so right on up to adolf hitler. they said that war was a noble and necessary activity of germany. ♪ and they said that the nazi party alone had the right to rule germany and the right to destroy the party's enemies. ♪ their rise to power was based on fraud, deceit, intimidation and coercion. culminating finally in terror. and flames. into that flame went the democratic constitution of the weimar republic and the freedom of the german people. for the fires set by the nazis extended to the very reichstadt. a witness who formerly held a high position in the berlin police administration tells of his investigation into the fire. [speaking foreign language] to speak briefly and to state the facts, first of all, we ascertain that quite generally, it was a large scale propaganda campaign. goebbels took on the job of making the necessary proposals, and it was goebbels who first thought of setting the rei chstadt on fire. a group of 10 reliable was made ready. and during was informed about every detail of the plan. andas

hitler didn't like about. anova became the moat teacher artist with the works in 1920 the early 1937. in the nova fashion himself as sort of went off into the countryside and just sort of disappeared for the rest of the war afterwards he fashioned himself a sneak victim is true but not until he tried to get there. that is something that i read an article about, coincidentally. and our news, about nova. it's sort of how his estate now, is coming to terms he was anti- somatic. any company but covered it up. and i remember researching the book and i was buying i don't know if you bought watch family guy but there's a part in family guy where ryan and mick in there on votes and there on the tour and brain points out that everything is missing. the tour guide until 19331945, and tour guide monday revision. [laughter]. it was very funny. for writing this book, i bought the definitive biography nova. 500 pages. there will two pages a 1932 to 1945. only two pages. the net literally said, it was really stressful so i j

what did hitler say on that occasion? >> hitler was most excited about contents of the telegram and he expressed himself in a very manner about gÖring. he said he knew for some time that gÖring had failed, that he a drugrupt, that he was addict. it was typical of hitler's attitude toward the entire problem, however, that he followed this statement up by can nevertheless negotiate the cap pit laition. he -- capitulation. he said, it doesn't really matter who does it. for the german nation was expressed in the way he said this. >> after months of examination cross-examination, several defendants make final statements to the tribunal. frank is first. >> i myself, speaking from the sentiments,of my and from the experience of five months of this trial, want to say this. now that i have gained the last insight into all that which has to the way of dreadful atrocities, i feel a terrible guilt within me. >> funk declares. >> when these measures of terror and violence against jews were me, i suffered a nervous breakdown, because

and one down the street would talk about herr hitler. and talk about the school children and how are they doing at grades at school and like a typical father, he said at one point. you know, to hans, please, please, whatever you do do not overwork yourself, he said excessive exercise is going to do you in. there was no reason to risk an injury. quote, you're already the representative of the chess players shts wasn't that enough? it's amazing even in this time of just historical political cite s crisis and they're dealing with the same mundane things. and then the letters to brooklyn stopped. by that point, both hans and fred were in the military. you see them together here. that's hans on right and freddy on the left and they met where it was blown to smithereens. and they quickly bonded. i lo of this because you can see the affection and almost awe in which hans held his friend freddy. and he outlength him. almost seven inches taller and he was almost like a puppy dog, he said freddy as fearless, he didn't follow military rules and he

but in 1941, hitler attacked the soviet union anyway. and fell to defeat in stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in history. >> he had an objectivity when he would see what was going on and how to move pieces on the chess board. on the other hand he was a murder sociopath. he would kill anyone for any reason if it worked to his advantage. he operated in a completely different moral framework than either churchill or roosevelt. >> bret: but churchill and f.d.r. knew they still needed stalin on their side. ♪ ♪ a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. and now for their service to the community, we present limu emu & doug with this key to the city. [ applause ] it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. and now we need to

