and ultimately to the reunification of germany three days that loom large in germany's collective memory . but it's our actions today that show whether we have truly understood and learned from their consequences said german president frank five. hundred ms know your good guys you know actions we must prove that we germans have truly learned from the past and surely become more vigilant because of our history we need to take action any time another person's dignity is viral ated we need to take a stand when our language of hatred spreads its tentacles that we cannot allow a situation where some people claim once again to be the sole voice of the true people and marginalize others. with the far i don't turn it if it germany party in parliament for the first time and extremist voices on the rise across the country these are poignant words. crystal nine hundred thirty eight dr hans christian yeah she is director of the house of the valance a conference this is a memorial and educational center based in the building where the nats established the rules the organizations and protocols of thei

germany far with dogs for greece that conflict was the world war two occupation by germany. that was when those stereotypes started of violent germans with their pickle how about helmets all thora tarion and militaristic that we face and the odd thing about stereotypes is that they can resurgent any time like a volcano you thought was dormant which erupts again if you go and work hard for the money but that's how stereotypes generally work and it's exactly what we've seen. happened these last years no one in the house that's obvious. it seems as if other european countries are no longer used to a germany that shows the same self-assurance as say france or britain or is this a test for europe of death i know. it's low beneath the stomachs of two hundred but i don't think that this has anything to do with cold war experiences manifesting themselves in the present day and outside of it as or that noise so where does the fear come from well in france and france is the key partner in this context that fear dates at least as far back as the eight hundred seventy seventy one war wh

it's keep nor there is a new fear of germany which is also an old fear of germany where the new demands are being made of the country and these demands are pushing germany into dilemma that's the quote by poland's foreign minister you just mentioned you would never have heard anybody particularly not somebody from poland say that before nine hundred ninety. there's this new demand for germany to lead within europe but that puts germany in a dilemma because if it assumes a position of power old fears about germany wanting supremacies and europe will rise again this is the new fear which is actually a fear dating back to the nineteenth century or before. and which germany's european neighbors have felt for at least two hundred years or. so i mean the since five hundred beneath the a perfect the can how can germany resolve this tense relationship with germany mistake other european countries position into account and also take their perception of germany and to account germany must also not like the power politics necessary for europe to be a powerful global player. for automatically this

wall and ultimately to the reunification of germany three days that loom large in germany's collective memory but it's our actions today that show whether we have truly understood and learned from their consequences said german president fung five. hundred misnomer devised in our actions we must prove that we germans have truly learned from the past and surely become more vigilant because of our history we need to take action at any time another person's dignity is viral ated we need to take a stand when our language of hatred spreads its tentacles that we cannot allow a situation where some people claim once again to be the sole voice of the true people and marginalize others. and also. with the far right don't turn it into germany party in parliament for the first time and extremist voices on the rise across the country these are poignant words. let's get more on today's commemorative events from political correspondent thomas sparrow who is in front of balance iconic brand of great wealth of thomas what's going on there. well right here not much but today there was obviously a lot h

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so ellen study what this is to say then about germany germany votes as german society that given germany's history it now has has put into the german parliament a bright wing party. well it needs to be remembered that according to current. polling numbers the a.f.p. has a support of about fifteen percent of the german population which is to say that eighty five percent of the population doesn't support it and i think we need to keep in mind that you know mainstream german society and we see this in the education. in the education system we see this in the media we see this in the public sphere in germany you know throughout. german society has widely accepted its responsibility for the crimes committed in the names of the germans in the past and i'll also point out that one of the reasons why germany today is a widely in the world widely admired democracy one of the most widely. admired countries in the world is precisely because it has made the decision to confront this dark aspects of its past head on until accept the responsibility the a.f.d. is really in in some respects an outlier i m

