Our question here on quadriga, this week is germanys satire affair, who will have the last laugh . And to discuss that this week, i am joined here by excellent commentators and observers. Let me introduce them to you. Beginning with andreas kluth, from the economist, magazine, who says this latest clash between germany and turkey is childish and irresponsible. Merkel and erdogan need to start acting like adults. Meanwhile, malte lehming from berlin der tagesspiegel says, any good satirist will be put on trial at least once in his lifetime. Jan bohmermann will have the last laugh here. And deger akal also joins us. She works for dws turkish desk, and has just returned from turkey. She says politicians should not , define the limits of satire , because if they did, an entire nation might forget what satire is. Andreas kluth, i would like to begin with you if i might, and earlier this week, i opened up one of my favorite early newspapers. Berlin newspapers. I was reading an article about this topic that we are discussing today. It began with the following sentence. Im quoting here. It must, with all due respect, be said that Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not copulate with goats. [laughter] andreas, what is going on . Andreas i work in that same presumption. First of all what is going on is , that this satirist, Jan Bohmermann, had on march 31, done a short video clip on german public television, which is no longer available, but i was watching it that i saw it or perhaps, i was unfortunate to have seen it, because it was not terribly tasteful. That is i think beyond the question. He did some very funny metairony in the clip, and he started, i should say he was reacting to another clip a few weeks earlier, which was quite tame and mild and almost boring, so actually bad as satire. But that also lampooned and ridiculed erdogan. Erdogan had complained, and there was a short discussion about freedom of the press, and free speech. In this one, all of germany and Angela Merkel came down firmly on this side of free speech. I believe he was reacting to that. Jan bohmermann, on march 31, he did the following. He opened and said, there is a line between free speech, and clearly illegal insults. Now where is that line . Let me show you. If it had been illegal insult, it would have sounded like this. And then he proceeded to read a poem, which, it rhymed and stuff, which as you mentioned, erdogan was a pedophile, homosexual, zooophile, which i prefer not to quote literally from the poem, but that kicked off this diplomatic disaster. Peter so it is fair to say, that obscenities were hurled at the turkish leader. Andreas not just obscenities, but a string of pure unadulterated, there was no content or criticism of politics. It was just he copulate with , this, this, every barnyard animal. Peter deger, obscenities being hurled at the turkish leader. What is the response in turkey . You have just been there. Deger well, akps and erdogans response is very hard. Peter the governing party. Deger yes. The governing partys response is hard. The turkish government has asked bohmermann to be persecuted. Prosecuted. There are reactions, people feel that erdogan is being insulted. No one is talking about a criticism toward the situation in turkey. It is more about erdogan and the fact that he was insulted by a german comedian. That is the general perception of the public. Peter when you saw this, as presented on german tv, can i ask you, what was your without an initial reaction from andreas, i think the opinion is pretty much clear. What was your gut reaction, deep down inside . How did you respond . Felt disgust,y actually. His point. Derstand i thought about it a long time. Is ase in turkey, there really critical crisis going on. There are more than two dozen people being prosecuted, because erdogan is arguing that he perceives everything as an insult, even critics. So while these things are happening in turkey, you dont expect Something Like this. I was ju i do undstand obscene but thiis persally i realldidnt i ft diusted. I reallyelt that pete les fi out whamalta thinks. Malt i think is obsce and disgusti,ut givenhe history of it, it is interesting as well. Even the chancellor had thattch, and i would say they had a problem with freedom of expression. The problem with the poem is to prove his point, and he intentionally and deliberately mixes satirical context and accuse a few said words, that was his intention to do that. Is, to make his point, for lines would be enough. But the poem is like 20 lines. You send a message, you might say send a message that goes beyond that. That you feel sentiments against not just erdogan, but against people from anatolia, turkey, will whatever. Antimuslim sentiments. Just because of the length of it. It has 20 lines. Peter you talked about the point he was trying to make. Can you be a little more specific . Malte the point is to be more specific. If he is claiming i will show you what is allowed and what is illegitimate. If on the other side, he then quotes a lot of words that are illegitimate, then he wants to i would say, the distinction is not what hes aiming for, but the blurring of distinction. Andreas it was a way of circumventing it. That the satirical always goes beyond