after years of intense preparation, germany -- germany hurled herself on poland at the beginning of september, 1939 and in pursuance of our guarantee to poland and agreement with the french republic, great britain the british empire and the commonwealth of nations declared war upon this foul aggression. we from this island and from our united empire maintained the struggle single handed for a whole year until we were joined by the military might of soviet russia and later by the overwhelming power and resources of the united states of america. we may allow ourselveses a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead. we must now devote all our strength and resources to the completion of our task, both at home and abroad. advance britannia, long live the cause of freedom. god save the king. >> almighty god, grant we beseech ye that we do here on earth the memory of those who served our country and -- the crown may be so inspired by the spirit of love and fortitude that forgetting all selfish and unworthy moments we may live only to thy glory and t

that was the basis for germany's second chance. as it was put in july of 1990, a german american historian who was forced to immigrate by hitler, "germany has not finished the process of confronting its own past, nor will it ever do so. every generation must search for its own way of understanding a history as contradictory as germany's. there are many achievements in this history, not least since 1945, about which the citizens of the federal republic of of germany can be glad, and of which they can be proud. however, accepting ownership of this history must include a willingness to face up to the dark side of the past. no one expects later generations to feel guilt for crimes which were committed by germans, in germany's name, long before they were born. that said, an essential part of assuming responsibility for one's own country is the determination to be conscious of the country's entire history. [applause] this applies to all germans, regardless of whether their forebearers lived here before 1945 or did not immigrate here unti

inflicted on so much of the world, and they remember the suffering within germany is health that germany brought upon itself through its aggression, so it's a very somber occasion. it's an occasion to remember the war and to ensure that germany takes the right steps and has been taking the right steps to make sure nothing like this happens again. >> contemporary germany is, of course, a very different country than that of seven decades ago. what relevance does this anniversary have for young people today? >> young people clearly have a different perspective on it than older people. the end of the war is still very much a living memory in germany but for young people, it's still also has an emotional impact. young germans see that there is still a need to come to terms with what happened in the second world war. as i said before, to assure that nothing like this happens again opinion polls show that young germans do not want to try to forget this the second world war. it needs to be remembered. >> thank you very much for sharing your insights with us. >> international commemorations to ma

the coroner's verdict on those killed were willful murder by germany. exactly as it had been on the three weeks earlier. in the united states arguing now about how far to press their process to germany about the loss and the demands that german ceased the campaign of our warfare. most u.s. public opinion had been massively holtile to sinking by secretary of state was wilson's approach to allies was becoming far too biased. it even b been worried about this before the loss of the lis listania he said to his colleagues you're not being fair. you people are simply not being true, you're taking sides. because a very gusty response to the president he went home that weekend to fix things over, and then on the weekend ended he resigned knowing it would be the end of his political career that he would be reviled. and he was correct. this is very typical of a thought of cartoon -- in the american press. what we're seeing at kaiser applauding the reason for resigning. but just this time in london admiralty officials were preparing their evidence to put before of

churchill understands and any contest, any conflict with germany, either imperial germany or nazi germany, britain will need the united states to prevail in such a war. there you see churchill's wife commenting churchill behind him. i like this photograph, because it shows him making a point. -- clementine churchill behind him. i like this photograph, because it shows him making a point. you see how one hand is being hammered into the other hand. i also like that hat. [laughter] very much the style of the first world war. behind the scenes -- this is what churchill was saying publicly. behind the scenes, he was saying the same thing. this is admiral sims. he was the president of the royal navy war college. during the war, he was sent to be in command of american naval forces in europe. he was headquartered in london. this is a photograph of admiral sims. while in london, and this is a letter he wrote to his wife -- he met lady randolph churchill and had dinner with her. there is a photograph of her during the period of the first world war. she is in her young 60's there. this is how churc

in cultural terms, germany had always been a country -- [indiscernible] germany has participated in and played a vital role in shaping the separation of powers in the middle ages, beginning with the separation of -- followed by royal power, so as the emancipatory processes of the enlightenment. however some essential political lessons of the enlightenment ideals of the american revolution of 1776, and the french revolution of 1789, the ideals of inalienable human rights, the sovereignty of the people, and representative democracy had been rejected by influential german people until well into the 20th century. it was only the experience of the german catastrophe of the period from 1933 until 1945 when german opposition to the western political ideals reached its peak that gradually eroded this hostility. the opportunity that arose after 1945 to build a second parliamentary democracy, this time one that would be functional and capable of defending itself, was only offered to part of germany however. the western occupation zones would later be part of west berlin. those germans living in o

