The unification treaty in 1990 saw on the ends of east germany now all germans share one parliaments and one currency and today only remnants of the bally wall remain. And with that of war welcome to this special edition of your own max well be taking you on a 2 of the german capital including places where the german german divide has left its marks here at the pot some up lots this is where the border used to run and for a long time it was a barren space there are no signs of it here today in todays program we will meet a winner of germanys unity define love without borders and taken a star look back at the berlin techno scene yeah but 1st we meet an artist who hurts to shape the image of birdland after the unity jim. Jim and the young created a 15 me to stretch of the east side gallery the longest remaining section of the berlin wall. We met him by his artwork at the famous open air gallery. Thank you the. Complex song i think german unity was a complex and difficult process and i th
They appeal to people from all age groups and his brother formed ben highland in the 1970 s. Younger fans dont even know we have 11 other records sold with various we give the names of each one then decide which ones they want to buy. So its not for the money because every one of the money we can go out i am all. For some both going announced the death of his father on twitter he wrote my heart is broken and i dont think i will ever fully recover from this loss i love you so much paul. Van halen joined the band as its bass player in 2007 making it a real family business. Down highland was born in amsterdam in 1955 but the family moved to los angeles in the early 960 s. He started life as a musician on the piano but like to switch to sam visions to the top. Such profound released their 1st album in 1978 shot into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. Highlands pioneering virtue or so guitar technique and him a place in rop
Stocks. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divided germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The word is we are still aware that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. We did a lot of things a lot differently then when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador about a small town or coffee was here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow knocks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. The other most of. This i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather try to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations about whats to final
Nato cole also promised Financial Aid gorbachev gave the green light for the 2 plus 4 agreement on german unity. Could see that. As such the general secretary gorbachev has unequivocably given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation that. But the soviet union also had conditions foreign minister should read not so stipulated before the International Press that a unified germany would have to maintain political and military neutrality upon his return home brushed over this very clear message from the kremlin he didnt want to taint the good news. That the soviet union imagine if unified germany in late had a state yes of course all this was said yesterday. Kol strategy was successful and his. Popularity grew hed made further offers of Financial Aid to gorbachev to discourage the kremlin from doing anything to block the way forward because we have this as you none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a di
No choice but to start over and thats exactly what todays show is all about. To this day the truck or trout the is the symbol most associated with east german industry the now iconic vehicle was manufactured in the city of stick in the state of saxony it was known for being on reliable and extremely polluting but 30 years on change is brewing in its birth place today is home to one of fox law against most innovative car factories. Car manufacturers are scrambling to catch up and get ahead of the future is an electric shock means are brought to go transformation of germanys alter industry suppliers are struggling in west and eastern germany im sure but no. Electric cars need to have a tree. What they dont need to get cases like this because they dont have multi speed good boxes. And that is a major problem for young. He heads the Works Council its a company that makes cases d. T. H. Hide and now the work force numbers more than 300. 00 trainees i can tell you that there will be personne