borders. If that was covered by freedom of speech, let the court find out. Has the right, as any citizen has, to go and ask the court what the opinion is, if this is covered by freedom of speech or not. I would not be afraid. I think erdogan might lose in front of the court. He might win as well. But the court is a public place where all these things can be discussed again and again. Peter andreas mentioned this already. Waspoem from Jan Bohmermann followed in earlier broadcast by a satirical song, also criticizing Recep Tayyip Erdogan s policies in turkey and his authoritarian rule. Lets look at that and talk a little bit more about his satire. [video clip] peter it is pretty strong stuff. Andreas, you dont quite agree . Andreas strong relative to what . And an american. The american in me finds this well within the limits of free speech. Like malte, i think even if it goes to a court, mr. Bohmermann has nothing to fear. By the way, erdogan is making a full of himself by being so upset. Thing about satire. When it is so gratuitously overthetop and ridiculous, without any content, this video at least had a little bit of content why we are making fun of him then it backfires. There is no harm done. Andave all been in pubs bars, where we called each other the very terms in the poem, and that is just what one does after a third beer. I think he shouldnt be so upset, but i think it is well within free speech. Free speech was made for offensive speech, not for reasonable speech. If we were all reasonable, we would not need this consensus. It will pass. Peter what about the turkish tradition of satire . Im sure there is a tradition in a vibrant society. What are turkish people saying, what is acceptable and what is not . Where is it a question of dignity and respect . Deger when i was in internet is simple, the people sang the song and asked me. We really had fun with the song. Buthe probm is of urse, there is potical sare in turkey. It has a long tradion. There are still a lot of people trying to do it. , youe have to save it cannot see any programs and tv channels, there is no political there anymore, because are a lot of convictions and prosecutions. Say . . O you expect me to there are a lot of people still using social media and other channels, but we cannot see it it is not on the agenda anymore. We dont have those programs on tv anymore. Peter is a context. All of this is taking place against the background of the real world top politics. The deal usually recently cringed between the eu and turkey with the refugee crisis, that ae any danger, satirical skit could actually have a huge political impact . Malte i think the contents is very important. That is what made this satirical affair almost i would not make it a state affair, but almost a state affair between erdogan and marco Angela Merkel. He chose to go way he chose to go is to protect leaders of the world against insulting, but the government has to open the gate for that. So Angela Merkel has two ways to go. sther she denies erdogan right to go in court, which is a human right every citizen has, and especially as a leader of a opens theate, or she prosecuting way. Forthen, would be regarded most germans as being said submissive, as a sleeve of her own policy. That would be very political. She might have contributed to that. Her first initial reaction is, it is not deliberately offensive. Close with this quote . She has no alternative than to open it. But even if she opens the road, it is problematic, because we have had several cases related to this subject in france, for example, or even in turkey. The president is using a similar article in the criminal court for all these proceedings. The problem is that the court of human rights has a decision, that president s are not privileged. This article might not be valid anyway, even if she opens the gate for this article, it might end up at the European Court of human rights, and it wont work. I personally dont believe Angela Merkel will open the door anyway. I think it is turkeys miscalculation, and erdogans mistake to put merkel in such a difficult situation domestically. Germany is the only western ally who still has Communication Channels with turkey, which is in turkeys interest. Fornt see any endgame turkey, we just dramatic actually, because if Angela Merkel does not open the door, it will be for the prosecution. It will be a good point for Angela Merkel politically. She will have great support. I dont think she will open it, but even if she would, she would not be punished it would not be considered a criminal offense. Is for the court to decide, i would say. I would say clearly, if she opens the door for prosecution, it would be regarded as being submissive, by many germans, and she would clearly lose confidence in her own electorate. On the other hand, it is not that she is saying, i think Jan Bohmermann should be punished. It is just that i see the conditions have been met to open the court the procedural way. That is the only message she should make. The right to deny the turkish leader the right to every other leader and citizen has, it is not her duty to do that. Just in legal terms, to give him the privilege to present, and say, Angela Merkel now says i dont have the right to go in court. She might have