>> hitler's secretary said that the very mention of churchill's name away to send hitler off into rants, endless rants about how churchill was an alcoholic and he was. [inaudible] jews and he was an incompetent strategist in this sort of thing. so if ever the fear got into the carpet biting moments, it was the mention of churchill's name. mark: wasn't really because because churchill was so effective at resisting? >> he was the first major british politician to spot hitler and the nazis for what they were. and to warn the world, so hitler hated him for that. and i think it's because of these reasons that churchill was able to see hitler and the nazis for what they really hewere. the first he like to jews, he grew up with jews, all of his life had been on holiday with jews, and knew the contribution they made to western civilization. so he had an early warning system when it came to hitler and the nazis that was not about safe d and the british politics. many in the upper politics were anti-semitic. the secondas thing was he was a historian. and he was able to place the strategic threats

nobody is like hitler at most and didn't but they were bred to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his labor that was a deal he wants to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family led on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter much political pressure on the americans not to release information but whatever gates had been doing with the nazi regime we spent we used up a whole lot of political power and influence trying to prevent matters to do with the royal family being released after the war that was not the priority in my view for this government to 945 the priority was to rebuild the country rather protect whatever he ate it been doing and when it comes to hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican that it was the sun that exposed the picture of the young queen in the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen was about 7 or 8 so it w

i think nobody is like hitler at most and didn't but they were better to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his labor that was a deal he wants to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family led on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter much political pressure on the americans not to release information but whatever gates had been doing with the nazi regime we spent we used up a whole lot of political power and influence trying to prevent matters to do with the royal family being released after the war that was not the priority in my view for this government to 945 the priority was to rebuild the country rather protect whatever the apron doing and when it comes to hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican but it was this that exposed the picture of the young queen and the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen was about 7 or 8 the

i think nobody is like hitler at most and didn't but they were bred to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his labor that was a deal they wanted to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family lead on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter much political pressure on the americans not to release information but whatever gates had been doing with the nazi regime we spent we used up a whole lot of political power and influence trying to prevent matters to do with the royal family being released after the war that was not the priority in my view for this government to 945 the priority was to rebuild the country rather protect whatever the 8th had been doing. and when it comes to hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican that the it was the sun that exposed the picture of the young queen and the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen

hitler was lazy. he's the one person who just doesn't fit in to the overall concept of the busy hard-working leader. george marshall, who i write about in this new book would work 16, 17 hours a day, president eisenhower, not just when he was commander, but after that as well, he was incredibly hard worker. it's something i think they all do have in common. >> most of the western leaders, did they get good press or bad press. >> he got terrible press for a lot of the time, he had a lot of things, party criticized him, he had confidence in the house of commons during the second world war, he won them but nonetheless they were trying to bring him down. mark: his own party? >> people work criticizing him constantly, like hatcher who was ultimately being brought down after 11 and a half years and basically saving britain from becoming a third rate country in the world, the conservatives brought her down in an act of spectacular betrayal. >> and churchill, throughout, they were picking at him and nibbling

i think nobody is like hitler at most and didn't but they were to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his labor that was a deal they wanted to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family led on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter much political pressure on the americans not to release information about whatever gates had been doing with the nazi regime we spent we used up a whole lot of political power and influence trying to prevent matters to do with the royal family being released after the war that was not the priority in my view for this government to 945 the priority was to rebuild the country rather protect whatever he ate it been doing and when it comes to hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican that it was this that exposed the picture of the young queen in the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen was about 7 or

i think nobody is like hitler at most and didn't but they were bred to tolerate hitler and the deal they wanted to do was that. hitler left the british nation and the british empire alone i went eastwards in terms of his labor that was a deal they wanted to do and after the 2nd world war the royal family led on the government here at the at the government labor government who put a shooter much political pressure on the americans not to release information but whatever gates had been doing with the nazi regime we spent we used up a whole lot of political power and influence trying to prevent matters to do with the royal family being released after the war that was not the priority in my view for this government to 945 the priority was to rebuild the country rather protect whatever the 8th had been doing and when it comes. hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican but it was the sun that exposed the picture of the young queen in the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen was about