the eastern part of germany hardly has any migrants at all. that he at place they have the parties getting more votes. you go to the western part of germany they've been dealing with other minorities for a long time, and all the dealings and people are much more educated and they knowledge from their own experience how these other people are and there's less tension and very much a part of society, integration is complicated. and they have been dealing with each other despite the government. and asia is a very society where the state is virtually nonexistent and people take things into their own hand. they don't depend on the state. it's basically what they think is right so their compassion goes out like in the case of the fisherman. they don't care what the government is saying, do this or do that. they do what they think is right. >> one solution that the e.u. is talking about which doesn't sound very compassionate at all is further militarization of the mediterranean namely the use of naval ships to intercept refugee boats. how concerned a

in germany or forgetting the obligation to remember these in germany. the same is true of the inhuman treatment of millions of forced laborers particularly the eastern workers, especially the jews, for whom forced labor was almost invariably followed by their murrder. it is impossible to draw lines -- in addition to the forgiving there is another risk regarding how we address the darkest times of germany. the danger of the being deliberately raised for political purposes. [indiscernible] prevent an imminent german side or another crime against humanity, there is no need -- on the other hand neither the holocaust nor other nazi crimes or this second world war in general has given germany the right to look away. the nazis' crimes against humanity are not an argument that justifies germany remained on the sidelines when there are compelling reasons to take joint actions in other countries under the international communities' responsibility to protect. any instrumental is asian of the murder of the your patient jews come motivated by day-to-day politics amo

and germany. he says his hands are clean. >> as chancellor and chief of staff in 2008, i knew nothing about search terms used by the u.s., or similar things for the purpose of industrial espionage in germany. no company names were mentioned. >> germany's intelligence agencies to work with the american national security agency, but he says the u.s. proposal to expand that cooperation was rejected as problematic. that's not good enough for opposition politicians. they want him to testify before the parliamentary committee that's investigating the nsa activities. >> we still haven't seen all of the files. we were on to clarify any of that today. which means that the questions concerning the minister are still open. >> that he was supported by some opposition politicians who say the chancellor's office should not stand in the way. >> who, what, when where why and how. that is the basis of the investigation. we will carry on. we want to examine all the evidence. we hope that will be tomorrow. the chanc

dw.de study in germany. the first port of call for anyone interested in studying in germany. >> in southeast asia thousands of migrants were believed to be stranded at sea without food and water and could die unless governments in the region act urgently to rescue them. >> that warning is coming right now from minor groups and the united nations. >> for its part indonesia says they have turned away hundreds of boat people but some have made it ashore. >> these migrants have a long entry through this journey they spent months at traveling from landmark to thailand and then malaysia before landing in indonesia. they are now getting food and basic medical attention. >> we left in a small boat. after two months we reached thailand. their navy would not let us leave the boat and kept us trapped on board. we ask for food and water. they gave us only very little. they even beat us. >> the situation has become dire and the seas around me and mark indonesia, and malaysia. thousands of ethnic minorities considered sta

, east germany and west germany. berlin, the historic capital of the nation, located deep inside communist east germany was also divided into east and west sectors. for nearly 30 years, this division was marked by a wall built right through the city. the wall went up in 1961. then in 1989 germany was reunified and the wall was torn down. man: the wall comes down, there is great euphoria. finally the two cities can be connected again and made one. it is a new symbol of the unification of germany, the syol of unification of germany. people are euphoric-- they go to the wall when the wall opens up and they visit and they hug and everybody seems to be very happy but once the euphoria settles a little bit it becomes very clear that between the two sides there is fundamental differences. narrator: an entire generation had grown up on opposite sides of the wall under radically different political systems with different social values. now everyone would live in a capitalistic market economy-- in effect, the west had won-- bu