been in bad conscious or Something Like this. Is she the real winner if she delays denies that . It would be smart and clever real tragedy in this, is that we in germany are forgetting, we are talking about something incredibly ridiculous. When at the same time, there is a refugee crisis and the syrian war, and problems with russia, all three of which turkey is now absolutely central as a player. By the way, as a backdrop of this discussion distraction is an incredibly complicated history between Angela Merkel and erdogan. With Nicholas Sarkozy in 2007, negotiated the turkish wish to join the eu. At that time, erdogan was not that bad. He was a reformer. I think that accelerated his path the other way. She criticized him a lot in the years after, and then the refugee crisis happens, and suddenly she needs him. This is the skepticism in the german population. There was a poll a few weeks large number, a 70 of germans thought that turkey is not to be trusted as a partner. For france and america, it was the other way around. You have to solve these crises. Both Angela Merkel and erdogan are central in solving the crises, and now they are talking about homosexuality and pedophilia. Is a problem. They should be dealing with the crisis. Malte another underline of the whole affair is that germans dont like to be dependent on turkey, as they are because of the refugee crisis. Erdogan they are dependent on turkey and on they are dependent on them and on erdogan s good behavior. They just hate themselves for being dependent on turkey. That is why all this selfhate comes up with this satirical kind of thing. I think that is the underlined. Peter ok, that is how german steel. Lets find out how some mental members of the turkish communities are feeling when we go to the german district with a big turkish community. [video clip] the Berlin Turkish Community believes no one in this country is entitled to absolutely unlimited freedom. One persons freedom ends where the next persons freedom begins. We cant express our opinions. That is not democracy. The past has got to be free, no matter press has got to be free no matter what they write, but she has to have some limits. [and video clip] peter we mentioned it, there are certainly a lot of people saying that there are perhaps racist antiturkish undertones about this poem from Jan Bohmermann. I agree. I thought the same thing. I thought it was a step too far. I felt it. Peter is it a racist how women . Poem . Itreas i did not perceive that way, but if you look at me, i am not very turkish. Peter a young turkish journalist was reading a litany of the cheapest and worst prejudices about turks. Is an openis question. That is news to me. I dont know where that would come from. To me, it is an offtheshelf, gratuitous insult that you her let anybody when you need a prefers perverse insult. I would have done if i tried to provoke you. I dont see anything particularly as a turkish stereotype. Malte but there is something particularly turkish. Just for the sake of the argument to construct an example, if the same would have happened to the Prime Minister of israel, and the satirist would have said the same things, with all the satirical and obscenities, the mixture, would he be denied to go to court and ask for revenge or i dont think so. Outcry this kind of huge would have happened, and it would be seen as antiisrael. It has to do with a special german turkish relationship, as we have a special relationship with anyone. Deger i would like to add something. Although i thought there were aspects that i would not want to hear again, i think freedom of anression should not be offense, a criminal offense. I am against the fact that he could be punished. It should not be a criminal offense. This is what he is maybe challenging right now. That is why i think it is very important and interesting to follow discussions in germany, because it might expand freedom of expression in germany, because it might not be a criminal offense anymore. We will see the discussions, but i think that is an important point. Malte its a little bit strange to see now, especially the germans, to be the most freedom loving nation on earth. [laughter] holocaust the they are on the forefront against facebook, and the hate commentary on facebook and things like this. Freedom of expression and freedom of speech is not a value this is the right order for germans. First unity, and then freedom comes last. Peter that is interesting. Andreas i would like to say, i would like to add into the mix, because we are all talking about is,ridiculous bohmermann but i would like to add to important people. Bohmermann will not solve the Syrian Civil War or the refugee crisis or russian crisis. We hadngela meel and eogan that we e primarily concerned with. They need to get back to business. If you look at them, Angela Merkel, she has taken the holy to decide. She has not made a decision. This is unusual. She is getting advice from many people. That shows you she is struggling with it. But she is clearly responsible in the way that she would like to move on to bigger things. This is all a tragedy to her. Erdogan, however, loves getting sidetracked into these infantile , childish little things, and he provokes himself all the time. Not in the way