before potsdam, churchill went inside france. neither on the way there nor on the way back to paris did churchill meet with de gaulle. there were intentional snubs aimed at him. de gaulle will get his revenge, but it will be a few years in the making. jason: he is thinking about it the whole time. mike: no doubt. jason: i just want to close with one question that has been posed. it is not exactly a small one, but maybe you can say briefly about it. is there any unity among the leaders of the u.s., britain, and the soviet union about the colonial issue, at potsdam? is there anything they can come together on with respect to, here we are, another world war has been fought, is there anything that they can agree on about what to do about that coming out of potsdam? mike: maybe my brain has been conditioned by the de gaulle question, but the one thing they agree on is the french empire in asia is done. indochina, that is done. it is not going to go back to france. there is some backpedaling on that after the war, but the general sense

wilson will leave in the middle of the potsdam hearings. there is a different big three, and in fact it is really to when we come down to it in terms of the emerging superpowers. how do we make sense then that 1945 perspective? >> here's what i think is going on. i argued -- what to do with the atomic bomb? they discussed at versailles and the paris peace conference. what do you think cause these wars? would you want to do with germany? how do you rebuild the economies? what do you do with the empires? all familiar questions? for the americans, the answer is we are going to hole to the will sony and principles of nationalism but not rely on faith and love and trust of man to do this. we will come in with syria's instruments of power behind. it's the way that i described this is truman was a poker player. he did not want to go to potsdam until he had ships and his pockets. before he left for potsdam he knew senate approved -- the woods agreement, the international monetary fund, all these instruments of power that the u.s. would have economi

discuss in potsdam, they also discuss in versailles. what do you think caused these wars? what do you want to do with germany? how do you want to rebuild the economies? what do you do with the empires. these are all familiar questions. for the americans, the answer is hold to the principles of internationalism, but not rely on faith and love and the trust of man. we are going to come in with serious instruments of power behind us. the way i described this is truman was a poker player. he did not want to go to potsdam until he had chips in his pocket. before he left, the senate had approved u.s. membership in the u.n., the international monetary fund, the bretton woods agreement, all the instruments of power the u.s. would have economically. he knew once he got to potsdam, the atomic bomb had succeeded. we're going to take the same principle. truman took the oath of office for president under a portrait of woodrow wilson but we are not , doing this by persuasion anymore, of the wilsonian rhetoric. this time we say, if you don't want to p

there's a photograph i love to show when i talk about potsdam. the notion is we have beaten the germans. we're not yet enemies. >> we're wrapping up and about to take questions. i think the western allies, whether they were aware of it or not, in many cases didn't want to see it. it's interesting that stalin shared much of their vision about revolution. he was weary about pes sanasant. he wants to keep a tight lid on movement in his own sphere of influence. they share a real war riness about anything too radical coming from below. >> this is the argument for seeing stalin. it's another czar. we're just not sure what toopd with the soviets. >> i want to thank you for a great conversation. we covered a lot of ground in 45 or so minutes. we should open things up. we had one question here. i'm going to jump in and take us through a few of these. we have from dan in michigan, can you help me understand why the u.s. allowed berlin to be divided. >> the argument is eisenhower called it a objective. it was going to be a shared option of germany. we still

john maynard keynes, who was the british economic advisor at both conferences, paris east and potsdam, was perfectly aware. he argued as often as he could, we cannot go back to the way we had things before. it is just not going to work. we have to be subservient to the americans, whether we want to or not. the empire is going to be a and money loser because it is going to be too hard to do things the way we had done it before. so, he is a voice arguing for a complete change on the way britain thinks about everything it organizes. as with many visionaries, a lot of people don't like listening to him, because they think it is too radical. one executive said, the only thing worse than losing the war is winning with americans by our side, meaning that the americans' price for victory is too high. a lot of the rhetoric about the special relationship is meant to

it's quiet at the daily farmer's market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these you report on tuesdays and wednesdays it's pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are parked everyone 1.5 metres apart people do people stick to that yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and steadily as the central government once or allowing regional states like to enjoy the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. and the only need in my view to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in a minute because quite often and i had his hand and companies at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. in. the eastern states have to reengineer is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premie

