the treaty of versailles that ended world war i, it was the last gasp of european colonialism. maps drawn at that international gathering brought on world war ii and the plague and that does plague us to this day some of those other lines they drew on that map. those national borders mandated by the versailles treaty made the world temporarily tranquil. haven't we heard that about -- maybe we heard that a few moments ago how we got to overcome the tragedy right now, like we did in korea, by not making the confrontations with those people who are engaged in hostile activity. yes, the treaty of versailles gave the world temporary tranquility but doomed following generations to instability and conflict. such future challenges were left to the league of nations and the baton was passed to the united nations. global government in one form or the other would solve everything. the e.u., the common market and nato and other bureaucracies would demonstrate how nation states can cooperate and achieve a collective peace and freedom and prosperity. well, just as things change dramatically

the entire ordeal became part of the documentary "the queen of versailles."e resorts came back, and, again, the siegels bounced back, and in the end, the versailles estate -- it was never sold. construction -- it ramped up again. then last summer, tragedy struck. the siegels were faced with every parent's worst nightmare, the death of their child. 18-year-old victoria siegel had graduated from high school with dreams of opening her own sushi restaurant, but she also had developed an addiction to prescription drugs. >> i didn't even know she was on drugs. that's how scary it was. >> last june, while jackie and david were out of town, victoria died of an overdose at the mansion that the family was living in while versailles is still being completed. >> we flew back immediately, and before i even buried her, i decided that i was going to spend the rest of my life doing something about this horrific problem -- drug addiction in this country -- and i didn't know what i could do to make a difference. >> the death of someone changes your whole life. i mean, losing m

. >> we went on our honeymoon in france, and when we went to versailles, he says, "i want to build versailles in america." when we were on the airplane coming back from france, he designed the house on the back of a napkin. >> of course he did. >> he wanted, like, a 10,000-square-foot spa, and i wanted bowling alleys for the kids. and he wanted a movie theater. >> the estate was about 60% completed. and the economy crashed, almost taking westgate with it. >> in 2008, when lehman brothers went under, and the banks all froze, it was a terrible time for my company. it was a terrible time for the country. i had to do whatever was necessary to see that the company survived. we cut our expenses. we cut our sales. >> but cutting expenses and worrying about revenues was really not enough. they also had to put the versailles house on hold, and eventually they listed the half-built mansion for sale. guess what? $100 million. the whole thing was being captured by a documentary filmmaker, who was profiling jackie for a movie called "the queen of versailles." did you enjoy doing that? >> i hated it. [ bot

he will be so popular and so prominent and so well loved among the ladies of versailles, that king louis is going to commissioner -- commission a chamber pot with his likeness at the bottom. he is going to be responsible for the alliance of 1778, which is going to bring the french enter the american revolution by turning a colonial war into a fundamentally -- into a fundamental world war. afterwards, peace, that was a short war. there we are at the signing of the treaty of paris in 1783 in which franklin is crucial. he gives one of his little witty franklin lies. john adams is a little perturbed, he is always perturbed by franklin. while they are both in france, he continuously complains to congress that franklin should be fired because he is not there working for america, he is there employing scribblers to trumpet his own fame. john adams -- where do we get to ascending honor? the war ends. there is a little matter of what to do with the continental army? in revolutions, in wars, usually, standing army is not a good thing. in the british mindsets, british -- standing armies is a sign o

huge humiliation for the proud germans and it led to an even bigger humiliation, the treaty of versailles. that treaty stripped germany of most of it's military and saddled it with punishing financial penalties called reparations. the railroad car was made into a monument celebrating the allied victory and france's top general, marshal foch, was a national hero. the so-called war to end all wars was finally over, but an even bigger war was soon to begin. (dramatic music) under adolf hitler, germany was again fighting the allies and this time, the germans were winning. after invading paris, the nazis forced the french to sign an armistice. remembering the humiliation they had endured in that railroad coach back in 1918, it was characteristic of hitler to want revenge. - [announcer] also characteristic were his terms for the armistice. it must be signed in the coach where marshal foch met the defeated germans in the last war. - [emily] having gotten what he wanted, hitler and his top aids gleefully toured the area while a military band played the german national anthem. (patriotic music) hi

