Standing right now is not always an outdoor cinema this was what was known as the death strip and 30 years ago if id been standing here i would have been shot dead by east german Border Guards either from the towers around me or from patrol boats on the river behind me now behind me you can see these lit up blue posts these mark the border itself which of this part of the city was directly in the river and 10 people died just here trying to cross from communist east berlin into the west in total over a 1000 people died trying to escape east germany and so its really no wonder that in 1909 when the border opened people came down to the wall with. Picks with hammers and they wanted to just get rid of the wall and the only reason that this stretch of the wall survived is down to the efforts of a group of artists. The east time gallery was started in february 919. 00. Were invited to paint and original potion of the wool but then the initiative was designed to help east german tastes he would suddenly been left without an income but in those exciting days of the full a communist state opening up came from the life of the world. When berlin was divided it was common for people on the western side to draw graffiti on the wall but on the eastern side people approached at their peril the wall became more and more fortified with heavily armed guards tripwires searchlights and lookout. Border guards ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tried to escape and more than 100 people were killed trying to cross the border in berlin alone just a few months after those instruments of oppression were dismantled the east side gallery turned the symbol of terror into a canvas for Free Expression some of the artworks have become famous around the world because the gallery is exposed to the weather the images of her to be restored or even repainted several times today the gallery is a popular tourist destination. And certainly a great place to take a snapshot david and a great story of this piece of wall and i understand youve got someone there with you who has been involved in the creation of the gallery from the very beginning. Thats right karen im here with Christine Mcclain she was the manager of the east side gallery at the time of its creation christine i just saw a little clip in the film behind us an artist saying for her the wall was always a nightmare and being able to paint on it transformed it into a dream whats your reaction so about 30 years later well our feeling at the time was that we transformed the world that we healed this part of the wall is not the same as the wall and then our styles which is a reminder of the terror this was actually more the feelings that people had of joy wishing for Something Better for a better world and those are the emotions that the artist put into most of the paintings. Now. You can help create this project at a time when people were tearing the wall down people didnt want to see the wall anymore why did you want to preserve this 1300 metre stretch of it i think is really important to me also it was really important to preserve a piece especially this size because how can you imagine if you would even born then or if you didnt know what the wall was late you cannot get the feeling you can get emotional thinking wow what would it be like to live behind this so i think it was really important i think people appreciate not in a decent piece still exists and you were telling me earlier you were fighting to keep this piece of the wall even in 1900 after it was painted yet because in the middle of 1990 this ortiz told us oh this is got to go by the end of the year and we so were halfway through painting it and you want to take it down because thats what he told us so as a solution right what well do is well send on a world to not my son crazy but we cross it and it was going to be practically possible and then we hope that once a jew was over the bam and might have given us a different place for it to be placed and if that wasnt going to happen then it was going to be auctioned off and 50 percent of proceeds going to charity and you never had to do that or to you know fortunately change their minds and still here now you lived here in berlin at the time the wall fell you were. At the british embassy. In east berlin living in west berlin so you were crossing the border every day what was it like for you looking back 30 years ago when the wall fell. When i worked in the embassy i crossed checkpoint charlie affinity but it wasnt as a normal person might see because when you worked in the embassy you had Different Number plates you went through a different channel but when i started working here. It was well familiar because i knew that i had been here before. Thank you so much for talking to us Christine Mclean you have a memoir out its called to berlin one was never to have in english and german because ive written to my memoirs from 79 and then. They came about and what happened. Between. Thank you for talking to Christine Mclean thank you back to you carol. Thanks very much to Kristin Mclean 1st of all and also to you david it does look like theres a fabulous atmosphere down there and almost makes me wish i could be down there mouth south and im thinking even despite all of the people in the artwork and the new developments that there is definitely still the ability to get a sense of history in the place so thanks very much for bringing us that story from the east side gallery thanks to both of you. For fans of our series baking bread we havent forgotten that this lot is reserved for our weekly dose of dough and this time my colleague has ventured into danish bread culture which of course makes a lot of sense since the danes also make very good butter and to make his extremely substantial loaf of danish prime bread the organ listed some high powered help from the highest echelons of the. The key ingredient for this bread is rice our dough and youll need 60 grams of it. You can make it yourself or you can go. In dangerous some. 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And all that does bring us already to the end of this edition of arts and culture but our coverage of the anniversary events for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall will continue all this week and i will leave you with some pictures of that crazy night in 1989 from berlin remembering such a heady time all the best to you and. The global food and drug. Shortage of teachers in rural areas. Its a big problem for russia huge problem for children. Are slim young isnt at. Teacher when he wants to do something positive. Voluntarily travels to remote areas in teaches kids to open doors of opportunity for them. 30 minutes d. W. Into the conflict zone with Tim Sebastian is hong kongs prodemocracy movement imagined it has the im qualified support of the International Community it is better think again my guest this week here in berlin is joe yusuf a prodemocracy activist shouldnt own movement now charge a major deal with the Hong Kong Government because past becomes impossible conflicts are. 90 minutes on d w. Im not laughing at the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and women have been pretty much of a thanks even for german culture of looking at the stereotypes aquatics but it is think its nice of the country that i now know the time. Needed to be taken as grandma down to leave the house its cold out there. I might show join me to meet the jetman fun d. W. Post. Such. This is news coming to you live from berlin chiles president moves to increase the minimum wage in a bid to quell the countrys worst rest in decades thats as Police Use Water Cannons and tear gas on protesters in the capital santiago also coming out in iraq and he government protesters accusing curity forces of shooting at them with live bullets the military calls on protesters to stop blocking roads and bridges in baghdad as their harsh crackdown continues plus this week