that caution gets a mixed response in potsdam.olls show three quarters of germans agree by the measured approach taken in berlin and bavaria. brent: let's bring in our political correspondent, simon young. we have debates on how fast the locked on measures should be reduced. some wanted to be faster than what we are hearing from the national government. who is in charge? >> germany's states are insisting they should control the details of what easing is done and how quickly. and because of that possibility they have under germany's federal system, we are seeing different states moving at different speeds. we have got the state premier saying he wants to return his state to what he calls normal mode, which effectively means no longer telling people what they can't do, requiring them to adhere to the guidelines. on the other hand, you have bavaria, where the leader is very wary and wants to proceed much more cautiously. the states are required to sort of agree in line with the central government in berlin. as you say, the social dis

above all being driven from the sadat mind the area of czechoslovakia and exploit hitler in 1938 the potsdam conference launched a huge wave of organized expulsion in the late summer millions of refugees began heading west but when they arrived in their new home many found they were not welcome or after the war germany was grappling with multiple social and political problems many people had lost their homes there was widespread poverty and anxiety about the future. so this influx of new arrivals wasn't exactly something people with hearing about. female out on the contrary many refugees met with blatant rejection they were perceived as foreign is they had a different dialect they looked different. a further strain was posed by sectarianism catholics were arriving in protestant areas and protestants in catholic areas which at the time was quite problematic. in total at least $12000000.00 ethnic germans fled or were expelled from their homes. yes. after 5 and a half years the fighting in europe was over but in the pacific the 2nd world war raged on the forces of the japanese empire were fight

the conference was held in nearby potsdam that's a syrian hauffe palace before 918 and it served as the residence of the german crown prince and his family and the meeting of the major allied powers known as the big 3 began on july 17th all sides were at pains to display unity after their victory against the common enemy stalin joined the truman of the talks and britain was represented at 1st by prime minister winston churchill midway through the conference he would suffer an election defeat and be replaced by his successor. and what's the risk of the tenor of the talks in posts time was we won now we carry a joint responsibility to guide this continent into a secure future because it's. because the war and the fighting didn't end on may the 8th $940.00 fun of the event mocked capitulated but war and violence continued . it. but the days of unity in the n.t. hitler coalition were numbered. as the conference convened the truman received the news that the us military had at last successfully tested a new weapon of unique destructive force. with. the us had long been working on a project t

even turbin a potsdam can no longer make waves in the bundesliga the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes are unlikely to ever be repeated and it would assist my believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount that makes it easier for big clubs like fire munich and vall spork. the small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in a way. that's the latest from the news this hour american and steamed thanks for watching. into a symphony. then beethoven's pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world. history project starts june 4th.

even turbin a potsdam can no longer make waves in the bundesliga the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes are unlikely to ever be repeated and it would at this time i believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount that makes it easier for big clubs like byron munich and ball sport was. small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in a while. the boston marathon has been canceled for the 1st time in its 124 year history because of the global health emergency the race has gone ahead through 2 well holes and after a terrorist attack in 2013 organizers of blaming the cancellation on social distancing problems especially crowds gathering along the route a virtual event is to be held in state. you're watching data being used we'll have more at the top of the. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. backgr

even trivino potsdam can no longer make waves in the bluntest league the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes are unlikely to ever be repeated and this bill would assist i believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen over the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount that makes it easier for big clubs like byron munich and ball sport with. a small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in a while. thank you for watching good of you news for back at the top of the hour. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. is for me. is from. being told it is for. me.

reporter: some cultural elective buddies have already restarted, as here, at the museum in potsdam.hey have felt culturally stifled these last months opening -- these last months. opening when museum -- opening one museum is one thing. infections are occurring everyday. parliament extended the state of emergency for the fourth time. they managed to secure enough backing to extended to the 24th of may. the government will control people's movements as a gradually relaxes the lockdown. spain is one of the world's worst hit countries, with more than 25,000 deaths. the number of deaths in the u.k. is now past 30,000, a day after the highest death toll in europe. one of the most senior scientific advisors has resigned. received secret visits to his home by a woman. the epidemiologist was one of the leading voices on the scientific advisory group. he had the virus himself. government is suspending this upcoming election, they are to hold a postal ballot vote due to the pandemic. the government has been accused of putting their political interests first. a new date is yet to be announced.