kaiser wilhelm, benito mussolini, at off hitler's, stalin and his soviet successors and his hitler, stalin soviet successors. i would like to turn to the meat of the book and look at a couple of important episodes in this history. i would like to begin by turning to the first world war, which began in the summer of 1914. the u.s. entered the war in 1917. wars can do peculiar things to societies. world war i was no exception. it caused unsavory attitudes to bubble to the surface of american life. the german state and its people were portrayed in barbaric terms. german-americans and all things german ultimately would be scorned in this country. the german language was no longer taught in schools. german books were removed from library shelves. there were book burnings in america of german language books. more trivially, sauerkraut became liberty cabbage. hamburgers, liberty steak. german measles, yes, liberty measles. but more seriously, germans were tarred and feathered. they were beaten. a drunken mob lynched a german labor in a small town in illinois -- a german laborer. german musicians

the mail the telegraph before the war or all trailers for hitler. and it's embarrassing for them to admit that the fact that prince george likes giraffes or something i mean who cares and was that it's their business it's not our business to know that what is our business is the fact that buckingham palace is being rebuilt effectively 3 to 7000000 pounds of public money when a batter of 3 or 4 years ago we were told need 50000000 that's our business but you won't find the papers very much or we need a whole program to draw up prince andrew and jeffrey epps fim yet actually of the new report leg ations of. the nation in a us prison and so forth the to understand why prince charles wouldn't want the fact that he sought the advice on his marriage to diana from jimmy savile. you can understand way things like that would want to be kept secret. because they would be seen in a bad bad light when in fact they were presumably the it's a completely innocent well i don't think prince charles was no is no way responsible for what jimmy savile to and has been t

hitler took him seriously, hitler was someone he felt he could have a real conversation with. there is a very strong... what you are saying about how there are many other factors at play is exactly the case. i never pretend that i am doing justice to this story in the same way that someone who is devoting a book to the history of neville chamberlain was, but there is a threat in that story that strongly remembers that thread in the bernie madoff story and countless other stories i tell... it depends how strong the thread is because what you do in all your books is pull threads together but if they're not strong enough, what you have a compelling narrative which actually imposes itself on facts which don't quite tally up, that is what some of your critics do conclude about your work, that in the end, story is king, and data and facts that don't fit your storyline are rather conveniently put to one side. what would be a good example? let's stick with the book you've just written. let's talk about the way you weave into this narrative the misconceptions that people bring to the t

including hitler. five days later, the newspaper published a brief story stating that the conductor was withdrawing and will not be coming to chicago. clearly, the toxicity of the german ideology continued to distress many who could not sever the connection between art and politics. though nazi germany had disappeared in the spring of 1945, the malevolent character of nazism had impressed itself on the american mind. the war's end didn't mean that its effect had simply evaporated. one self-described jewish subscriber wrote to the "chicago daily news" in january 1949, and he was assessing the views of those who supported bringing the conductor to chicago. he was assessing specifically those who said they believed in the "sanctity of art," and he offered a chilling statement. "a knife wielded by an artist will cut just as surely as those wielded by a butcher." this letter writer wrote. it is true that the conductor was acquitted of nazi activities after the war by an allied tribunal that investigated the

he had remained in nazi germany to work under hitler's. almost immediately, new york philharmonic subscribers began canceling their subscriptions to the following year. a jewish business leader called it unthinkable to appoint an official of the nazi government to lead this august musical organization. the key question really became to what extent he was a supporter of and complicit in the policies of nazi germany. heartfelt letters appeared in local newspapers and actually in newspapers in other parts of the country as well. in "the new york times," a woman said, "as a member of the race which they abuse, i'm stunned that this sanctuary of music in america has been successfully invaded by the hordes of hitler." keep in mind, this is 1936, so this is before the start of the second world war, but not everyone agreed. there were those who argued -- again, here, we have the musical universalists -- that he had acted honorably, was not a member of the nazi party. there was some evidence that suggested his opposition to hitler. he refused, at l