because it showed statesman like qualities knowing that he would be accused of signing a second versaillesthere were rebellions all over the country in cold blinds there were attempts to set up a separate rhineland republic in saxony entering year there was an alliance between communists and social democrats a red revolution threatened strays a man sent in the army but the main threat came from the right in the south of the republic. in munich the bavarian government mobilized against berlin taking control of the troops based there he joined forces with the so-called fatherland association's extreme right wing bodies including hitler's national socialist german workers' party they intended to march on berlin. the chancellor was well aware of this he could deploy the army against the communists in saxony entering year but would it put down a right wing coup by scans. on secrecy. that i've been. thinking of. going to transit or seeing it in any thoughts. thank you. general hans von seek to was the country's top soldier was the army prepared to defend the republic against attacks from the rig

a stopping off point to the royal splendor of versailles. benjamin franklin resided in le petit hotel. he was the non-paying guest of friend of king louis. he has been here for all nine years. terrace andd on the overlooking, he could watch as the waters meandered past the isle. but, the end of the war, three months after the piece of paris, a war that ravaged his native country. not begrudge him a moment of her spite to watch the river flow. inside, his mind did not meander as the river did. inside, he wrote to his firstborn daughter, and the words he put down in 1784 fundamentally revolutionized the concept of honor, the concept of aristocracy, the concept of birth status that had a basically consumed europe for most of its history. inside, he wrote, " honor does not ascend but descent. nd."esce he is saying, honor, merit become linked. no longer are you honorable because of who your parents were. are responsible for your own action. not just that. those who talk to you to behave that way are also due credit. started, shameless plug, i hea

for the first time in the history of the palace of versailles a woman will assume the responsibility for the gardens fountains daniella mountain will head a team of experts who look after the fifty five fountains and their thirty five kilometers of water pipes. since they were you know created by louis the fourteenth in sixty eight sixty six responsibility for these masterpieces of engineering has lain solely in the hands of men. an exhibition of works by french impressionist painted killed monet has opened in russia they were originally housed at the artist's residence in shivani in northern france until his death. the words ranged from impressionist renderings of rule and urban united states. to caricature is dating from the mid nineteenth century. the exhibition tracks monet's artistic development and diversity the show at the complex. runs until february. now let's take a trip to the clue touch her the cave in germany it's three hundred eighty five million years old and the biggest accessible cave in the country visitors can explore the depths with a guide who's also available fo

for the jews in germany france england the united states when one time my son appeared before the versailles peace conference he said that explicitly he talked about the masses and by the masses he meant in particular those of russia he didn't even mean necessarily jews of palestine who were at the time a small minority you didn't need a jewish homeland for sixty five thousand people but you needed something for the larger number and the jewish problem by the way and this is perhaps of interest if you were small jazzier reminds us of the situation regarding muslim refugees today coming to europe the jews in europe where the ultimate other no one wanted them no one wanted them now i can now if. i need to stop you martin i need to stop you you've put your finger on the problem here which is that the the fate and the destiny or the solution for people suffering. in russia or poland does not it is a non sequitur to say that those people then have to be have their problems solved in a middle eastern country which is already full of people to death you are only pointing out the floor i've spoken a

