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In the fall of the berlin wall im joined by my guest John Laughlin in paris he is a political scientist and historian in washington we have harold james hes a professor of history and International Affairs at Princeton University as well as author and editor of a number of books including when the wall came down reactions to german unification and in cork we cross to Geoffrey Roberts he is emeritus professor of history at University College cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreci...

Nations in Eastern Europe but thats a kind of a narrative that is very western i suppose but i lived there it was i dont have that same kind of feel for it ok though having said that im very glad those communist regimes are gone and the wall go ahead john. You know well like you peter i lived through those events very directly like you i was studying Eastern European studies at oxford at that point i spent that summer in 1909 in romania and in hungary and indeed in september 89 i was in west berlin and was there when the 1st east berlin as arrived in west berlin having driven through czechoslo...

I mean kite crashed on sky height unity justice and above all Freedom Freedom the state is duty bound to protect. Hi heidi. Conditional down and frightening can only unfold you know when people lift by at uva when they appreciate it you know as you want to protect it. They can use if i hadnt learned to live and see other people as you knocked ing. Gaffers he came from this mission been eaten. To do all kinds of. The push and pull between state authority and civil rights has crucially shaped german history since 1049. The German Parliament the bundestag has a commitment to the german people the...

Were talking about here is a priceless historic art and cultural value. Also coming up elite Chinese Government documents reveal details about the forced detention of Something Like a 1000000 we go muslims their significance is that we have an unprecedented insight into what the Chinese Government is really doing the endgame is to change an entire minority population its a cultural genocide and its a course of social range nearing. For us here in germany have pulled off a spectacular high said one of europes most renowned museums police in the eastern city of dresden say the break in at the gr...

It was once the largest and most magnificent synagogue in germany. A palace of faith a temple of understanding. Beneath its gilded dome fragments of the past desecrated torah scrolls mysterious inscriptions. And charred remnants of darker times. The noir synagogue or new synagogue in the heart of berlin paris testimony to a bygone era. The shimmering dome is visible for miles around the synagogue on Iranian Border schussler is a magnet for tourists a landmark and a solemn reminder. Built as a house of worship more than 150 years ago its a jewel of the city. Yet it. Almost lost on november 1938...