"hitler's fury." next question all the way to the right. >> i think i speak for everyone in this room when i say what an hear youis to speak again mr. weinberg. we had a discussion the other day about auschwitz and white was not bombed by the lead forces. i go running out to the table to find your book that was mentioned -- of course i do not have the title -- perhaps you could give us some indication of your opinion about why the allies did not bomb auschwitz and what was in the chapter in your book that i am missing? allies had a general idea but theyas going on, prioritized the military side of the war. it was the military side of the two thirds of the world's jews are but the allies knew --. what the allies knew is that if auschwitz, germans find another way to kill jews. what one has to remember is that the holocaust had a high priority for the regime. substantial literature about how theok holocaust interfered with the day-to-day conduct of the war by the germans. ist we tend to overlook that, f

fond of using terminology like a contentious german word for work rather than people as hitler did. he speak to. us. like. jim. i think i have a different opinion than mr. i think certainly the my creation prize is. a potential danger for our country if we are looking for instance. to follow the core focus i think it's necessary that you might mention the syncs chess to trigger a discussion herter is arguably the most controversial political figure in germany in decades and some of the even make comparisons with old hitler youth so fast he is a mere nothing when i think of him it's like wow how can people still vote for this party if you see this figure and why they asked threatening via their thought evil like it was the nazi time and that's a car honks is just one of many who see parallels emerging between the rise of the far right smile and what happened in the 1930 s. . east germany has struggled to come to terms with its past. this is billions memorial to the murdered jews of europe. in memory of the jewish victims of the holocaust built 60 years after the 2nd world war. 2 word

gabrielle rosenfeld, some of you know him, wrote the book heil hitler, about how hitler is being normalized in the media. how films give us our images and memories, whether you are "saving private ryan," or "the longest day," how those are films that create a public memory and is not. how much is myth and how much is not? there will be a whole section on the holocaust. sara bloomfield from the holocaust museum and the director of the anne frank house from amsterdam. so it is going to be -- we call this memory wars because these are wars, and there are some countries where rising national populist regimes are trying to change history and to spin it behind the current narratives of their own country, and even how videogames are shaping our views of world war ii among our young. and ben mackiewicz, whom you know from classic turner movies, the host of that show, will be here to host the last session which will be about how film has shaped world war ii. ron from china. it is going to be a tremendous, one-of-a-kind conference. nobody no museum in the world , has done anything like this. we are t

fond of using terminology like a contentious german word for work rather than people as hitler did. he speak to. the thought and. i think i have a different opinion then mr. i think certainly the my creation price is. a potential danger for our country if we are looking for instance. to follow the core focus i think it's necessary that you might mention these things just to trigger a discussion herta is arguably the most controversial political figure in germany in decades and some of the even make comparisons with old hitler youth a fascist is the thing when i think of him it's like wow how can people still vote for this party if you if you see this figure and they're lying and they ass threatening via their thoughts evil like it was the nazi time and that's a car honks is just one of many who see parallels emerging between the rise of the far right smile and what happened in the 1930 s. . east germany has struggled to come to terms with its past. this is billions memorial to the murdered jews of europe. in memory of the jewish victims of the holocaust built 60 years after the 2nd

ok is fond of using terminology like a contentious german word for work rather than people as hitler did. he speak to. us. like. jim. i think i have a different opinion then mr. i think certainly my creation price is. a potential danger for our country if we are looking for instance. to follow the core focus i think it's necessary that you might mention these things just to trigger a discussion herter is arguably the most controversial political figure in germany in decades and some of even make comparisons with old hitler youth so fast he is a mere nothing when i think of him it's like wow how can people still vote for this party if you if you see this figure and they're lying their ass threatening via their thoughts evil like it was the nazi time and that's a car honks is just one of many who see parallels emerging between the rise of the far right smile and what happened in the 1930 s. . east germany has struggled to come to terms with its past. this is billions memorial to the murdered jews of europe. in memory of the jewish victims of the holocaust built 60 years after the 2nd w

i like it because it is the kind of map that people like hitler are looking at. it shows you where the divisions are. the boxes on the soviet side are instantly problematic because there are multiple divisions to record. the problem for hitler is each one of those designations denotes a division but it does not tell you how strong they are. therefore it is extremely deceptive. a division is not just the marker. hitler loves the idea of a panzer corps or panzer armies. it has almost no tanks. that sounds great. these maps are problematic. it kind of explains the problems. the first thing is strategic misconception. the second thing we have to understand -- what i like about this map is a gives you a much better representation than the previous map of the actual situation. we have to remember german commanders in june of 1944 don't always have this context. they could intelligence reports and have a sense the soviets are building up. some of the local intelligence for army group centre gives them the impression something is in the wind. there could be an offensive.

