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it is in west germany, a confronting of the nazi past. this did not take place in east germany. the wall collapsed in 1989, but until that point, i lived in germany and my doctoral thesis was on the control of world war ii history. people were soup we not talk about the holocaust and many other crimes as well. in east germany, they were told quite literally that bach and beethoven were from eastern germany and hitler was from west germany and all of the nazis and evil people from world war ii had gone over to the west. this was part of the education system and so on. not only were they told this fabrication, but they were also not taught how to incisively look at historical records, documents, do research, have discussions, disagreements, debates, arguments about the past. you were taught a certain line and had to stick to that line. there were some very good historians in east germany but they were not given the freedom to publish what they wanted to because they were always in fear of being punished for this. yes, i think this has had a huge effect on the rise of the afd. ther

here on this display it's all about east germany, west germany, the iron curtain, the military liaison mission that was stationed in germany. it was a french mission, a russian mission, a british mission and an american mission. what we have here is an american license original license plate from one of the american missions. little espionage activity across the iron curtain. some original pieces of the barbed wire from the hungarian border. and regional sign that said, halt prohibited you cannot go past dislocation. one of the cars a photograph that the used to use. original piece of the berlin wall i was painted by an artist and donated to the cold war museum. if we go up a little bit, checkpoint charlie, one of the original armbands that was used at the guard gate that separated east and west germany and downtown berlin. also some east and west german stance from the era. up on top there are original east burr and west berlin german sign saying this is the border you cannot go past us, and to let people know it was a dangerous area or that it was the no man zone in between the borde

flee to the west because there there was not clear understanding of the extent to which non-german collaborators had actually participated in the persecution in the murder of nazi germany's jewish victims. and so then it was easy for these people when they got to the west to lie about what they've done during the war since the truth was locked away and to get visas to resettle and start new lives and new countries including the united states. going to pause for a moment to take a moment and acknowledge. welcome our viewers who are watching from all around the country and all around the world. good morning very early. good morning. thank you for joining us from san diego, california, tullahoma, tennessee, salem, massachusetts, bemidji, minnesota laplace, louisiana, cary, north carolina, santa fe, new mexico, and also good morning to you in grand rapids, michigan and to our international viewers. welcome to you tuning in from bogota colombia london in the uk, toronto canada. hello to you in brazil, and also good afternoon to you in israel. so i'm talking now barry, some of our viewers may be familiar with the 2018 feature film operation finale which is the true story of th

germany . build her hand jones had just been sent to west berlin in 1970 as a new b.b.c. radio correspondent it was a position with very special benefits. b.b.c. representative for the german service in west berlin mitra status which meant i had . military id card and i could cross into this but then anytime i wanted i was used to drugs checkpoint charlie the east german border go to recognize my registration they're not allowed to open the door they're not allowed to ask me to run the window down i just sort of hold up my id card pressed against the glass and it away going through. fasting harrison decided to use his colleagues national protection staters for his own purposes i have a call from person saying i want to go and talk to a very important contact of mine he's written some article for a west german newspaper called did cite so i want to go and see him and get this article but you must do nothing to annoy him this was a key contact and you know if you mess things up or upset him you'll be in deep trouble. and so build your hunch jones drove to the agreed meeting

and you had that from the president of west germany, finally, in 1985. the german, working off the past, has by no means been perfect. it is still being worked on. intensely. there are lots of debates, about the way it has been done, and the way it could be done better. but, at the very least, they did several things which americans can learn from. first of all, they recognized that facing your criminal past is necessary for a country to be healthy and to become strong and it's not a confession of weakness. it can be a road to strength, to have a more nuanced history. and acknowledge you know the criminals in your past while also finding new heroes, which i think is a very important part of american debates about memorialization. that is, not just what monuments we take down. but what we put up, and who we honor. my hope is that the community -- i know most of us -- arguments have been focused on, who we take down. i think it is at least as important for communities to discuss, who are the people we would like to look up to? who hold the values we want o