i am from germany. this is not always been the case. 2015, wears before took far too long to realize that the issue of refugees was an issue for the whole of europe and not of germany. we have to realize this is a common european task. to realize that using solidarity for everybody means we have to deal with our own interests, with others. we have to respect others. this is not something that contradicts looking -- looking after our own interests. we need to work to combat migration problems. this is an issue that was just brought up. we need to make sure we have living conditions improved. looking at climate change, there are economic and social consequences. it is crucial we tackle this. it is better for all europeans if everybody participates against climate change. it will be helpful for -- if wel for all europeans look at the issues affected by emigration. we should do our utmost to find a common approach and work together as a community. solidarity is a universal basic value. this is also in our o

there's this new demand for germany to lead within europe but that puts germany in a dilemma because if it assumes a position of power old fears about germany wanting supremacies and europe will rise again this is the new fear which is actually a fear dating back to the nineteenth century or before. and which germany's european neighbors have felt for at least two hundred years or. so i mean the since five hundred beneath the healing i parked the cannon how can germany resolve this tense relationship with germany mistake other european countries position into account and also take their perception of germany and to account germany must also not look like the power politics necessary for europe to be a powerful global player. and chido in darfur automatically this is a necessary balancing act and one of the greatest challenges for political leaders . the i'm trying to hold forth on through political furor. minister had another minister speaking in brussels actually addressed precisely that challenge and said germany will have to lead from the center how could that work really because

what is germany hoping to achieve with this ban on saudi nationals well basically germany is looking for says at the moment they're saying the investigations of just give a more provide more questions than answers and so it's simply just not satisfied with the results of these investigations and as we heard that from the foreign minister heikal mass jimmy has said it still retains the right to then impose even further measures so they scored just be the start of course germany has also now halted arms exports to saudia arabia as well so there could still be more measures to come until germany decides these suffice ok so germany has imposed this ban help me understand how it actually works i think there are eighteen saudi nationals who are associated with this case are banned from coming not only into germany but from the entire passport showing in zone in europe poses for exactly said those twenty six member states in the shannon zone twenty two of those are also part of the european union basically any of these twenty six states of which germany is one can unilaterally impose a ban

germany's most prominent citizen of our heritage works for one of germany's largest t.v. networks born here to iraq and physicians don't you. is a national celebrity and was voted germany's journalist of the year in two thousand and sixteen. i've said if i'm the fun da but as for to i'm of eason too much he asked to meet me got zones for our guns divide in a family five different enough and present it and if that that much about him or even the mighty might my beamish on the management of finding fucked up my boat which does that much as it climbed just voiced or about us my mind would have found that it was of course. there was a as a host gunderson us or what we had to him on the scope often by this as not really a mess of items on certain vasta were no i mean if one owns it had to him course on guns and kind of this community home school should site did this community all my contacts. set if bynum's i did meet in focus been able to successfully mention a mirror on a mine up has a warning and i'm i'm a hotel hm that's rough i sleep on the ding so extreme the fires don't

how did germany react to the armistice and the peace talks. the germans were ordered to evacuate the territory they'd occupied in belgium and france including the regions of a sas and the rain german troops pulled back behind the rhine river. the right wing french political movement action file says organized a big rally on the plaster can call it in paris. so just scott of soil brought from a sas to celebrate the return of the region to france. in asia in seventy one after the end of the franco-prussian war france had been forced to see that it's us and part of loving to germany. in that is sus troops that had been defeated nearly five decades before now demonstrated their loyalty to france. i think. that it. was that. schoolchildren kissed the french flag. but not everyone in the region shared that enthusiasm catholics a nice us felt more secure in the german empire than they had under the second french empire considered by many to be hostile to the church in addition say sions had come to appreciate the efficiency and order that characteriz