adolf hitler launched a counter offensive against the are -- allied forces in luxembourg. known as "the battle of the bulge" hitler's committed more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort to recapture antwerp. veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations, mark the attle's anniversary with ceremony in washington, d.c. and author gives the keynote address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. i am a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books , including war ii one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today, as your master ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of t

a ten—year—old hitler youth member who begins to question the ideology of nazism? yes, taika waititi is the name of the film—maker, who has had a lot of success in the marvel world, but also with low—budget kiwi comedies as well — things like hunt for the wilderpeople and what we do in the shadows — which, of course, is also a tv show. and, yes, so set in second world war in germany, aboutjohannes — jojo, of the title — who is so obsessed, such a hero — such a hero—worshipper of adolf hitler that he actually imagines him as a friend. so you've got taika waititi playing an imaginary adult hitler. shall we take a look at a clip? yeah, why not? here it is. poorjojo! what's wrong, little man? hi, adolf. want to tell me about that rabbit incident? what was all that about? they wanted me to kill it. i'm sorry, i couldn't. don't worry about it. i couldn't care less! but now they call me a scared rabbit. let them say whatever they want. people used to say a lot of nasty things about me. "oh, this guy's a lunatic." "oh, look at that psycho, he's going to get

a ten—year—old hitler youth member who begins to question the ideology of nazism? yes, taika waititi is the name of the film—maker, who has had a lot of success in the marvel world, but also with low—budget kiwi comedies as well — things like hunt for the wilderpeople and what we do in the shadows — which, of course, is also a tv show. and, yes, so set in second world war in germany, aboutjohannes — jojo, of the title — who is so obsessed, such a hero — such a hero—worshipper of adolf hitler that he actually imagines him as a friend. so you've got taika waititi playing an imaginary adult hitler. shall we take a look at a clip? yeah, why not? here it is. poorjojo! what's wrong, little man? hi, adolf. want to tell me about that rabbit incident? what was all that about? they wanted me to kill it. i'm sorry, i couldn't. don't worry about it. i couldn't care less! but now they call me a scared rabbit. let them say whatever they want. people used to say a lot of nasty things about me. "oh, this guy's a lunatic." "oh, look at that psycho, he's going to get

those that are not arguing forced labor for hitler. they are building the airplanes for the nazis and building the atlantic wall. men are scarce. women are not. cover when a natural she goes behind enemy lines that men do not have. this is where it is important for our national security today. i got interested in this because i was interested in women in combat. a story that happened recently for armed forces. in 1994.and exquisite it is not until 2016 that we have a integrated forces. four years. i saw this coming and i was interested in women in male spaces. know how they behave and how they act. i realize that war is not a male space. war is a bipolar space. you have a male frontline and an occupied nation that is very female. women taking care -- children. it is not a bunch of men. we had to integrate our forces. we are not just woke. we have been fighting in iraq and afghanistan for so long, we learned you have a unit go into a small village deliberate them and it is only women there and they are terrified when it is a bunch of gr

on december 16, 1944, adolf hitler launched a surprise counteroffensive against allied forces in the region of belgium, northeastern france, and luxembourg. known as the "battle of the bulge," hitler committed more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today

