in april 1939 the synagogue an iranian burger strawson reopened for passover. traces of the fire were still visible when rabbi marc walked in. my heart was racing i wasn't just entering a desecrated house of god in the middle of a european capital i was stepping into the history of 2000 years appalled grams and arson attacks. i was almost overcome with emotions. from total despair to raging defiance. but above the shrine we spotted a miracle. the near tommy the flame of the eternal life was still burning. as it shone through november 9th and 10th and all the months after it was an unforgettable sight a symbol and a message and 1. 5 months later world war 2 erupted. into to feast on jewish new year and september 939 the order came to paint over all of the domes while services were still being held inside and i feel like my father i believe was here and told me all about it later and leave the. the synagogue skilled domes were painted over there was no glimmer in the darkness . the night turned black. the. end inside. rezoned and for the last time in the final se

things they also tell of the life of jewish people in central berlin not far from the iranian burger strawson this was the so-called shrine in futile or burned district home to eastern european jews who fled here in the late 1900 century. near alexander plots. they were marginalized community. with moments of distinct pride. and small prayer rooms tucked away behind in conspicuous doors. these kind of lovers relief and porcelain figures belonged to the iranian burger stross a synagogue. in november 943 bombs dropped in a british air raid cause severe damage not just to the dome what had been germany's largest synagogue was critically hit. 15 years later authorities of communist east germany had the main synagogue in central prayer room the very heart of the structure demolished. to this day only an outline in the void recalls the beauty last. summer between 57 acclaimed architect had watched no plough is that his wits and for years he's been discussing plans for the new synagogue the jewish community the old one is too small but how do they expect him to align the prayer halls toward jerusale

intrepid adrian kennedy to investigate the story of an iconic movement so we're here at frederick strawson train station in the fire you must promise of 2 years which was a factor for the the border between and west berlin and we're here to have a close encounter with the famous schabowski. district of money. interests of rich. careless words. all germans will remember forever as these. scribbled notes watch could go. this is it this is it. really just just arrived yesterday the german state paid for schabowski famous. german taxpayers paid 25000 euro's for that note which is quite a lot of money but if you take into consideration what you see here and what the note itself stands for we thought it was quite a good investment. so i actually did pass through here quite a number of times in the days of democratic republic in 1907 i met german woman. german friends of mine and in spring of 1009. $160.00 this was the famous person conference took place it was the international president of the german democratic republic it's now part of the justice ministry let's go and see the room but the min

movie called bornholmer strawson. no. 4 i k and hans you're going lechler the visit to the film set it was like a journey into the southeast is going to get because i. mean some a couple were engineers at a state owned signaling technology company. november 9th 1989 was a thursday a work day like any other for the young couple. raising our children gemini and we had what we had everything we needed if you went just as you have you have to remember that my husband and i we were an ordinary family going about our daily life. and we lived in ordinary times that we didn't call attention to ourselves i'm going to have. a family lived on the 11th floor of a prefab high rise in east berlin they had plans for the evening. as they had to have woods on him it was my birthday so we'd send the children to grandparents so that my husband and i could spend the evening together. and i know michael would suck but. we went to a restaurant called still pool with reservations we made 6 months earlier on when we had a nice meal and drove

seconds left on bornholmer strawson and followed a line of cars to the checkpoint. on the western side of a student from west berlin arrived at the bridge at a party and friends brought him along. martin fleischer climbed onto a pillar of the bridge and watched what was happening. done things that's when masses of people started streaming over it was an incredible atmosphere felt that by then at the very latest as it had become clear that this was just an unbelievable historic moment and inductors i saw was one of. them he decided to walk over into east berlin for the very 1st time for him it was a world that every bit as strange as the west seemed to contra. was monday tuesday and i just stood there and watched the next i mean i wouldn't have the courage to cross if someone hadn't spoken to me. you know i devoted at the start he suddenly appeared and sat down next to me announced well where you're from the offical. i said well here from the east. and he said i'm from the west. comes once we started talking and i asked her if she'd ever been to the west. he said i s