and he made that point not only on the national front in germany but he also made the point that germany needs to establish that leadership also internationally when we see these these rises of. you know a certain brand of patriotism and pop populism amongst some of germany's most closest partners he said that's true you know he was talking about the internationalism of the arrow and the fact that germany suddenly realized it had to be part of the west and a western context and have its allies and friends and it was a positive period when there was a new cultural phenomenon the germans were winning the nobel prizes and we think of albert einstein and so on and you know success and he said this era that we have now is a new era of that we have to stand up for a pluralistic germany even when the international order is under to under attack from our own poland as i think he was particularly thinking there of the president of the united states and also perhaps of the united kingdom with its plan to leave the european union i want to talk a little bit more about the show up because of course

history germany today commemorating the eightieth anniversary of kristallnacht known in english as the night of broken glass a two day program jewish program that foreshadowed the horrors of the holocaust or about to listen to the cottage this is a hymn of praises to god that's found in jewish prayer services. being. he. was. a. lol. the. oh the. homeowner. going off going to cut. out. chinese food. and want people. to not seem. obvious. get. on out. of. the. oh i. oh mum. who. come home. ah. come on come home uh. oh. the sky how come up. come on even if you don't have your mouth hometown. messiah oh no we're on the phone of the high end the phone with you saying allow me is not honey of a mole. about our speech about me pout me some i have a mustache he's had a time any time out of me going to come. on up and call me a hot come and see about the time and how much i mean i'm a mobile. come out of me smug have a sign made of a police night they move. us how come you mama will. come and i known quotas for. a motor boat. for. that is the jewish him recited often in jewish prayer services.

for ukraine germany has military bases and germany is protected by the article five of the nato that we are not and definitely left security what guaranteed volume of natural gas transiting through ukraine would you like to see or would you need to drop your opposition to this project i don't think that we believe in any kind of guarantees especially from russia we have a bill that best memoranda and what happened with us who now help us to protect ourselves by the actually we do rely on some support from germany in order to set the peace in the you create but definitely we don't believe in any deals with russians look how many companies are behind this deal how many german companies french companies it's a huge european if it surely it's not and if it's a target it ukraine it's definitely a very economical of i'll bow project because european legislation is not that like a bow on it and they can't air in montana without any kind of rules. at the same time we committed ourselves to full the apply european legislation in the ukraine and to act in accordance with the european legislati

news live from birth then the leaders of france and germany come together in berlin for germany's day of remembrance president emmanuel french president emmanuel mccraw and german chancellor angela merkel begin that commemoration by laying memorial graves head of a ceremony in pala meant to remember the victims of war and tyranny will have full coverage also coming out. u.s. president donald trump promises of full support to california after seeing the devastation left by wildfires firsthand authorities now say around thirteen hundred people are still missing. and bitter certainties argentina the government confirms a submarine the went missing a year ago imploded at sea killing everyone on board the cruise families many questions remain unanswered. and. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program we start right here in berlin where french president emmanuel mccall is due to speak before the german parliament as germany commemorates civilian and military victims of war and dictatorship a short while ago mccrone joined with german chancellor angela merkel in a race laying ceremony at ger

to rebuild germany needed men. agreements with countries across southern europe and by the mid one nine hundred sixty s. morocco and tunisia. shift boss sabri a german of to nissin descent. i've been a spiritual guide to many arabs who came from north africa since the one nine hundred sixty s. . but that. is. the statement from must. have. it or must not it is tell you what i mean. i was c.s.a. way over to mr sharon janet. hamill who. asked me what i like when i actually had to from the body the. last almost a month and we had already having this but. what i can. if you have it be dead when we. have that's when i'll be at. home. and how we year. when. i thought coffee been especially the congeal of the initial fear. the. small local tunisian and then. even as i was slender. by it was intent on straight but a classic. one should. have for. the indian. had just the. induction. in and took one out of. the issue of large scale immigration to germany has become a national discussion. even in the countries vos museums so