because it showed statesman like qualities knowing that he would be accused of signing a second versaillesere were rebellions all over the country in cold blinds there were attempts to set up a separate rhineland republic in saxony entering year there was an alliance between communists and social democrats a red revolution threatened strays a man sent in the army but the main threat came from the right in the south of the republic. in munich the bavarian government mobilized against berlin taking control of the troops based there joined forces with the so-called fatherland associations extreme right wing bodies including hitler's national socialist german workers' party they intended to march on berlin. the chancellor was well aware of this he could deploy the army against the communists in saxony entering year but would it put down a right wing coup counter. on secrecy. i've been. thinking of. going to transit was a bit in your thoughts. thank you. general hans von seek to was the country's top soldier was the army prepared to defend the republic against attacks from the right. the situat

boyfriend gave me struck in germany in n protest to francÉs troupes and occupation after treaty of versailles paris have had arab people living since late 19th century. europe doesn't have a muslim problem but race problem. increasingly elderly societies of western europe, youth is being wasted, young men grow up excluded and policed because of race, because of the past, because whitens is the only form of wealth some of the people in the societies have. greek youth immigrate to australia, portuguÉs, young people have moving in significant numbers to angola. how weird, the pakistani community voted overwhelming for brexit, though many brexit backers were the kind of obnoxious white british antiimmigrant and the western hemisphere, literature of immigration has emerged. bruno dÍaz speaks of the shadow of the united states in the dominican republic. never mind thomas jefferson for once, benjamin franklin and alexander hamilton had animus against german immigrants, percentage of the germans who came after the revolution of 1830 and 1848 were artisans. in the 19th century hardly any city did not

those national borders mandated by the versailles treaty made the world temporarily tranquil. haven't we heard that about -- maybe we heard that a few moments ago how we got to overcome the tragedy right now, like we did in korea, by not making the confrontations with those people who are engaged in hostile activity. yes, the treaty of versailles gave the world temporary tranquility but doomed following generationso

just outside paris in the village a stopping off point to the royal splendor of versailles benjamin franklin resided in lepetite hotel. he was a nonpaying guest, a friend of king louis. he had been here for all nine years. he perched on the terrace. he could watch as the waters meandered past the isle. but the end of the war three months after the peace of paris, a war that ravaged his native country he wouldn't begrudge him a moment of respite to watch the water flow. inside his mind did not meander as the river did. he wrote to his first born daughter and the words he put down in 1784 fundamentally revolutionized the concept of honor, the concept of aristocracy and birth status that had basically consumed europe for most of its history. inside he wrote honor does not descend but ascend. what did he mean? two things. one, he is making a change where it is an honor, merit become linked. no longer are you honorable because of who your parents were. you are responsible for your own actions and not just that, those who taught you to behave that way are also incredible. before we get started i'm

landing, there were women encoders who followed the men into france and actually were bunkered near versailles. and the women were encoding our military messages as we were communicating throughout europe as we were chasing the germans through france and belgium. so really in terms of communications, in terms of code breaking and also code making, there were far more than 10,000 women who did this work. >> we are just about at the end of our time. so i want to thank liza mundy for her wonderful presentation and invite you all to join us at the signing tent over at the war memorial plaza. if you have more questions, you're welcome to ask them. and she will be signing books there for about half an hour. so we look forward to seeing you there. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and you've beenen listening to author liza mundy, author of "code girls." and we'll be back with more live coverage of the southern festival of books in nashville in just a few minutes. ♪ -- [inaudible conversations] >> booktv tapes hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at som

landing, there were women encoders who followed the men into france and actually were bunkered near versailles. and the women were encoding our military messages as we were communicating throughout europe as we were chasing the germans through france and belgium. so really in terms of communications, in terms of code breaking and also code making, there were far more than 10,000 women who did this work. >> we are just about at the end of our time. so i want to thank liza mundy for her wonderful presentation and invite you all to join us at the signing tent over at the war memorial plaza. if you have more questions, you're welcome to ask them. and she will be signing books there for about half an hour. so we look forward to seeing you there. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and you've beenen listening to author liza mundy, author of "code girls." and we'll be back with more live coverage of the southern festival of books in nashville in just a few minutes. ♪ -- [inaudible conversations] >> booktv tapes hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at som