germany had an "economic miracle." we were investing abroad and also demanding more and more foreign imports. the new situation looked like this. there was now an excess of dollars supplied in relation to the demand for dollars at the official exchange rate. we had a dollar glut and, in fact a series of dollar crises. possibly, some solution might have been worked out under the general terms of the bretton woods agreement but it would have likely been too painful domestically to apply, particularly when another much simpler path beckoned us, a path that had the advantage -- some would say disadvantage -- of being recommended by many highly respected economists. let the exchange rate be determined by supply and demand, let it fluctuate, let it float! why not? why not, indeed? for 40 years the dollar was dominant as it floated against each of the european currencies. the dollar would rise and fall vis-a-vis foreign currcies based on respective growth rates, inflation, interest rates, and investment opportunities. then, a

germany's finance minister reaffirmed he wants greece to stay in the eurozone. and a modern art auction tomorrow at christie's could fetch $500 million. i'm jeff glor, cbs news. bring us your aching and sleep deprived. bring us those who want to feel well rested. aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again with aleve pm. ♪ experience all the real possibilities of connecting with family and friends. realpad from aarp makes it easy to share enjoy, and celebrate. it's the tablet with free unlimited live help whenever you need it. if you don't think "wow, i can do this!" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp". hi mom! hi dad! happy anniversary! available at aarprealpad.org and at walmart. >> kroft: at the end of 1988 jack barsky's ten-year run as a clandestine kgb agent in the united states was about to come to an end. he had ignored soviet warnings that his cover had been blown, and decided to remain in america and not return to his native east germany. he was taking a

when germany laid the keel of the bismarck in 1936 the largest ship germany had ever built, stalin tried to have a lightship built in america because russia did not have the capability. fdr defended the project even as anti-soviet u.s. naval personnel sabotage it by threatening to withdraw all future naval business with any company that was interested. fdr's -- fdr new stalin wanted a navy come and stalin was informed of fdr's involvement. in 1939 increasingly concerned with the menace of hitler, roosevelt again to try to strengthen stalin stand against hitler. fdr pushed a reluctant british foreign office into responding to a russian request for a military alliance with britain and france. it was only after the british foreign office or alternated between rudeness and progress to nation that russia opened up talks with nazi germany that ended up with the signing of the nazi soviet pact. fdr meddled further as he realized the english russian negotiations had failed. decent stalin a letter warning him not to sign on with hitler. it was of course too little and too late. fdr had no delusio

anchor: germany is again embroiled in a spying scandal involving america's. anchor: there are claims germany's top intelligence agency help the nsa to spy on other countries and companies. anchor: angela merkel said she can but defended the country's cooperation with the nsa saying it is germany's first partner in fighting international terror threats. anchor: the parliament is not satisfied with that. some lawmakers say germany's intelligence agency may be guilty of treason. reporter: german chancellor angela merkel has wrote in her silence over the bnd affair. in a press conference with her czech counterpart, she said successful intelligence gathering is about balancing security with citizens rights. chancellor merkel: on the one hand come we have to protect the privacy of our citizens. on the other hand, we have to protect them from threats which include but are not limited to terrorism. reporter: to achieve that, she says german authorities need to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies like the nsa. that is what allegedly happened at this monitorin

the discussion in germany was particularly intense. the debate is on the use of trained technologies. bombing poison gas and the use of torpedo bearing submarine. that is the new longer range submarines that germany that served as proof of weapons as sea after sinking several others. he thought the very thing disrupting the allies. for the purpose of submarines and unrestricted warfare they were doing this with proving the steamers and scanning the bottom of the ocean with ships. he said the shipping can be learned or shipping trade was ending at sea. we have something significant happening and germany announced the return of army restrictive submarine warfare where ships would be sunk without warning in a war zone. that war zone was in this hatched area that you see on this diagram here. a statement or procedure giving con by the uk and by president woodrow wilson and secretary of state william jennings a little later on. with the delight we know that by march 1950 submarines were already lying wait outside of liverpool and in the nor

all the works pass china's borders to germany without being censored. the show's organizers insist that doesn't mean that these artists hold the line of china's communist party. the chinese authorities simply have some questions they wanted answered. >> we were asked to provide explanations. it was also invited. we received a prize a short. reporter: as it turned out she canceled. just why is unclear. the show includes other artists that criticized the chinese government. they include photographer from hong kong. his photos show the protests in this city in the fall of 2014. also from hong kong is his installations made of newspapers. >> there is a diversity and we shouldn't try to simplify it. also trying to show the german audience there is not only just one china. reporter: some works may flirt -- may 1 with restrictions. brian: let's go to seven france where they time has kicked off. anchor: this year is made up of some megastars including jake jill and hall. -- jake jill and hall -- jake gyllenahaal. they are looking forward to watching movies inst