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germany . build her hand jones had just been sent to west berlin in 1970 as a new b.b.c. radio correspondent it was a position with very special benefits. b.b.c. representative for the german service in west berlin heard mitra status which meant i had to. military id card and i could cross into this but then it i wanted i was used to drugs checkpoint charlie the east german border go to recognize my registration they're not allowed to open the door they're not allowed to ask me to run the window down i just had a hold up my id card press against the glass and let away go through. boston harrison decided to use his colleague's special protection staters for his own purposes i have a call from harrison saying i want to go and talk to a very important contact of mine he's written some article for a west german newspaper called the site so i want to go and see him and get this article but you must do nothing to annoy him this was a key contact and you know if you mess things up or upset him you'll be in deep trouble. and so build to hunt germans drove to the agreed meeting po

interesting to explain a little bit about monetary history and imports of gold as what happened in west germany when the allies the french germans how the french british and the americans created their predecessor for the but as frank with they did is that made the biggest bank completely separate and distinct from the government so the bank would say no to buying government bonds because what happened was is that the government allies realize that in order to fight a war you have to have control of the currency and they just won 2 wars against the germans they didn't want to fight a 3rd so they made sure that there was that political discipline between the buns bank and the government and the irony is that they didn't impose that on themselves they really impose that on on germany and it worked very very well the bundestag did a remarkable job of managing the national currency the deutsche mark up until the euro but now the bonus bank has become. you're elegant relative to the european central bank which is a political control so if that's the lesson of the 20th century max you have to remove

london southeast and the northeast and relative terms is as greatgrade as it was between east and west germanyto reunification. it took 30 years to narrow that gap. does he agree it will take more than one parliament and more than a significant investment he's already committed to get to truly level up this country? i thank my honorable friend for his warm words and i agree with them. this is the task that this government will meet head—on. labour's new shadow chancellor, turned to the government's handling of the pandemic. the government, they're taking in the public for fools. taxpayers deserve that their money is used best. not squandered on contracts that don't deliver. 0r line pockets of friends and donors of the conservative party. the government says it wants value for money. but it has failed to claw back the millions wasted on contracts that didn't deliver for the nhs. and didn't deliver for taxpayers either. and they talk in this queen's speech about leveling up. but it is this conservative government who is cut 60p from every pound of funding from local councils, forcing them to clo

years to the very day of the unconditional surrender of nazi germany, dwight eisenhower brought west germanyo the nato alliance. one german described to me as it's our iron embrace. >> very powerful and not necessarily the path that everyone would have followed after those experiences. and i do want to acknowledge a viewer who had written in to ask about the effects on eisenhower from viewing, memorializing these atrocities. i think you've described a lot of those to us. we have another question from a viewer named david. this might be more of a historian question for me. david is asking, didn't the u.s. military have definitive proof of the details of the death camps prior to actually liberating one? why was it such a shock to the military? a very complex question, david, it depends who you're talking about the. the united states government did at the highest levels have irrefutable evidence of the scale of nazi crimes and some of the details of the mechanics of it. but the average united states soldier was not sent to europe with the goal of liberating jews. that was never the military pri

begin to listen to helmut call who said this is an opportunity historical moment for west germany. there's an opportunity to unite and margaret thatcher said no way jose. i was in the bombing of london in 1940 and 41 and i'm now going to make any deal with the germans and meet their hall said well europe matters, but a strong united germany in the center of europe. that could be a threat. so baker sets out to persuade both those leaders as well as the other europeans. that a united germany anchored in nato. would enable the rest of europe to live peacefully knowing that germany would not have any ability to build its own nuclear capacity. yes, the economy would be strong but that strong economy could also be a bulwark against the soviet union. this is a long way of saying. that the emergence of germany are united, germany. was thanks to. president george hw bush brent scowcroft his second national security advisor and secretary of state james baker. that's fascinating diana. bakers one of his great skills was in his personal relationships that he used to great effect and notably fo