of satire, but he needs a good spanking in the press, because he needs to get down to business. Peter the fact of the matter is, he is the subject of attacks that featured obscenities, and he is personally attack. I find it difficult to believe that the german media, the german satirists who came to be tame tend to be tame, i find it difficult that they could include sheep and copulation in the same sentence. Andreas but if we did, they should not go to jail. This is my point earlier, if they did, it would make it so ridiculous, that it would be career ending for a satirist to do that about her poem about her. Is best way to unmask them let them do it themselves. Malte i agree completely with you. We have far too many rules to limit freedom of speech in germany. We are not a freedom of speech loving country. There are far too many rules. But if we had these laws, and it comes to a moment like this, and we say now we want freedom of speech, that would be doubletalk. If we had these laws, we would have to ask if it is in between the law or not. That would open the gates for procedural. Peter unfortunately, we are out of time. Who is going to have the last laugh . Malte i would say Jan Bohmermann. Whatever happens, even if he gets prosecuted, he would be regarded by the germans as one of the best satirists. , i agree. Mermann andreas i think all around, all three of us. Peter [laughter] i suspected. Thank you very much for joining me. You have given us plenty of food for thought. Please join us next week. Get in touch by mail or social media. Byebye from quadriga, for now. P1uvvnnncoco michelle hello and welcome to focus on europe, where we take you behind the headlines and discuss the stories affecting the people across this great continent. Im michle hener thank you for joining us. On todays show taking the taboo out of Domestic Violence in france. Polands political horse trading. And ukraines eurovision entry hits a historical note. With the explosive revelations from the panama papers, where big name financial groups, political elites and even soccer stars were helped to hide cash in offshore havens, its no surprise that the public is angry. While tax avoidance is not entirely illegal, that angers been brewing for some time now. A small town in wales, sick and tired of the apparent double standard between the haves who often seem immune to paying taxes and have nots who always seem to be paying them decided to take action. A group of Small Business owners in the town of crickhowell have turned the tables and gone offshore. Reporter the people of crickhowell live a proudly independent lifestyle. Its home to a number of Small Businesses. Steve lewis runs a cafe. Jo carthew owns a smokery. And steve askew heads the towns bakery, a family business. Askew and his neighbors are no revolutionaries, but theyre tired of seeing how unevenly the tax burden in their country is distributed. We all understand and appreciate weve got to pay taxes, weve got to Fund Services and no ones got a problem with that. The problem weve got is small people paying the taxes and large corporations avoiding paying the taxes. You know ive paid taxes, ive run a successful business, its not easy, but i still pay my taxes. My staff pay their income tax and you know its just unjust and unfair. Reporter this is their battle cry to take on the tax authorities. Theyre using the brand ofa fair tax city to promote their cause. Just 2,000 inhabitants live here ideal for a test run. The idea came from elsewhere, but its stirred up excitement in this small welsh town, and a newfound selfconfidence. Jo carthew explains the fair tax city project. The starting point is, why shouldnt Small Business owners have the possibility to use tax loopholes too . The idea was that we would try to find a way of mimicking the mechanisms and the strategies that big businesses use by working in coalition, by getting Small Businesses to work in coalition so that they can behave like a big company. Reporter the strategy is an entity for small firms to shift their holdings offshore to tax havens, and with a few tricks, they can avoid paying taxes. Its all legal, because theyve received expert assistance. I think that what one just realises is that they just not contributing to the communities where theyre obviously making ofits. And that seems very wrong. Reporter the people of crickhowell share a strong loyalty to their town. What started as an experiment to see how smaller businesses could avoid paying taxes soon turned into a davidversusgoliath struggle. Cafe owner steve lewis wants to send a signal about everything thats wrong with tax laws in the uk. Well its very, very simple. The government have created a tax system that invites tax avoidance. My point is that tax avoidance has now become tax abuse. Reporter now part of his holdings are in a tax haven. Lewis wants to set a precedent with his provocative act and plug every tax loophole. He wants fair taxes for everyone. You know going back to medieval times, the peasants will always pay and well leave the sort of rich and famous they can have their own rules. And im saying no, ive had enough of that now. And im not an activist. Reporter no ones against paying taxes here. They believe in the meaning of contributing to the