in practice, this meant that the united states declared war on imperial germany, seeing germany as the instigator of the aggression, particularly in the atlantic. united states did not declare war on austria, hungary, for another eight months. even then, it was rather difficult for the americans to figure out exactly how they would engage austria, hungary on the battlefield. reminiscent of a story i alluded to earlier whereby, in the second world war hungary is one of the satellites of hitler germany. the hunt gary and ambassador was forced -- the hunt gary and -- hungarian ambassador was forced to admit that he was at war with america. supposedly, not everyone in the state department new -- knew where hungary was. the u.s. did not declare war on the ottoman empire. a seemingly accidental fact which actually has huge consequences which lasted this day. american-turkish relations have always rested on a fairly sound footing despite recent issues. they were not actually at were -- at war in the 20th century. in turkey recently, there was a serious difference between how turkish people fe

people in many areas of germany are trying to recover after a powerful storm caused widespread damage. mai shoji has the latest. >> yes, catherine, we have been talking about the ongoing storm systems that are sweeping across central parts of germany and central parts of europe, especially in germany and we have some images coming out from here because there was a tornado that touched down through here. it was a large tornado that swept through germany on thursday leaving several people injured and many homes damaged. no casualties are reported. two of the injuries reported were due to late thing strikes and not directly associated with the tornado. after conditions cleared, many residents were seen accompanied by emergency personnel patching up the holes left in their homes. a separate tornado f 3 intensity hit germany injuring nine people and leaving over 100 homes damaged. now, the system will be lingering further toward the east and affecting much of italy and in toward these areas and the balkans, but looks like the system will still be providing many severe weather across german

demand that the germany seized the campaign. they resigned in protest but the admiral wrote a frank and counseling letter and this is what he said you are the one german sailor that understands the war. killed were enemy without kilgore enemy without being killed herself. he said i don't blame you for the submarine business. i would have done the same myself from yours until hell freezes. however, germany of course returned against the merchant shipping later that year. president wilson again protested. this time refusing to budge and in the spring of 1917 the united states declared war joining the allies. but although only two years have passed, we can see how potent the memory still was. this is a recruitment poster which there is a copy of the museum here. if you look at the original you will see that single word superimposed in blood red over the image of a drowning lusitania passenger. in "the new york times," news correspondents reported american troops advancing into battle shouting remember the lusitania and one contempo

the effect the situation in germany and the wealth in germany might change. people might lose something of their wealth. the world is changing. when you talk about europe, you need to do that and that. what is europe? melinda: we have seen a lot of eu criticism. you could even say eu bashing. is it a point -- isn't the point, we often need international action on migration? when the vietnamese boat people were fleeing, it was not left only to the region, there was a concerted international effort to solve the problem by taking in and dispersing refugees globally. shouldn't that be happening now? can it? will it? mr. mesghena: we need first of all european solidarity among each other. i think, if you look into the number of last year, it is four countries who will have the biggest portion of responsibility on refugee issues. we need solidarity within europe. we need to share -- not the burden, but the amount of refugees who arrived from africa is not that high. if you look at the burden which neighboring countries like jordan ethiopia, lebanon and pakistan --

and it marks the day that germany surrendered to the soviets in 1945. russia refers to world war ii as the great patriotic war. more than 26 million people in the soviet union died that is nearly a quarter of the population. today as many as 4 million soldiers still remain unaccounted for. the russian president, vladamir putin said victory day is russia's biggest holiday. today's parade, russia's premiere showing of its best, newest military hardware. let's go to matthew chance from moscow with more. matthew, first tell us what we will be looking for, looking out for today. what will happen? what sort of military hardware is going to be on display? >> andrew. first of all, the victory day parade here in 2015, marking 70 years since the end of the second world war, great patriotic war they call it here. just about now getting under way. behind me i can see a long line of armored vehicles, tanks, missle-launchers lined up in preparation to roll through the cobbles of red square, past that audience of invited guests in what is perhaps the biggest victory d

