil recibir apoyo de su partido.>> una propuesta democrata sin contar con liderazgo republicano y clarame

germany is under pressure to lock up in a tourist nazi war criminal found a safe haven in the country over half a century ago. russia's split over proposed restrictions on abortion with some saying the move aimed at tackling demographic wine will bring pregnant women's rights and resultant war a ban on children. i don't always consider klein with the trading of ninety dollars per barrel on worries about global demand and the international energy agency preparing to launch crude more on that in twenty minutes and all business book is. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie the japanese government is starting radiation checkups for more than two million people living near the crippled fukushima plant that's part of a long term health monitoring program launched over three months after the nuclear crisis started and as our thomas reports confusion over where safe and where isn't it seeing manny lose trust and the authorities. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of

germany is under pressure to lock up in a tourist nazi war criminal who found a safe haven in the country over half a century ago. russia's split over a proposed restrictions on abortion with some say the move aimed at tackling demographic the quiet will breach pregnant women's rights and result in war abandoned children. and the kremlin crime of russia's business says that the relations got to the investment for me here in moscow joined business tsotsi in twenty minutes for a live report for me of. watching live he coming to live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshing welcome to the program the japanese government is starting radiation checkups for more than two million people living near the crippled fukushima plant as part of a long term health monitoring program launched over three months after the nuclear crisis started and as our teams sean thomas reports confusion over where safe and where isn't is seen mary lose trust in the authorities. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a

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and you can see the full interview with dr michael johns next hour here nazi. the u.s. is tightening financial sanctions on the libyan government there are calls in america to extend the nato but actually campaign to is not just a year but involving military intervention has caused dozens of civilian deaths economic historian lawrence davidson says the u.s. and nato have made themselves hostages to conflicts. is poison to question is the original justification for american intervention which was humanitarian my own personal opinion is that that was always a just a media story for our domestic consumption you cannot enter being anywhere with this level of munitions and not kill civilians so ok you're going to protect civilians by intervening with the type of munitions that cannot avoid killing civilians i don't think that nato and its commanders and the president and the politicians involved in this are beyond a point of no return so they simply cannot stop in terms of their own mind what they've invested in this and there where they want to end up doing whatever is nece

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