we had west berlin, set up as a political and economic system that was democratic and capitalist, completely surrounded by communist east germany. berlin became a symbol of the division between east and west and between the communist and democratic systems in the cold war. it was a hotspot of the tension between east and west. the berlin wall itself was about 96 miles long, completely separating west berlin from east berlin. but also completely surrounding west berlin and again, cutting it off from the rest of east germany. we have a couple of pieces of the berlin wall i would like to show you. we have two authentic pieces of the berlin wall here. they were donated to the museum by a county which is outside of east berlin. we shipped them over to washington, d.c. from germany and put them up here. most people, when they think of the berlin wall, they think of all the graffiti and color and designs on the wall. these are completely plain. that's because they were on the east side, where people were not allowed to graffiti the wall. it would have incurred some pretty severe penalties. one reason why they did not want people drawi

government secrets from over 120 countries foreign governments were paying good money to the us and west germany for the privilege of having the most secret communications read by at least 2 foreign countries it was a foolproof operation 1st called thesaurus and later renamed rubicon for over half a century of the company crypto a.g.d. was a captain of the worlds and. option industry based in neutral switzerland most governments were quick to believe their secrets were in safe hands little did they know the cia and west germany's b.m.d. had co-opted the company's founder to create a backdoor into the world's best kept secrets in 1988 western spies had complete access to the egyptian president's communications with cairo during the camp david peace talks with israel a year later washington was spying on a rainy and officials during the hostage crisis and as late as 1986 u.s. intelligence was listening to libyan officials congratulate each other for the bombing of a berlin disco although the c.i. a and b. and d. weren't able to hook their main rivals russia and china had enough foresight to look e

story between $2.00 older people won from the former communist east of one from the capitalist west germany2 proud protagonists made off of the berlin wall has full and however that different personal histories in the vastly different upbringings they experience creates an emotional wall between them. sooner or later we'll all be just a pile of bones so before you're as dead as this guy how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on love. the ageing married or of money come out of one's novel and the mud ceased meets her bow right here under the brucie sorious at berlin's natural history museum the man's name is and everything about him is gray his eyes his hair his coat fronts cause the dinosaur a beautiful island and the narrator falls head over heels for she's a paleontologist from east berlin who worships these here monkeys fossils he's a west german insect researcher both of them are married both of them are getting on in years love is never easy with const the writing is on the line every night he sneaks back out to his wife every intimate question he answers with a girl

1000 agents came from there and there's lots of links to the boat people refugees who came to west germany in the seventy's are countries in latin america like mexico or brazil and. mexico. from now on if they have the qualifications and can speak german workers can come to germany for 6 months to look for work that doesn't mean increased competition for trainees already here the demand for skilled workers is so great they'll be enough jobs for all of them in germany for the forseeable future. and let's end with a look at uganda where fishing is becoming less profitable for many communities which are heavily dependent on the sectors to support their families and diversifying into coffee farming is helping provide a sustainable solution one of the islands of lake victoria. fish stocks are dwindling here in lake victoria it's becoming increasingly evident as essential ugandan landing site called the. fishermen here are struggling i don't. know what if this is such a bad time for fishing compared to the past when they used to be fewer fisherman i think it's mainly because the population has g

we also have to keep in mind that at the time west germany wanted to enjoy its post-war economic miracleand wanted to believe that the nazi era and nazi guilt had been overcome. and showed it. in 1998 more than 4 decades after the end of the war the washington conference take given his intense involvement with the nazi system. i feel as if these supplies but at the same time there were clearly people here in bavaria who wanted him as someone who was knowledgeable about the museum business so they wanted him to help rebuild the collection rebuild the buildings revive the institutions and organizations. we also have to keep in mind that at the time west germany wanted to enjoy its post-war economic miracle and wanted to believe that the nazi era and nazi guilt had been overcome. and showed it. in 1998 more than 4 decades after the end of the war the washington conference on holocaust era assets marked a decisive moment for the families affected by expropriation. the mistake to find the truth this means that researchers must have access to all archives and by that i don't mean crush or spor