/germany joint committee on science technology cooperation. that's one of the ways the advanced science diplomacy and in a meeting i described the identified areas of joint cooperation, one of them was in mobility and so the topic we are discussing today is on the minds of those of us engaged in the cooperation between the united states and germany. emobility is a central piece of the innovation strategy and the discussions that took place earlier in the week between the two governments discussions that will take place today fits squarely with president obama's prioritization of advanced vehicle technology as part of what will be the soon-to-be released national strategy for innovation. this technology i think you all know in the interest here today could be a transformative technology. experts talked about this in terms of not only the technology spinoffs but also reducing traffic fatalities and it says so here i'm not sure, but the panel will discuss that i'm sure about 2050. doing so will require a major investment not only in r&d but other

this is not acceptable in germany. it will not be tolerated by state institutions, including the police force. reporter: it was not the alleged victims who filed suit. many say it is hard for individuals to seek justice when it comes to police violence. >> we need a federal police authority to watch over these agencies. only then will we have a truly independent agency that victims of police of violence can turn to. reporter: lawmakers responsible for integration in germany are calling for change. peter: two business news -- our main correspondent, have er -- javier gives is a picture of a mixed day of trading overshadowed by the greek debt crisis. javier: the trading day was marked by ups and downs, at least at the dax. it started off quite well, at least until greece took the center stage again. a leaked memo suggests that greece is unlikely to make the next payment due june 5. this again raised concerns that a greek default might the closer than expected, especially since there are alarming voices from experts and i

is there something happening in corporate germany? >> we are present a group of more than 40 pension funds in the u.s., working together we have the capability to address some of the concerns we have with german companies. speaking out at the agm is important. things are shifting stewardship and responsible owners of companies are coming to germany. jonathan: fascinating. hans christoph hurt, the hermes equity ownership service director. stewart is still with us. he could've been describing any number of banks across europe, is it a deutsche bank problem? >> it is a general financial services problem. it is an interesting week would be multibillion dollar fine across the different markets. we still don't know what the ultimate end of the game is. the problem with financials is where is the growth coming from? if we see growth coming through in a broader economy, these banks will struggle to really show any sort of forward momentum. we are neutral at best on the banks. jonathan: still to come, the latest on the greek situation. -- gree

business confidence in germany is down slightly. companies say they are satisfied with their current situation but increasingly anxious about the future. >> that is according to germany's ibo economic institute. it says its business climate index, which surveys 7000 companies, which only fell slightly in april. despite that slight fall in confidence the german economy as a whole remains on track. many analysts were expecting worse results. >> time for a summary of the day's trading on the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the week started off so well and came to a rather disappointing end after investors could not keep the numbers we saw at the beginning of the week where the dax grew almost 4% in just two days. the focus today was on the words of the leaders of some of the most important central banks. in the morning, mario draghi the president of the european central bank, urge the economies of the eurozone to implement much-needed economic reforms. in the evening, janet yellen the chief of the u.s. federal reserve, made her speech wit

our cities -- their cities are far more concentrated than those of germany. with all of our air strength japan can be defeated in the shortest time and least cost to american lives. now, to answer your questions. will any of the men from the air forces he released? yes, they will. but only after the air forces have moved combat troops and supporting ground forces from various parts of the world in to the pacific area. men will be released as fast as they can be replaced by men from the ground forces or by new inductees. but remember, only after they have it replaced. eventually, men of the air forces will be replaced in the same ratio as men from other branches of the army. but most of us will be required by military necessities to remain until the job is completed. general jimmy doolittle began the bombardment of japan with a handful of lanes. we are going to finish it. >> how will the war departments plans operate in regard to the service forces? general sommerville has a message concerning this. >> so far, you men of the service forces have accomplished mi

-- for them in germany. we, too, came to that conclusion, and since we had some relatives in the states that seemed to be the natural place to go. i was fortunate, and now in retrospect, i know that it must have saved my life. my sister, who was older than i was in nurses training in germany, but she also decided, of course, that it was time to leave. as someone about for her -- someone vouched for her, so she came here a year ahead of me, and had she not been here, i would not have gotten out because she was able to go after people and ask for the necessary papers that one needed in those days -- an affidavit of support. so she did that for me so that by 1937, i was able to leave also and come to buffalo also, where at that time my sister lived, and so did various other relatives. among them and uncle -- an uncle and a man and their daughter, and i stayed within the first few years -- with them the first few years when i came to buffalo. i also was able after a couple of weeks to find a job in printing agai