but islam is now being taught in schools as well the discussion about islam in germany has changed and many more muslims are being involved in the debate but. there are also more muslims who can be involved in the day it was not only these are conservative associations exactly there are many people who say that they represent islam but they basically represent themselves and very few muslims in germany and then on the other hand there are people who criticize islam and then there are many muslim women and men who are following their own path. often i mean an apartment recently a new association for secular muslims was set up there's a lot happening and much of this is thanks to the islam conference. so what are the wouldn't you say that there's much debated german form of islam is a model for the future for example more tolerant and equal life there is a congregation in berlin which practices this reform of islam is this the way forward of practice here is that the megan's law doesn't work and what's interesting is that as long as they have been muslims living in germany there's been a

germany's most prominent citizens of our heritage works for one of germany's largest t.v. networks born here to iraq and physicians don't you hire is a national celebrity and was voted germany's journalist of the year in two thousand and sixteen. i've said if underfund da bought us for to and if he isn't too much he asked to meet me got zones for our guns divide in a family five different enough and present it and if that that much about him or even the mighty might my beamish on the management of fine if i don't know about which does the how much as it climbed valvo is just voiced or about us no ma i would have found that it was of course. there was a as a or host gunderson us one but we had to see him on the scope often by this as not really a mess about uncertain vasta would know i know if one owns it had to him course on guns and kind of this community home school should site did this community all my contacts. set if bynum's i did meet him focus been. mention a mirror on a mine up has a warning and i'm i'm a hotel hm that's rough i omitting it so extreme that fires do

revolution was spreading throughout europe now it was germany's turn. in january nineteen nineteen an armed revolt led by the german communist party schock berlin a week later the rebellion was put down by paramilitary troops known as the fi cause. they arrested and executed the communist party leader whores and luxembourg and. some germans may have continued to idealize the early days of the war but now the majority of them simply wanted the country to return to peace and prosperity. none could have imagined that twenty five years later germany would be involved in yet another major conflict. nor could these people have foreseen that the same regime that started that conflict would also organize the murder of six million jews. on december the first nineteen eighteen belgian british and french troops occupied germany's rhineland region in accordance with the armistice agreement. the river rhine forms a natural boundary between france and germany and also symbolizes the two countries complex history. at first many germans welcomed the. arrival of french

is germany ready for a male chancellor i thought that was a. thank you very much to all of you and please note the gender balance here on this panel thank you very much for being with us thanks to all of you out there for turning to me again thank you so. hi floyd. culture. hair. color superman. superfood stylish style icon. led of those. lifestyle during. the i'm a. thirty minute long. time for an upgrade. how about funded sure that grows all buying. a house with. poor design highlights you can make yourself. trims tips and tricks that will turn your home to something special. upgrade yourself with d w's interior design channel on you tube. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they inspire. africa on the move. stories of both bloomington of their friends shaping their nation. and their continent of africa on the move the stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. d.w. multimedia series from africa. d.w.m. dot com africa. you made. the first global disaster of the twentieth century. the war to

worries about germany's economic a big one for the first time in years the economy is shrinking but is it just a blip poi's sign of a real slowdown meanwhile germany's fourteen by when it comes to auto official intelligence potentially costing the country trillions of euros. things are getting critical for industrial companies along the banks of the river rhine low water levels caused by this honest lack of rain are severely hampering shipping on germany's most important waterway. this is your business update on how the homefront and by lynn thanks for joining me the economy here in germany shrank by zero point two percent in the third quarter more than analysts had expected and stifled by global trade disputes and problems in germany's car industry that it is being seen as a wake up call that stable growth is by no means guaranteed. exports were down and imports up in the third quarter that's trouble for an economy built on strong exports a major part of the problem has been a bottleneck in car deliveries by german automakers the result of new more rigorous emissions rules but there a

in germany's collective memory . but it's our actions today that show whether we have truly understood and learned from their consequences said german president fung five. hundred. actions we must prove that we germans have truly learned from the past and surely become more vigilant because of our history we need to take action any time another person dignity is violated we need to take a stand when our language of hatred spreads its tentacles that we cannot allow a situation where some people claim once again to be the sole voice of the true people and marginalize others. with the far i don't turn it to fit germany party in parliament for the first time and extremist voices on the rise across the country these were poignant. well off from where i'm now joined by did have you a political correspondent rupert good to have you here in person now these are three truly historic and world changing events that are being marked on the same day the proclamation of the first republic in one nine hundred eighteen then two to d