greater good of their community. Now the people in this small town in wales are keen to find out if their action can bring the taxevading giants to their knees. Michelle Domestic Violence affects women all over the world. But we tend to associate a culture of silence around it with countries where women have few rights. Not in places like france. But experts say that discussing Domestic Violence, much less reporting it, has long been taboo there. Instead, an outdated patriarchal attitude prevails. But a case of spousal abuse there that has made headlines all over the world has brought hope to women like alexia, who suffered at the hands of her abusive husband in silence. Reporter its the first time alexia has returned to where she used to live with her husband. Shed moved from Southern France to paris just for him. This where we lived. I used to admire him, i thought he was a genius. I was a student then. But i was scared because i wasnt allowed to see my parents. And i withdrew from my friends, as well. Reporter then they moved to a house in the suburbs. And her husband, whod seemed like a respectable engineer, turn out to be a violent man. He forced me to sit on a chair for hours. First, he beat me on my arms mostly. Then he started throwing things at me. I wasnt allowed to move, just sit there. And i had to keep looking him in the eyes. Reporter for alexia, defending herself wasnt an option. She stayed, and suffered quietly. Until the day her husband tried to kill her. Thats when she fled to the neighbours and filed charges. I always thought i hadnt done enough for him. That i somehow had to be better. Its like i was under the spell of a guru. When he cheated on me, he blamed it on me, saying i hadnt taken good enough care of him. Reporter for abusers, guilt and isolation are a standard tactic to maintain control over their victims. Often, theyre aided by relatives and neighbors who look the other way. In france, Domestic Violence remains a taboo more than in other european countries. Many experts say that beneath the appearance of equality, traditional gender roles still hold sway here. Unlike other european countries, france was an absolute monarchy. The monarch symbolized god on earth. The monarch was always male. This symbolism is still powerful today. Women struggle to overcome this symbolic force, how to find the windows and doors to escape. Reporter Jacqueline Sauvage did escape Domestic Violence but at a very highost. Sauvage shot and killed her abusive husband. In october 2014, she was sentenced to ten years. The verdict was a controversial one. Buthe judg were not persuaded that sauvage had acted in selfdefense. Others disagreed. They believe that sauvage had no other way to escape her husband, who was known around the community as a violent man. She suffered all her fe. She must be released from prison. Reporter the sauvage case convinced many women it was time to take action. For months, french women from all walks of life campaigned on sauvages behalf. The publicity was successful. Most likely to silence the protests, Francois Hollande granted Jacqueline Sauvage a rare president ial pardon. But not all legal experts agree with the decision. The pardon means that anyone can decide to end the life of another person. Someone, a man or a woman, lives in an abusive relationship for 20, 30 or 40 years. And then, one day, one of them decides to kill the other. That cant be right. Thats more dangerous than our current system. Reporter in france the private sphere enjoys unusually strong legal protection, and that has hindered the passage of laws to address domestic violee. Alexias lawyer believes this is why it took a president ial pardon to spark the process of change. Now, after the sauvage case, perhaps the courts will begin to punish Domestic Violence more vigorously. Otherwise we will keep seeing women who are forced to defend themselves alone, and there will be more unbearable situations that will end in tragedy. Reporter alexia has brought charges against her exhusband for grievous bodily harm. Last year, he was sentenced to just one year probation. Its a controversial sentence that is now being examined by a higher court. Michelle will jacquleine sauvages case help to change attitudes . What more should be done . Let us know what you think about that or any of todays stories by getting in touch on facebook, email or twitter. After just a few months in power, polands new rightwing government is already involved in aery particular scandal. Polandyou see,s famousor breeding arabian horses. And the head of one of its staterun and internationally acclaimed stud farms was recently fired. Despite being well liked and respected, he was replaced by a government loyalist. The change has caused outrage at home and abroad and sparked protests. Call it a case of political horse trading. Reporter this is ascott, an arabian thoroughbred. He belongs to saudi arabias royal family. But he lives here in poland at Janow Podlaski, a renowned stud farm that specializes in this expensive breed. For nearly 200 years, Janow Podlaski has been knownall over the world for its arabian horses. But this year things have suddenly been turned on their head. Marek trela, the director of this illustrious institution, was fired from his