we meet at grosz in west berlin., disappointed. the food was excellent, though. germany's cool with, you know, "come to our country, get high and party." >> else: it's not germany, it's berlin. >> anthony: it's berlin. >> else: and in berlin, we say, "berlin is not germany," you know? i remember the first time i was in berlin when i was 14 years old, and i remember exactly coming here and having this almost physical feeling of freedom. like, i was a goth girl at that time, like i started to only wear black and listened to dark music. and when i came to berlin, i was like, yes, here i can be who i want to be. and it almost felt a little bit magical. >> anthony: do you think that people who came here from other countries, back in weimar era and now, people are looking for a dark side, do you think? >> brendan: certainly, the people are looking for things that they couldn't do at home. >> le pustra: exactly. >> brendan: they're looking for -- >> le pustra: they still come here for the forbidden. >> brendan: -- things th

nowadays everybody can easily walk through the brandenburg gate from former east berlin to former west berlin and vice versa for decades that wasn't possible because the berlin wall rent just a couple of meters behind the monument the gate was right in the middle of restricted territory and that's just one chapter of the very exciting history of the brandenburg gate. the brandenburg gate gives a triumphal arch krohn to either quadriga is twenty meters high and flanked by two feet dosage. or jordan of the roman goddess of victory drives the chariots for horses millions of people have seen the game but very few of them know how it came to be. lived in one of often off a kid bent occurred in seven hundred eighty eight in prussia frederick william the second forged an alliance with britain and the dutch republic has using it was very important to him and he wanted to commemorate it properly so he built a triumphal arch here. the here and. anyone who wishes to learn more about this monument can visit the nearby brandenburg gate museum called the gate berlin and. i multimedia show reviews three hun

twenty fifteen in a historic location right on potsdamer platz where the wall dividing east and west berlin used to be remnants of the wall still recall the cold war era. that's inspired many filmmakers. a number of spy thrillers have been shot in berlin including the american t.v. series homeland. its entire fifth season was produced in the german capital. there was also the bourne ultimatum starring matt damon. really threw fuel into the many international film productions for producers and screenwriters berlin is important because of its background as the capital for spies and espionage so you have authentic locations which you can refer to a lot of the one for. the spine museum also takes a trip to the cinema. this red telephone is from a james bond movie. and if you want to test your secret agent skills you can try to get through the laser beam obstacle course. but real spies seldom see that kind of action engine. tend to do most of their work from the office just because our drill work of espionage is very arduous slow time consuming and very tedious these days spying is largely condu

they used to build the tunnel when fifty seven people were able to flee to west berlin the museum now attracts around eight hundred fifty thousand visitors a year. we just know the walls so but in this exhibition it has in many things and many real objects and many stories and various impressed me something about these peoples they succeeded to make. i thought it couldn't be through but we have seen that. the vehicles were indeed prepared for all eventualities like this car with steel panels to protect against gunfire. the museum shows the suffering of the communist east and it serves as a reminder of this chapter in german history. tomorrow in the series will dive into the history of spies here in germany in the cold war so do. chain and then remember to check us out online if you've missed any of their posts you can find them again that that is all we have time for on the shites and say that so until tomorrow from all of us campbell and enjoy the rest as a thanks for watching. on the next edition of your own that. hamburger from the water and the city has lots of it the elder river

during the cold war checkpoint charlie was the best known border crossing between east and west berlin today it's one of the german capitals biggest tourist attractions after world war two the four wartime allies divided up the city this was a gateway between the american and soviet sectors checkpoint charlie museum was opened in one nine hundred sixty two a year after the wall was built and documented there was impact on people's lives and how it eventually fell. in. this museum stands for freedom that's the main point from the very beginning of the museum has been an expression of precious to gainst the wall. the mission statement was we want freedom in unity. your voice and your pride and i hope. visitors from all over the world come to learn about the extremes people went to to cross the border and the tragedies of failed attempts. sixty thousand automatic spring guns were installed on the inner german border any movement and they automatically fired shrapnel and soldiers had orders to shoot anyone in the death strip escaping the east meant risking your life. the museum is still in

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the next race all right well i got a chance to see some of the runners i happened to be in the west berlin neighborhood earlier today and i saw all these people i didn't see you i didn't see you running by but i was so impressed at what kind of different people were running the race that were in better shape not so good shape for you what were some of the best and the worst moments of those forty two kilometers the best moments when you see colleagues or friends in the audience cheering at you. yes or if you have a flow and you have a clear way and run your own speed these are the best moments and then you have the moments when you have to fight when you're too exhausted. you have to run against him in a boss that for me this time it was a vote to make the thirty four normally get me to thirty seven thirty eight that's not a big fun but you have to to fight and finish the race i mean the killer of thirty eight i'm happy if i can run around the block once so i mean this really just blows me away so just very briefly. amazing time what do you make of his when it's a fabulous time i never tho

he was deported to west berlin and lived near the border. the concrete wall was opposed to his every day life. he rebuilt his world from back then on a computer with drawings and countless photos he took using extras as subjects. creating the look of the time wasn't easy at all finding accessories to bring the euro back to life everything from the dilapidated buildings to the old chewing gum machines. you have to be consistent consequence that. i returned with a visitor tower was built a house that had a remix screen which is fifteen meters high and sixty meters wide. twenty fabric strips were printed and stapled together. both the logistical and financial demands quick stream the high. people be much the scale of this is problematic everything is enormous and costs a lot of money and as a solo artist you don't think it would be possible to buy his three hundred sixty degree panorama the wall is a tribute to the sister oracle era the images reflect the banality of everyday life even under such bleak circumstances. you read about it also peop