that's the law in germany. they're the most successful capitalist country in europe, and they give more power to their workers than any other one. the notion that if you were to do that you would cripple the capitalist potential--uh-uh. it's the same silly argument that says, "gee. those europeans, they're just not doing real well because they have such a big social safety net," national health for everybody, basically free public higher education, and all the rest. germany has one of the most expansive programs of welfare for its people, and it's the most successful country. their unemployment is significantly lower than that in the united states, but on the other hand of course, for a german worker, like for most european workers, being unemployed doesn't have the meaning it does here because since they all have a national health system you get your national health whether you have a job or not. when you lose your job, you do not lose your health insurance. you can't lose your health insurance. it's yours by

they employ 114,000 people in germany. siemens employees are worried. 800 jobs may be last -- lost in the gas turbine plant in berlin alone. the union is criticizing management for taking too long to reveal its strategies. laila: the news from siemens did its share price no good. we have this report from the stock exchange. reporter: the share price of siemens fell this thursday because cutting jobs costs money at first. redundancy payments have to be made, and it costs money if you want to change the inner structures of a large company like siemens. what's more, many analysts are convinced that it will not be enough for siemens to just cut jobs. if the company wants to become as profitable as the large competitor, general electric more measures will have to be taken. on the broad market this thursday, the dax managed to climb upwards in afternoon trading, but most traders here are convinced that the times of high volatility, heavy ups and downs, are not over yet. laila: let's get you up on how financial markets performed

first we would attack germany from the air. then we would invade europe and destroy the german armies. with our allies, we want the battle of europe. but without the sacrifice is -- of our pacific naval, air, and ground forces under splendid leadership that now shines an hour -- this but illusion of that now shines in europe would not have been possible. -- so that we may concentrate our offensive power against nazi germany. as we gathered strength for the pacific and closed in on the enemy, destroying ships and planes in preparation for the final keel. we want the battle of europe. but the war, the global war would not be one until we had exterminated japanese military power. the japanese at pearl harbor. -- and malaysia. if japan committed to 100 years of war and sacrifice, if necessary. check it we are prepared to lose 10 million lives in our war with america. >> eight japan committed to world domination. a japan whose home front is united behind the enemy war effort. [cheering] now, together with our allies, we could contem

the battle of the bulge was germany's last major offensive campaign in world war ii. it began in mid-december of 1944 as a surprise attack on american forces in belgium. the battle would involve more than 500,000 germans, 600,000 americans, and 50,000 british troops. characterized by cold temperatures and overcast skies the battle demonstrated how thoroughly air support had been integrated into contemporary military operations. the allies' inability to dominate the skies prolonged the german offensive. the return of air support helped the allies achieved victory in the battle. it began on december 16, through a german attack designed to catch the allies unaware. the germans wanted to capture the belgian harbor of antwerp. that offensive against unprepared american defenses created a large 80-mile wide bulge in the allied lines. one of the aircraft that drove the germans back was the a-26 invader, built by douglas. immortalized forever by the photo of marines raising the u.s. flag, the battle of iwo jima helped your -- helped secure three airfields and provided the uni

anchor: i want to stay in germany. there have been more revelations that germany's foreign intelligence agency may have assisted american spies targeting top european firms. the latest reports go far beyond industrial espionage. anchor: they are alleging the german agents also have helped the nsa spy on france and european institutions, including the french foreign ministry and the eu commission itself. anchor: airspace giant ariirbus was reportedly targeted, and it says it will sue for damages. reporter: this electronic listening post in bavaria is supposed to help track down terrorists. media reports say at the nsa's request, german intelligence used it to spy on european firms and leaders. it is alleged that the office of the german chancellor knew about it. >> the german authorities will have to deal with that and i suppose they will do so. reporter: the opposition believes the interior minister may have misled parliament about the activities of the bnd and nsa. >> we insist on finding out the truth about the bnd b

that's next to impossible in germany. chancellor angela merkel's conservatives see no need for full equality -- at least not yet. >> we need to take the public and the party with us on this to talk about these issues. a lot has changed in recent years, but we have not reached the end of the debate yet. >> but ireland's example has inspired many in germany, who say they are tired of waiting. >> that's the latest world news here on dw here in berlin. >> mourners at the top of the hour, and if you cannot wait, dw.des err u -- more news at the top of the hour. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: "euromaxx highlights," host: good evening. the latest trends year, fashion and photography festival. crystal cloud, a sparkling sensation somewhere in the austrian else. taking things to the limit at the german obstacle course. terrace, london, and milan are still the hubs for mainstream fashion here in europe but the who's