turnout for an unofficial memorial to the 98 sims of last night's shooting in the west in the west germany chancellor merkel condemns the poison of racism as the suspect is believed to have had. motives and president after on valve battle islamic separatism in france as he bids to win votes ahead of next month's cain local elections. fellow there just are 9 o'clock in the evening here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our start with breaking news because syrian militants backed by turkish forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the water on province but russian airstrikes did help to repel them you've done off join me earlier with the details basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the syrian forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that northeastern province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that the troops the syrian troops on the ground could not withstand it on their own so the ask the russian air force to help out so it d

his research is focused on were crime trial at the world word to come particular west germany, the west germany holocaust trial. seated next to him is our faculty director and assistant director of european history, paul, who is focused on history of everyday life. he has done scholarship on germany, berlin, and we will by learningening more about our scholars and where they come from on the topic and from there, we will dive into the conversation. for now, i will go back to jennifer. allow me to welcome you to the lepage center. the easiest way to get into the conversation is for you to tell us a little about the center you direct and a little about your research in your area of study. jennifer: hi, everybody. i am the executive director for the study of holocaust studies and human rights. it is a bit of a mouthful. we are in glassboro, new jersey. at, certainly, the holocaust, also other genocides. one question we are asked most often is so what. now, so we do about it we made this decision this switch our emphasis and push into human rights to answer the so what question that so many

an east of this is germany/west germany dialect? forward from 1989 to a polarity of far-rightism in germany? david: despite almost a trillion expenditure on infrastructure in east germany, it remains behind west germany and development. strong migration into west germany, so you have hollowed out a region. that is fertile ground for radical ideas and that is what has happened. something can be done about that and has to be done quickly. tom: david folkerts-landau, for his germany, truly an extraordinary day in the politics moving forward in the time after chancellor merkel. hampshire, itew will be tuesday. we have the iowa results ready much at 97%. -- pretty much at 97%. david westin and kevin cirilli will do better at 7:00 p.m. tuesday. futures up nine. ♪ ♪ that in the see ne, and our -- eurozo friends retail, we have a negative impact -- french retail, we have a negative impact. , they aree eurozone not suffering in the same way. >> negative rates and potentially deeper negative rates has less and less effect. you can see from in

governments were quick to believe their secrets were in safe hands little did they know the cia and west germany's b.m.d. had co-opted the company's founder to create a backdoor into the world's best kept secrets in 1988 western spies had complete access to the egyptian president's communications with cairo during the camp david peace talks with israel a year later washington was spying on a rainy and officials during the hostage crisis and as late as 1906 u.s. intelligence was listening to libyan officials congratulate each other for the bombing of a burl in disco although the c.i. a and b. and d. weren't able to hook their main rivals russia and china had enough foresight to look elsewhere for their encryption needs nowadays though those 2 are the scapegoats for all of the west's cyber woes if you see throughout our alliance every one of our countries has had side by and hybrid attacks from russia some from china for washington it's become a routine to point the finger at russia and china but it's not like u.s. intelligence operations have wound down since then on the contrary they've adapted .

be a question around german identity and and obviously there was a big split between east and west germany for some time and both sides have very different postwar experiences is this are we seeing the rise of the far right it's more pronounced in east germany for instance do you think because of the level of disenfranchisement there. well 1st of all let me correct one of the myths here divides of the far right is not any exclusive east german or primarily east german problem obviously you've seen the gaining seats in some of these german parliament but if you look at what in patterns and there's a very interesting study that was published last year from the technical university in munich looking at wanting at 192-830-3220 extension 17 you could see that especially in rural areas there is a continuation of right being voting patterns throughout all of these elections so this is not a particularly east german problem and let me remind you how now is not in east germany in castle same state in germany has been the politician look of us met at a summit last year that also is not in east germa

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country is challenged and the idea of an open society that was a step list after world war 2 1st in west germany enough to unification 30 years ago in the whole of the country is challenge to and the context is different and i think what we see now is a moment various this open society is really capable to defend itself you have reported extensively on germany's moments of remembrance reconciliation with the past what does today's commemoration in dresden what does it tell the world about germany i think the president. was really aware that he needs to find the exact tone on the one side to commemorate the victims these 25000 that were killed during those. raids. and in the same time bring it into the context of the other commemorations i was in auschwitz for example in those 26 and 27th of of generate. already hold a very strong speech i was in a small city of veto in southeast poland will. will to stall that in september. 13539 also here he was very aware that he has to be very clear and i have the feeling that at the moment he's very much focusing on this serious of speeches there will be mor