sign and say oh peter cepeda saber guy is the director of the max planck institute of interfaces in potsdam they're working on the study into the efficacy of wood on the substance divine from its artemisinin welcome to d w are you excited about. cure for corona i am excited about work i don't know yet if i'm excited about. so what are your studies titled we have try to find out about it we are we are looking into the use of plaid extract we got some special variety from united states with a very high content of off the truck substance and we have tested since late february in anti-viral assayers we have seen some quite promising results are now getting ready to actually use extracts but also of pure substances in the test laboratory animals and if not all begin to start talking through the missions to prepare for human social trials and what pointed you in that direction what why would have all the plans and herbes out. you have a long history of looking at artemisinin a sort of interests not of a case of obviously but it is the most important and i'm a little drug use today and look at new

it's quiet at the daily farmer's market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these you report on tuesdays and wednesdays it's pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are parked everyone 1.5 metres apart people do people stick to that yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and steadily as the central government once or allowing regional states like to the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. and in my view to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in it it is critical and i had his. company at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. aside. the eastern states have to reengineer is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premier says there is no longer any justific

even trivino potsdam can no longer make waves in the bundesliga the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes. are unlikely to ever be repeated. just go with us this time i believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen if the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount that makes it easier for big clubs like byron munich and ball sport. to small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in a while. in full but it won't williams wants to sell that struggling team williams lost more than 14000000 euros last year destruction to this year's for the one season has added to the financial pressure it seems been one of the sport's most successful with 9 constructors titles and 7 drives titles which is what is said to be open to a partial or complete. this is d.w. join me for the day next hold for more world news at the top of the good. it's going on here. house of your very own from a printer. computer game

even turbin a potsdam can no longer make waves in the bundesliga the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes are unlikely to ever be repeated. it is still with us as do i believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount that makes it easier for big clubs like byron munich and ball sports. the small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in a while. our top story here on the national guard has been deployed in the us city of minneapolis as for a 3rd night of protests and writing sparked by the death of an encore black man in police custody the mayor has called for criminal charges to be filed against the officer involved in the death of children slowing. you're watching news for all of us here in berlin thank you for being with us. boy. oh boy. good shape i don't have time for this now i have to work we never really have enough time stress is not good

operations of the individual clubs without compensation just isn't sized to leave even turbin a potsdam can no longer make waves in the bluntest league the club won 6 league titles and 2 champions league trophies but those successes are unlikely to ever be repeated. in this bill with us as do i believe the current situation will either stabilize or worsen over the clubs don't know what can be invested in the long term whether their partners will still exist in 2 years and be able to invest the same amount of that makes it easier for big clubs like byron munich and ball sport whose book. the small clubs will have to get creative and hope they manage to pull off a surprise every once in awhile. now the boston marathon has been canceled for the 1st time in its 124 year history due to the coronavirus the race has gone ahead from 2 world wars and a volcanic eruption but organizers this year cited social distancing problems especially preventing crowds from gathering along the marathon route a marathon was initially postponed to september from april but has now been replaced with a version of

some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam the welcome move of visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cane al-jazeera berlin. how we're going to try again with venezuela now those claims of a coup attempts there and paul dobson journalist based in venezuela on skype from merida can you hear me all right paul. brilliant thank you for sticking with us so 1st of all this idea of a u.s. court and quite mercenary trying to take over caracas airport and then airlift nicolas maduro i mean what's your thoughts on the veracity of all of that. well the evidence has been presented this time around we had over the last 5 to 10 years many claims of of us meddling in the country sometimes with read various levels of evidence produced this is one of the occasions where they had the evidence unfairly overwhelming not only is there genuine testimony produced by the current gover

restarting the company some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam a welcoming visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cane al-jazeera berlin. spain's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency for a 4th time from mr petro sanchez managed to secure enough backing to extend it until the 24th of may just as the government to control people's movements as it gradually relaxes its lockdown spain is one of the world's worst hit countries with more than $25000.00 deaths. a number of deaths in the u.k. is now past 30000 it comes a day after britain registered the highest death toll in europe. meanwhile one of the most senior scientific advisors to the u.k. government has resigned professor neil ferguson breached the trend of ours knock down rules he helped create by receiving secret visits to his home by a woman. just was one of the leading voices on the scientific ad

some cultural activities have already restarted mass here at the barberini museum in potsdam the welcome visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cain al-jazeera berlin and russia is also easing some restrictions president vladimir putin has backed proposals to let some people go back to work in the capital moscow that's despite the number of infections across russia rising 510000 4 days in a row a senior scientific advisor to the british government has resigned after breaching the coronavirus lockdown rules he helped create new ferguson was a leading voice on the scientific advisory group it later emerged he was visited at his home by a woman once the lockdown came into place ordered 30000 people have died in the u.k. making it the worst affected nation in europe. boris johnson faced a grilling about this during his 1st appearance of prime minister's questions since the conference from covered 19. at this stage

