Syrian born american visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with a father who was a member of the hitler youth as a child. some residents are suspicious of refugees in the neighborhood. americans curious about the bar s regulars. to cross the road worlds apart. starting november 11th on d.w. . germany s this week celebrating the full of the berlin wall 30 years ago but the party mood has changed with dismay many in eastern germany say they ve been left behind and feel like 2nd class citizens well when the wall came down on the 9th of november 1989 the euphoria was boundless fun scene was the word of the hour in credit bull people kept saying to each other
He wanted to smash the berlin wall long before it finally fell. ill she also issues in new york state you know linda bird is actually better known as the legend of german rock music. let s find out more about this amazing man mr linden. august 28th. this week on g.w. . germany s this week celebrating the full of the berlin wall 30 years ago but the party mood is changed with dismay many in eastern germany say they ve been left behind and feel like 2nd class citizens well when the wall came down on the 9th of november 1989 the euphoria was boundless and fun scene was the word of the hour in credit the bull people kept saying to each other
Hello i m christine want to welcome to deja vu news africa it s good to have you along it s been 30 years since the wall off the island fell marking a turning point in european history and germany as we know it today used to be 2 separate countries communist east germany often referred to as the g.d.r. and capitalist west germany now east backed germany was already east germany was backed by the soviets was behind the iron curtain and a sealed border separated the 2 germany s while the war in berlin became a symbol for the separation and the date off its fall on the 9th of november 1989 is commemorated and read unified germany not to commemorate the 30th anniversary off this event a team off africa journalists traveled along the former border here on their
Generate electricity. place. i m told me all oddball thanks for joining us. germany has started a week of celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th of november 1989 a few days earlier hundreds of thousands of east germans had gathered at butlins famous alexanderplatz for an unprecedented demonstration calling for freedom of expression and democracy has more. history flashing before their eyes as thousands returned to berlin cyclonic alexander plot to mark the moment that would help change the city in the country forever nov 4th 1989 more than half a 1000000 protesters descended on the square in what would become the largest
Or who already say the scale of the disaster is unprecedented in the clean up will cost billions but they still don t know where the oil is coming from. and why is this man collecting elephant dung in south africa a clue to make a drink that is often served with tonic ice and lemon. i m going to home free you could join me across the german capital festivities are underway marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on that historic night the 9th of november 1989 thinkable happened east germany s communist regime opened the border the announcement allowed its citizens to safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades in all those years crossing without the mission was often fatal hundreds of people were killed trying. to escape the country but with the