to expand his area of influence there were loud complaints of we're now vulnerable coming from west germany and from other countries in europe that felt that they were allied and what would happen if stalin? turn to the west again and began aggression against the western countries. and finally, there was a charges of senator joseph mccarthy. who had for five months? been claiming the true and administration communism. they were harboring communists in the state department and elsewhere in the federal government. and they should be impeached for treason. if that has some contemporary rings while i'm so be it. turned out they're actually were a couple of communists in the state department, but that's another story. anyway, that's what happened to the north korean invasion? and why the united states was a key part of? each of these countries having to recalibrate their strategies. well, just to follow on from that just a quick follow-on question sam before turning to the us military buildup. there were miscalculations on both sides. i mean you mentioned kim miscalculated. that the united state

the berlin wall german rock legend who don't live in baghdad something very few musicians from west germany did while others were trying to crack the charts and western europe and in america then bag campaigned for 8 years to play in communist east germany something has fans still remember today now we don't let him back has just released a compilation album in time for his 75th birthday. this. month 75 years 75 songs you don't have but is celebrating his birthday with a new greatest hits album the man with the instantly recognizable trademark hat his music by turns humorous provocative or emotional. balance have become german and he's the voice of several generations. so there's a connection between my lyrics and the way people on the street talk no nonsense plain speaking. 50 years ago was a pioneer of rock music with german lyrics a revolution. over the years he has not stopped 36 studio albums selling millions. his most famous topic was the division of germany as in the song the girl from east berlin. the song became popular in communist east germany distributed on illegal cassette reco

major countries they rewrote the constitution in the 20th century india gained its independence in west germany after world war ii created an electoral college system and the purpose of all of these is import to create checks and balances to make sure you don't have a couple of major cities are one population dense region controlling everybody else. although the electoral college is genius because the founders created something a little bit different from a parliamentary system and it worked out more directly on the democratic but it's a two-step democratic ross says. it's not unusual at all when you look at the major democratic countries around the world. >> do you want to comment -- comment about that? senator one of the themes of what you have really talked about in the elect roh college it would seem to me would also apply to the filibuster. now you have been in the senate where you've been part of the majority and you've been in the senate when you've been part of the minority and how important is preservation of the filibuster again to prevent the tyranny of the majority? >> the reason yo

wrote or rewrote the constitution and the 20th century, india, when they gained independence, and west germany after world war ii, they created a kind of electoral college system. and the purpose of all of these is, in part, to create checks and balances and make sure you do not have a couple major cities or one population dense region controlling everybody else. our electoral college's genius, because the founders created something a little bit different from a parliamentary system, and something that worked out to be a little more democratic, it is a two-step democratic ross says. -- democratic process. it's not unusual at all when you look at successful, major democratic countries around the world. >> do you want to comment about that, senator? sen. inhofe: i defer to him. he is right. >> senator, one of the themes of what you have really talked about in the electoral college, it would seem to me would also apply to the filibuster. now, you have been in the senate where you've been part of the majority, you've been in the senate when you've been part of the minority. and how important is pr

bruce desperate families fighting for their loved ones and looking to the west, not to russia for help. france and germany are promising to spend more than 500000000 euros to support vaccine production in africa. the european union also plans to deliver more than 100000000 doses of vaccines to the continent this year. many african nations are struggling to secure vaccines on the global market. and south africa is entering a 3rd wave of infections or correspondence. out of the increase reports from durban . it looks like the arrival of ahead of states, but it is actually just the delivery of $316.00 doses to an inoculation site and do have been hundreds of eligible senior citizens over the age of 60 have been waiting since morning. i'm not happy at all. it was because most of them has lost their lives. so that is how you came here. so there to get that noted for there to prevent it. i think we're all very excited about least getting into the into line yet and getting an oven done with. and then we can get on with our lives again. less than 2 percent of south africans have received the depth so far, not eve

