german unifification in combination with eueupean reunification -- german reunification and europeancation. christopher: he is always called the father of german unification, is a that justified? -- is thatt justified?? >> i in a certain way it is. of course the german reunification started with a movement within east germany. this was in no sense a driving process that led to reunification but it led to a transformation into high polilities. the transformation of a civil movement into high politics. christopher: explain the l link between german reunification and european unification. >> he was very concerned to seek a reunified germany within european unification in order to avoid a single standing gegerman hegemony.. he was a aware this was s one oe greatest problems german history could face. christopher: many thanks for talking to us. and we apologize to our viewers for the poor quality of that audio. in the studio, we have him with us because he was a teenager in east germany when the berlin wall came down. you were in east berlin, how did people like you view helmut kohl ? wit