and above 0.7 in germany. both have come off of the peaks. 2.326. >> we're also seeing a normalization. the dax also seeing steep losses yesterday to the tune of 1.7% today. bouncing back up by 0.7%. all eyes on the data points we got out today. >> is europe growing at the expense for the u.s.? that's something we'll discuss. after stocks did move lower yesterday, just modestly to the down side the dow is indicating a higher open by around 75 points. yields coming off the highs as well. the tech heavy nasdaq is at 5,000. right now up 26 points in premarket trade. >> remember to get in touch with us on our viewer exchange. tell us how you like to consume your news in the digital age? subscription models or advertising instead and get it for free? join the conversation. lot of discussion on twitter coming through and we'll bring you all of that after this short break. e-mail us worldwide@cnbc.com or on twitter. >>> here are your headlines from around the world. at least five people dead and several injured after

it marks the 70th anniversary of the allied victory in nazi germany in world war ii. it showed off the newest artillery as well. 16,000 troops are taking part. today's parade featured 16,000 soldiers. 200 armored vehicles and 150 planes and helicopters. i'm joined now on the phone. he is a russian defense analyst and expert on weaponry. thank you for taking time with us. i want to go back to the images we have seen coming out of moscow today and it is quite a display of power and force. what message are they sending to the world? >> well, primarily that russia is back with great military power and it's a sign of -- defined at the western attempts to russia is strong and has powerful friends and during parades, putin is side by side with the chinese leader. they were actually most of the time talking through interpreter and commenting apparently over the soldiers and equipment and everything. >> and we saw some of the leaders that were there with the russian president from china to venezuela but again it is notable that there are many western leaders that are not atten

going to germany? adler: i did not particularly want to go to korea, so it did not bother me. some of the things i had to do for ultimately a little more difficult. when i got in, this was a good job. when i got back to germany for the first six months, i was in seventh army headquarters and they did not need me. i had nothing to do. i used to go on payday and ask if i was on the payroll survey to we were exempt from duties -- payroll list. we were exempt from duties. >> i understand that you ended up in intelligence. talk about that. were you talking to germans? adler: part of the job was we finally got an assignment it was to -- assignment. it was to deal with germans. i was at a place for the -- where the army rented a huge house. we were gathering intelligence on the russians. it must have been 19 to that we decided we needed to have the best year because east germany had formed their own army. the united states decided we wanted one of those. my job was to go and select officers for the army. talk

it is good for germany and the eurozone. carmakers were one of the most important winners not only here in germany, but also in france. the dax jumped to the green numbers. >> let's take a quick look -- . the dax was up by nearly two point .5% -- 2.25%. across the atlantic on wall street, the dow, let's call it flat. 18 to 96. -- 18296. the euro plunging. >> train drivers are going on strike again. this new strike is open-ended and threatens travel chaos over the coming holiday weekend. >> gdl union's demand in the 5% pay hike, shorter working hours and crucially the right to represent other rail workers. >> it is now the night strike in the dispute. passengers are not happy. >> they are trying to blackmail society. i travel a lot and it has affected my plans. it's hard to feel sympathy with them. it is a power struggle, nothing more. >> i am really annoyed. >> many companies are angry. the strike will affect freight services. goods will remain in limbo and can't be delivered to their customers. business groups estimate it i

is kurt klein and i was born in 1920 in a town called waldorf which is very close to heidelberg in germany. linda kuzmack: tell me about your parents and your family? kurt klein: i grew up in the post-world war i era, and of course, those were very difficult times. my parents were struggling to get along during this economic chaos that existed during those times. you may remember, there was this very serious inflation, i mean ludicrous in a sense, such as has never been seen before, and that made it very difficult to carry on. anything at all. my father had a business that was made extremely difficult because of the economic conditions that existed after world war i. he was a broker for hops and tobacco and grain that he would buy from the farmers in the town that we lived in, and my mother helped him all she could. and of course, they, along with so many others, were struggling to exist in those days. i -- but still, you might say that i grew up in a middle-class family, and of course, after going to elementary school in this town, it was expected that i would go to high school in heidelb