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following a fight with two afghan migrants in the town of curtain one hundred fifty kilometers west of berlin some two and a half thousand protesters followed the call of far right groups and gathered there for a march post-mortem showed the cause of death was acute heart failure directly linked to his injury is afghan men have been taken into police custody. this is where twenty two year old man died after an altercation with two afghans the suspects were swiftly taken into police custody city authorities and the local church also responded quickly urging citizens to remain calm from the hopeful. i can only hope and ask that violence is not met with counter-violence. his pleas seems to have been heard many shared the pastor's wish that there would be no escalation as in chemist's two weeks ago curtains mayor also called for citizens to keep a cool head. but i have a simple request you stay the way you are don't let external influences get to you by was later prosecutors said an autopsy showed the man died of acute heart failure not directly linked to his injuries sustained in the incident po

history, i've always wondered how important is this question for a nation that managed to supply west berlinmid soviet siege? i think that this is kind of a bureaucratic question, and for bureaucrat who supplies, what is going to happen to that. >> and it's for you to decide, but it has to be a strategic decision rather than something that is dependent on logistics and tactics alone. and frankly, when i was ambassador, there were moments when i heard american officials say to me that you should convey to your government that we do have tremendous logistical capabilities that we can bring in, into play, if we make that strategic choice. so, please don't make us make that choice. i think right now the trump administration is spending more time on the strategic choice than on the logistical and tactical questions. and ambassador, someone wanted a short answer to the earlier. >> thank you so much. i think your question is a very good one because we need to look at realities that we face today, and i fully agree with what david said how well we've done with the security forces and how effective s

it was badly damaged in world war two after the berlin wall was built in one nine hundred sixty one the date stood in the no man's land between east and west. then when the berlin wall fell in one thousand nine hundred nine the gate became a symbol of german reunification. whether it's new year's eve or a public zone for watching the soccer world cup on a giant screen the brandenburg gate is a famous location for the big public events. those toys and these over and over too but you can think about the gate as an entry into berlin and that's exactly what the museum represents more so if it's a place where you spend about thirty minutes getting an overview of the city of the history and of the significance of berlin the board rooms. the brandenburg gate is crowned with the goddess of victory and her chariot. known as the quadriga. no visit to the german capital would be complete without a stop at berlin's most famous landmarks. all that is all we have time for on this saturday to get the kids well website and join in the conversation about your favorite activities to do by the water boy back again tomorrow at the same time and place but unti

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as allied troops pushed towards berlin from the east and west. they began to encounter concentration camps. tens of thousands of prisoners living and dying in desperate condition. january nine hundred forty five soviet troops entered. the largest center of the nazi industrial killing machine. rumors were circulating that hitler had given orders to heinrich himmler the commander of s.s. troops for the liquidation of concentration camp mates. there was to be no evidence left behind. no prisoners to tell the tale. quick and decisive action was needed. through six years of neutrality during world war two sweden had remained a country of peace. unlike its neighbors norway and denmark. nothing has been able to stop the danish saboteurs were continually blowing up factor buildings starting fires directing trains and so. those called resisting the nazi occupation had been removed to concentration camps in germany. in the resisting ideology of national socialism they were a rian as long as they were not jewish people who had been put to germany into conce

west germany. the defter that divided the city of berlin alone measured a stunning one hundred and fifty five promises. its removal left a vacuum a gaping wound that needed to be healed initially at a very practical level it's got kind of exam started live as no overall strategy or master plan but there were obvious questions that needed to be answered links that needed to be reestablished due to train lines that needed to be to mix it on the then there was the question of what to do with political elite sensitive areas and nor. can there were symbolic gestures such as the punters ponderous or federal revan a string of government buildings designed to link east and west. the free space was gradually filled by many different groups. of it some things were decided by the state over there were also citizens initiatives that some areas are doing a long time for ownership issues to be clarified some are still not settled for. the free space gave way to a new party culture many people live discourses and empty buildings berlin offered virtually unparalleled freedoms in the one nine hundred ninety s. the cit

levis i hadn't aka larry was born thirty two years ago in west germany to a german mother and british father today she lives in berlin she too has had to deal with difficulties many women in the pop industry face. when i showed a lot more skin on my first album and talked about sex too much and i noticed i was taken less seriously as an artist i thought that was a bit unfair comes out and it's funny shunning me because i'd written all the songs and everything myself i felt like an actress but was reduced to sex crimes that i'm sure featured in the songs of sex. but that's because i was reflecting on sex a lot of the time. because it's up to him. that his debut album in twenty fourteen was called future daughter bella a mix of already b. and electro pop praised by fellow musicians and critics. and. through all of. that. that same year she was the first female side on his to win the music award for most promising you come and sit down. but she didn't make it into the charts until his single with german rapper moche trip. they are less female than male artists in the german shots larry thinks the music industry is parti

as allied troops pushed towards berlin from the east and west. they began to encounter a concentration camps. tens of thousands of prisoners living and dying in desperate condition. january nine hundred forty five soviet troops entered our friends. the largest center of the nazi industrial killing machine. rumors were circulating that hitler had given orders to heinrich himmler the commander of s.s. troops for the liquidation of concentration camps. there was to be no evidence left behind. no prisoners to tell the tale. quick and decisive action was needed. through six years of neutrality during world war two sweden had remained a country of peace. unlike its neighbors norway and denmark. nothing has been able to stop the danish saboteurs were continually blowing up factor buildings starting fires directing trains and so. those called resisting the nazi occupation had been removed to concentration camps in germany. in the resisting ideology of national socialism they were a rian as long as they were not jewish people who had been put to germany i