job, and replaced by a governmentappointed manager. Next year, the farm will be 200 years old. Its a very special place not just for me, but for many people. Havingo leave very paful for me. Janow has always been a staterun institution. Ive always stayed out of polics and shas the farm. But unfortunately the government in now stepping in. Reporter hes been replaced by an economist, who has no apparent knowledge of horses. A second stud farm has met the same fate, triggering public protests. Demonstrators say polands new rightwing government is riding roughshod over democratic norms constitutional court, the media, and now the countrys stud farms. Hands off our horses, they say. The government isnt satisfied with just ruling over people. Now they want animals as well. Its a scandal. Reporter many believe polands law and Justice Party wants to make money with the stud farms to finance their campaign promises. The minister of agriculture called a press conference to try to explain the dismissals. There were a number of accusations of economic mismanagement, poor veterinary care, lack of supervision. Weve sent the matter to the public prosecutors office, and there may be criminal offences involved. Reporter the government cited the unexplained death of an arabian mare last year, as an example of the directors incompetence. Equestrian journalist Marek Szewczyk says the governments behavior is totally unreasonable. The stud farms always made a profit under the old management. The government ought to be giving them medals and holding them up as examples in this difficult industry. Not firing them the reasons they give are absurd. Reporter once a year selected horses are groomed with particular care, ready for auction. The annual sale of arabian horses, called the pride of poland, is a highlight of the International Equestrian calendar. 10yearold pepita sold for 1. 4 Million Euros last year to an anonymous buyer from switzerland. If the director is so incompetent, could his horse really command such prices . The potential customers certainly seemed convinced by the farms pedigree. Horse lovers like Charlie Watts from the rolling stones, along with american millionnaires and representatives from the Arab Emirates on a shopping tour for their rulers. But could that now change . Continuity is very important in breeding. Were concerned that horses will now be sold to make up the state budget. But if you sell too many good horses too fast, you ruin your breeding. Reporter marek trela has received messages of support from around the world. But right now he can do nothing. It was especially painful saying goodbye to the horses. They were all born during my tenure. Reporter would he go back . I think i will have to go back, to clean up the mess. Reporter he may well be right. Two more horses have died under the new director, triggering a public investigation. The uproar over polands stud farms continue. Michelle the firsgroup of migrants who entered greece illegally have now been returned to tkey. In return, the eu will take in thousands of Syrian Refugees directly from turkey. Switzerland has relatively few Syrian Refugees because of their ry stricasylum ls, but they now hope to absorb more. For those who ma it ther they not only have the challenge of learning a new language but of adopting the swiss way of life. But switzerland hopes to ease their transition by offering integration courses including one on how to run a household swiss style. How does this get cleaned . Reporter a housekeeping class for asylumseekers, run by the Salvation Army in rn. This stove is covered in ceramic glass. Reporter introducing the newcomers to the ins and outs of domestic life in switzerland. But finding a place to live is difficult. Thats why swiss canton has tasked the Salvation Army with subletting apartments to refugees. But they are scarce and expensive, and state support is limited. Fabienne notter scours the ads, lookinfor affoable optns. With so few apartments available, how important are housekeepi classes vy important. Because when i call a landlord and say were interested in an apartment we can also tell the landlord that were helping the refugees, that were showing them how to care for the apartments, teaching a class, and making inspections. Sotimes th helps cvince them to rent us an apartment. Reporter for some of the refugees, housekeeping swissstyle involves many unfamiliar rituals programming therostats, preventing damp and mold by regular airing, separating rubbish for recycling. Much of this isnt new to refugees from middleclass backgrounds. But tekle kifle from eritrea says the class is still useful for new arrivals. Hes learned some tips for saving electricity, for example. Right now, kifle is subletting a room from a swiss family. Im making fruit salad. Reporter living with a swiss family theres no better way to learn the local customs. The housekeeping class came in handy here, too. Its very good, because i can see what the family does, and learn. And i can also help out. Reporter kifle is happy to help out whenever he can. And the hess family are happy to give him pointers on cultural differences. Tekle made chicken for us, and spent a long time washing and cleaning it. We told him thats not really necessary here. Here in