this is d w news live from berlin germany pauses to honor the victims of kristallnacht. united not. a solid tribute to the victims of nazi persecution eighty years ago the nazis unleashed a night of terror on germany's jews a dark prelude to the holocaust chancellor merkel warning of resurgent anti-semitism. also coming up seeking safety in numbers as thousands of migrants fling violence and poverty make their way north to the u.s. they tell you firsthand of the dangers they're facing on the long journey. and a wall of fire puts countless lives at risk in california tens of thousands are fleeing fast moving wildfires there and officials warn the blazes are gaining strength. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany today is commemorating some of the most important historical events in the country's history chancellor angela merkel spoke at the country's largest synagogue in berlin on the eightieth anniversary of crystal knock known as the night of broken. yes on november ninth one thousand thirty eight the nazis and their supporters carried out nationwide attacks on

and germany's foreign minister has criticized the resumption of u.s. sanctions on iran saying that the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal with tehran was preventing it from enriching uranium for military purposes. but for citations we consider this step wrong we have said this repeatedly in recent weeks and months we in the european union agree on this let's move on and above all germany crees with our friends in france and britain and within the european union we are working with new instruments like the special purpose vehicle to make sure trade continues with around the purpose of. art that's a german perspective day that is washington bureau chief alexander phenomena met state department iran representative brian hawk here's what he had to say about the iran sanctions thank you for having us here mr hu what do you hope to sing since can achieve what we hope will achieve two things we hope that it will deny the regime the revenue it uses to conduct terrorist attacks in europe and in the middle east and other threats to peace and security we also

germany was in ruins but from maria it was the beginning of an unstoppable search said. by the time a husband return ten years later she become a rich businesswoman a line of them a fuss been done by here but i'll also embody the young west german republic. which pursued its reconstruction with determination and without remorse but without coming to terms with its nazi past secretary of treasury henry morgenthau told you recommend it at the conclusion of the war germany should be changed into a farm in the other words the german nation should be broken. his visit to germany the words of. history. was. enough. business going on to show up on monday. the of. that was interesting. is that in the. midst of the endless sea. cancelling and one new. line of the now fassbinder was born in the ruins on the thirty first of may nine hundred forty five just three weeks after the capitulation of the third high in the wake of this event a defeated and hungry germany was divided into a capitalist west and a communist east the start of the cold war in the west the marshall plan came int

the goal for change and freedom spreads to germany to west berlin june one nine hundred sixty seven the shah of iran makes an official visit students demonstrate against his authoritarian regime and terrible human rights record police crackdown violently and bennell onus all is shot his death fuels the outrage of the student movement. the process though how in the demonstrators specifically playing as newspaper did side to. death in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight becomes a catalyst for the student revolt. their leader. the revolutionary his comrades and the authoritarians. is one of the spearheads of the movement that formed in the post-war era as a reaction to bush german society the charismatic head of the socialist students union demands a do not sophistication of the police and other branches of government and criticises legal reforms as undemocratic. in april one thousand nine hundred sixty eight an attempt is made on route because life he survives seriously wounded but never fully recovers. the mood escalates the willingness to use violence grows in left wing circles the fe

and that germany would be one of them the spokesperson also said that. german authorities would already be in consultation talks with pakistani officials among the countries are most likely to take in the b.b. here in europe france italy the netherlands the netherlands of already taking in lawyer and since being linked to the idea of b.b. pace the dutch embassy house closed. its visa and its possible services out of security reasons the biggest country of the country with the biggest pakistani community here in europe the united kingdom has already reject the pledge of us it would be all right good ideas rupert vitor valid for us thank you. you know what. germany's foreign minister is calling for more transparency from china and its treatment of the weaker muslim minority targeted in a massive security crackdown raised the issue monday on an official trip to beijing that human rights groups claim that china has interned up to a million weekers in indoctrination camps in the far north western province. now beijing blames weaker separatists for a series of