about the fact that arms control is much tougher like in russia by the way it is in the west but still in germany a few years ago we had this young man who took the guns of his father to to go on a rampage in school so we have seen that in europe as well though less so than in the us so what more can be done i don't know i'm sure of president putin was right in asking the security forces to check again on the on the systems of arms control in the population to make sure that arms can be identified here in in western europe unfortunately you see that with the why of the immigration debate head of the last 2 years it seems you can obtain a kalashnikov from 24 hours now in some cities like the l.v. of belgium and other places so it is dangerous and and we can we cannot protect. against mentally deranged people especially youngsters like this one portrait seems to appear on the type of of loner that we have seen before. well you know you mentioned you mentioned the issue of arms control it you know it made me think because you know when you deal with someone you know for example a war veteran someone

i spent years on active duty at the height of the cold war including serving in west germany commanding an air defense unit the size of the 4th allied tactical air force. as a civil servant, i served in program management oversight rules and with the tactical warfare programs and for over a decade, i would like to ensure that america in the necessary weapons to deter the enemy, the soviet union. when we demonstrated to the world how much conventional military dominance the united states had achieved. i then spent 15 years working in the defense industry before returning to the pentagon in 2010. it was in 2010 they discovered how much of our potential adversaries had advanced their own capabilities and china had the success in the first gulf war and embarked on the modernization program with the clear goal to defeat the ability of the united states to have power in china. rusha was modernizing its forces and it increased the emphasis on tactical nuclear weapons. we have made progress against these threats and the adversaries should never doubt the united states, but there is much still t

ambassador to west germany reportedly lobbying for foreign partners of the pipeline isn't this interestings interesting about that is the fact that despite what joe biden and his campaign have said, they have not refunded the money more than six months after saying we will reject any lobbyist donations. yet, it looks as if that was a great big lobbyist donation. brian: i wonder if adam schiff is going to conduct an nigeria inquiryand find out what he hase biden? it. it will come out later today i'm sure. steve: that's the latest on the pipeline. ainsley: 13 minutes after the top of the hour and carley shimkus has more headlines. carley: going to start with a fox news alert. israel's prime minister warning against hamas rocket attacks saying israel will respond now, it comes as palestinians rejoice as israel and hamas declare cease-fire over 230 people have been killed after 11 days of palestinian rocket attacks. and israeli airstrikes. despite the agreement. hamas is vowing to still keep its, quote: hands on the trigger. a colorado sheriff's deputy is shot multiple times in the line of dut

5 year paean nations are urging israel to stop building settlements in the occupied west bank the u.k. france germany italy and spain made the call in a joint statement they say expansion will further damage prospects for a viable palestinian state and ethiopia's parliament has designated the former ruling party of the northern region a terrorist organisation it's a blow to the prospect of peace talks with the great people's liberation front 6 months after the fighting broke out in the northern region those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera its people in power do stay with this. al jazeera is newsnight on the biggest stories of the week delivered to your inbox . now losses and opinions to have the well to subscribe part of the conversation. that south africa's apartheid regime for to cling on to power in the latter half of the 20th century it routinely imprisoned tortured and murdered its opponents controversially many of those crimes went unpunished in the years of reconciliation that followed but the families of victims have never given up hopes of justice face is the remarkable story

5 year paean nations are urging israel to stop building settlements in the occupied west bank the u.k. france germany italy and spain made the call in a joint statement they say expansion will further damage prospects for a viable palestinian state and those are the headlines on al-jazeera as always more news on our website al-jazeera dot com coming up next witness. how concerned should we be about raising food prices a business entirely down to the pandemic we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in a new prime minister designate a new baby the tasco fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. digital media and maria ressa is the founder of all the inside. records he is fake it is whatever power doesn't like the president of the philippines abroad rico deter day says he wants to kill as many people involved with drugs doesn't possible on the lists his critics as public enemy. graph learn i'm on my new site and known to be critical of the government had its license revoked and he weeks ago the end goal is to silence dissent when people don'