some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam a welcome move to visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cane al-jazeera berlin russia is also easing some restrictions president vladimir putin has backed proposals to let some people go back to work in the capital moscow that's despite the number of infections across russia rising 510000 4 days in a row. now deaths in latin america have passed 15000 and health experts warn it's several weeks behind europe with the peak still to come brazil is the worst hit country more than 8500 people have died mexico as a 2nd highest number of deaths in the region at just over 2700 deaths in ecuador more than 1600 some indigenous communities have fled to the amazon rain forest fearing there may be wiped out by the pandemic and despite being one of the 1st latin american countries to lock down more than 1500 people have died in per

some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam a welcome move to visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic kane al-jazeera berlin and russia's also raising some restrictions president vladimir putin has backed proposal to let some people go back to work in moscow despite the number of infections across russia are rising by 10004 days in a row. now health workers have been receiving applause and encouragement for their sacrifice in the line of jussi but there are other essential workers to think about whose efforts go largely unnoticed by latin america editor lucien neumann joined the sanitation workers on the job in china's capital santiago. they make their living by doing the dirty work at all said he'll fancy school and real better are a team from dawn to early morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and taboo neighborhood. re

some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam a welcome move to visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cane al-jazeera berlin. deaths in latin america have passed 15000 health experts warn it several weeks behind europe the peak still to come brazil is the worst hit country more than 8500 people have died mexico has a 2nd highest number of deaths in the region at just over 2700 deaths in ecuador at more than 1600 indigenous communities and fled to the amazon rain forest fearing they could be wiped out by the pandemic and despite being one of the 1st latin american countries to shut down peru has had more than 1500 deaths and cases that doubled in the past 10 days. from mexico city john heilemann reports on how latin america's criminal gangs are talking up their efforts to fight the virus. he's about to be punished for heading out during quarantine. but not by the

yet 7 weeks later at the potsdam conference stalin told his western allies that the dictator was in good health and had probably defected. but you must tell him why didn't stalin tell his allies probably because keeping it a secret could prove useful for the birth of a. this it was in the story of hitler's death shows how suspicious stalin was of the west and. stalin's lie about hitler's death was upheld for almost 50 years proof of hitler's death was kept under wraps until the soviet union became history only then was the truth finally told. me and if you will nothing can be hidden. if everything comes out in the end. for the soviet union world war 2 began in june 1941 after a surprise invasion by hitler within a few months the enemy was outside moscow style in order to mass mobilization of the population the poorly equipped regiments that marched across red square were sent directly to the front i. yell and i was just 22 and the mother of a 2 year old son but the red army needed interpreters and yellow know who spoke german volunteered 4 years later she was part of the soviet union it

some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam the welcome to visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic kane al jazeera berlin. spain's parliament has extended the country's state of emergency for a 4th time from minister pedro sanchez managed to secure enough backing to extend it until the 24th of may and as the government to control people's movements as it gradually relaxes its locked down spain as one of the world's worst hit countries with more than 25000 deaths a number of deaths in the u.k. is now past 30000 comes a day after britain registered the highest death toll in europe. meanwhile one of the most senior scientific advisors to the u.k. government has resigned professor neil ferguson breached the coronavirus lock down rules he helped to create are receiving secret visits to his home by a woman if you do a ologist was one of the leading voices in the scienti

south—west of the capital, in potsdam, they are preparing for the next phase of this. relies on data, masks and facing. filming in recent days, we have been asked many times to fill out forms designed to help contact tracing if someone develops the buyers. —— the virus. and art is on its way also, but these methods have helped the country since the start. —— an app is on its way. congregants also have to give tracing details as they arrived. the pews had been marked for distancing, and hymns are not sung because doing so it might spread wider particles further. but those seeking solace in communal prayer can do so again. of course, communion is a tricky point. so what you do is, i disinfect my fingers before every holy communion. of course, it is at the risk of the one who comes forward, but i think they are fully aware and they are very disciplined. this society seems to have faith in its political and scientific leaders to guide and out of this, and to understand that this path contains a risk and they are happy to accept it. so far, at least, germans have had no rea