martin darwish gave testimony to germany's attorney general. it was the first time the journalist was able to speak before judicial officials without fearing his statements could land him in prison. yeah actually that is the look of. the most and what then think that. the weekends send a message. there's no more impunity and justice. even for the syrian of that or what happened. with these to this level as a human being we don't accept this kind of. war crime was a crime against them the city and humanity and say no this is not the what a problem for a lot of. muslim darwish was questioned by the german state attorneys over the course of two days he testified on his own three year imprisonment and how he was tortured daily for an entire year you also reported about friends in the same prison who did not survive the ordeal i am a trainee dentist was tortured to death and there are photos of guys whose body and those of over six thousand others. all the syrian military photographer had to take pictures of those tortured to death after over two ye

and germany go to war. but if that were results in the kaiser and his group going away and allows for german democracy so everyone in germany is equally represented, then that might be something worth doing. again, i think that is why wilson hits that beam so hard. he says we are not going to war with german -- with germany, we are going to get rid of the terrible government they have so the natural energies that the german people have can come to the floor. there is an absolute distinction made. in today's world there is no geographic entity called prussia and we don't think about the distinction but they did think about it a lot. a large percentage of the american german community came to the united states to get away from the unification of germany and his dominant nation by prussia. >> i know there are going to be more questions and fortunately dr. nyberg will be with us for the rest of the symposium. you may be able to convince him to sign a copy during the break. we will be back at 10:00 a.m. we look

about what anti-semitism the growing anti-semitism here in germany today. you know i thought what was interesting was that he gave wide in detail just from anti semitism he talked about all kinds of discrimination and racist attacks he drew the attention of his listeners for instance to a thousand attacks against refugee centers in the year two thousand and sixteen many of them often attacks and cause austin has a particular resonance today because there's so many jewish buildings. and some synagogues indeed were. burned on the night to remember nine hundred thirty eight so he was he was saying you know it's time for germans to stand up for what they believe in for their values and to stand up against anti-gay discrimination and hits misfortune istic attacks against racist attacks as well as anti semitic incidents which he said he's very worried about the also interesting lee said he thinks there's a new op timmy's him in german society and he's hopeful for the future and he said they give me courage simon will talk a little bit more about that in just a mo

and he says muslims are part of germany but is as a religion is not part of germany and that's what some muslims are criticizing because they are said saying if the theory minister is saying islam is not part of germany so how can i be part of germany when my religion is not part of german that's when i talk to the people and also he was very concentrating on there should be debate dialogue there should be a lot of talking some discussions within muslims among themselves because you have different organizations representing sudanese shias representing. different different parts of the islam and that's why he said he said they should within their own community start to talk and discuss this conference is a platform for them to talk was was really concentrating also on the fact that how much the dialogue among muslims themselves would affect on integration and what use is a conference like this. let's be very critical it's very good question because you have organizations associations people representing muslims in germany but there is also the fact the majority of muslims in germany are n

and in for most politicians in germany conflicts are. just one way to survive where it's like just hide your identity. bangladesh what is the true face of a country like they've just continue notion of this should be. pretty. cannot be. bangladesh the dawn of islam in some. scars cover and forget women in russia have to live with violence sexism and oppression nothing is now in my brush. where putin's petri arche groups today women's rights were already gaining traction a hundred years ago. people here don't have a clue about families and but there are women who want to use to get change in every day life for justice and equality. under the skin of russia's women starts november thirteenth g.w. . after thirteen years in power and some damaging state election results are going to merkel's or thirty is visibly waning she's giving up the leadership of the christian democrats but she'll stay on as chancellor my guest this week here in berlin is. one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian