Shadid amount proclaimed a new german republic from the window of the reichstag the fledging democracy survived until it was toppled by the nazis. On november ninth one nine hundred eighty nine thousands of east berliners rushed to the berlin wall and forced their way through checkpoints the fall of the wall was the defining moment of the collapse of communism at the start of the process of german reunification. And nov ninth nineteen thirty eight also known as the kristallnacht the night of the broken glass the nazis and their supporters carried out nationwide attacks on the Jewish Population synagogues were burned shops ransacked and nearly one hundred jews killed. And for more now im joined by w. Politics simon young who is here with us here in the studio so. I mean we have three major historical anniversaries here today in germany how are the germans remembering. Well i think this year as you say the night of november the day of the day of destiny for germany because through a mixt
the time show the political responsibility to the people who brought about a democratic constitution to modernize the system of justice. who made sure there was housing there was unemployment insurance who allowed art and science to flourish and above all let us not forget in all these years that. they were able to meld together our highly franchise coalitions which they didn t stay here through major foreign policy crisis herman miller ghost of st is a man mattie has spared the chancellor who rules and those days marion and taina weber s the m.p. s and hired man mary elizabeth lucas or mary you hurt the feel of so many of them hard to forget after been forgotten. about even in the judiciary and the administration it was committed democrats who supported our