switzerland, the hygeine standards for chicken packaging are very high, so we dont have to spend quite as much time cleaning it. We can tell he is eager to learn. He wants to know how things ar done here in switzerland. Hes very open. That will make it easier for him to get used to life here in switzerland. Reporter when the refugees have their own apartment, the Salvation Army regularly sends out a Community Service volunteer to see how things are going. Time for a quick checkup. Four young eritrean men share the apartment. Are they staying on top of things . The tiles are clean, and free of lime deposits. But a problem is developing. No wonder, with four people and no window in the bathroom. Theres some mold. You need to air the place out a bit. Weve got a cleaning rota. So we all take our turn. Reporter the cleaning rota works, the apartment is tidy, and not just because of the visiting camera crew. Word of the housekeeping classes has gotten around with local landlords, and theyre happy about it, too. The owner of this old smithy plans to renovate it so that refugees can move in. Remo bisang has already found many apartments for the new arrivals through friends and acquaintances. Many want to help. And the housekeeping classes helps give them confidence their properties will be well lookedafter. Apartment doesnt need renovating again after just two or three years, and end up costing them money. Reporter the classes are paying off. Landlords are more willing to rent to the new arrivals. And the refugees have a greater ance of nding a ace they can ca home. Michelle i wonder how many swiss people could pass such a course . In a couple of weeks the annual Eurovision Song Contest will take place again. Broadcast live across the continent, its best known for its kitsch, campy costumes and fondness for power ballads. But ukraines entry strikes a very different note this year. Their singer, jamala, is a tatar from crimea whose song, 1944, describes the mass deportations of Crimean Tatars under stalin. That was more than 70 years ago but the song is striking a very contemporary political nerve, especially with the russians. Strangrs come into your house, kill you and say, were not to blame. Its a song that takes on a dark moment in history. In may 1944, stalins henchmen herded hundreds of thousands of muslim tatars into boxcars and deported them from crimea to central asia among them, jamalas greatgrandmother. Its also a highly personal song about displacement and loss, and the heartache of growing up far away from crimea, where her greatgrandmother lived. Jamala is now 32. She grew up in kyiv and trained as an opera and jazz singer. Her ballad is dedicated to her greatgrandmother, who never overcame the trauma of deportation. My great grandmother and her five small children were deported from crimea to central asia. They were loaded into boxcars like cattle. The doors were locked, and they went for days without food, water or fresh air. Her daughter died in her arms. Reporter stalin justified the deportation as collective punishment, claiming that the tatars had collaborated with nazi troops during their occupation of crimea in 1941. It was not until the 1960s that the charges were officially withdrawn. My greatgrandmother was deported, even though her husband fought for the soviet union in the war. He defended stalin and fell at the front as a hero who died defending the soviet union. Reporter Tamila Tasheva explains that the tatars were not permitted to return home until the perestroika of the 1980s. Tasheva is also a tatar of the diaspora, and an activist. For her and many other tatars, jamalas song has relevance to their situation today. The experiences of jamalas family are a prism that illuminates the pain of the Crimean Tatars. Its very important for us to talk about this now. We cant let it be forgotten. Its the only way tkeep Something Like this from ever happening again. And this is exactly the right moment. Reporter since russias annexion of crimea in march 2014, tens of thousands of tatars have fled the peninsula. One was erfan kudusov, a lawyer who worked in a local firm. But when Russian Troops appeared, he and his family packed their bags and moved to mainland ukraine. Just imagine that your children are being taught in school that putin is a hero. At home, they hear that crimea is occupied, and that this is basically russian fascism. I realized immediately that my family would be torn apart, so we decided to leave crimea right away. Not to mention our language anything that wasnt russian was banned in the schools. Reporter russia sees jamalas song as a provocation. But she says it was meant to recall the fate suffered by her family. I wrote it so people would know and understand, not lay blame or call to account. Its the story of my greatgrandmother. The song recounts a year in her familys life the year 1944. And thats the title of the song. Reporter and, she says, the song is intended to keep alive the emory of people of whom nothing remains not even a photo. Michelle thats it for today. Thank you for watching. Be sure to tune in next week, when our beloved Damien Mcguiness returns. In the meantime, its goodbye from me and the whole team. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] . ÷ . P . Aoknno