. >> on december 16, 16numbers, 19 -- december 1944, adolf hitler's launched a surprise counter attack. known as the battle of the bulge, hitler's committed over 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark the 75th anniversary of the battle with a ceremony in washington d.c. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. >> good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is much amend his honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as you master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th

hitler saw the american soldiers the we component of the western alliance, the product of a society to her headed join, this heterogeneity was definitely there, the american soldier put the lights to hitler's theory. his was a story to be told to the sound of trumpets. thank you very much. we have some questions and answers, if you have a question please come to the microphone so they can require the question. yes sir. >> was the ardennes decide of a major battle and world war one. >> not really a major battle but forces will pass through. may june 1940, the german defensive is going to take place. >> i've always been interested and the relationship between the very mocked and ss and paramilitary groups. did they have a problem coordinating with each other because? the for had a different culture? how did the ss and vermont interact during this battle? >> poorly in many ways. the very mocked is the german army and then there is this nazi army, very elite. they see themselves as better. handpicked. you see over and over again. s units ignoring orders from army. deciding to walk into are

announcer: on december 16, 1944, adolf hitler launched a surprise counteroffensive against allied forces in the ardennes forest region of belgium, northeastern france, and luxembourg. known as the "battle of the bulge," hitler committed more than 1000 tanks and 200,000 troops to this last nazi effort, hoping to recapture the port city of antwerp. next, veterans, their families, and officials from the u.s. military and allied nations mark battle's 75th anniversary with a ceremony in washington, d.c. author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my grea

at many a place, in the low shying gap, the american soldier put the lie to hitler's theory. his was a story to be told to the sound of trumpets. thank you very much. [applause] mr. kemper: if you have a question, come up to the microphone so they can record the question. >> wasn't the ardennes the site of a major battle in world war i? prof. gerges: we are going to have the offensive that will come up, but not really a major battle in the first world war. of course may, june 1940, the german offensive in there will take place. >> i have always been interested in the relationship between the wehrmacht and the ss paramilitary groups. did they have a problem coordinating with each other? wehrmachtviously the had a different culture. i do not think they would have massacred people like they did there. but my basic question is how did the ss and wehrmacht interact during this battle? prof. gerges: in many ways, i say that because the wehrmacht is the german army, and then there is this nazi army, if you will. very elite. the look of themselves as better, as handpicked. you see ov

ok it is fond of using terminology like a contentious german would roll them people as hitler did. you speak to. us. like. you were. the filth and jim. i think i have a different opinion than mr hecker. i think certainly the migration crisis is a potential danger for our country if we are looking for instance to follow the core focus i think it's necessary that you might mention the syncs just to trigger a discussion. is arguably the most controversial political figure in germany in decades and some of the even make comparisons but i told him you're so fast he is the thing when i think of him it's like wow how can people still vote for this party if you see this figure and. they asked threatening via their thought evil like it was the nazi time and that's a kohan is just one of many who see parallels emerging between the rise of the far right smile and what happened in the 1930 s. . east germany has struggled to come to terms with its past. this is billions memorial to the murdered jews of europe. in memory of the jewish victims of the holocaust built 60 years after the 2nd world w

the group which lampoons racists took issue with hookers comments even said hitler is not just black and white. it's all he's not just evil basically philip and his colleagues decided to reconstruct a miniature whole course memorial in hooker's village to constantly remind the politician of what hitler did. ok as house overlooks the memorial. we thought that our obligation is somehow not just to have the memorials in the center like it billy but also tease me moreas have to go where it's urgent and indeed the situation is urgent in october 2019 the east german city of harlow was person to look after a double murder outside a synagogue the latest hate crime committed by near nazis eventually course the far right extremist awaits trial we're not surprised at all as a howler there's a big center of neo nazi activity. and there are a lot of people and very radicalized people so. it was not right with just chucking. despite rising tensions and increasing anti semitism there was no police protection at the synagogue many observers have drawn a link between these racist attacks and rhetoric

it was the place where hitler?s genocide of european jewry was industrialised with evil precision. my guest today, mindu hornick, is one of the remaining auschwitz survivors. now 90 years old, she continues to speak of the past in the hope that we will learn from her experience. that is her challenge to us — to listen and to draw the right lessons. mindu hornick, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin by asking you how you feel about this moment, where there is so much sombre reflection and ceremonial marking of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. for you, as a survivor, how do you feel? for me, as a survivor, it's very important. memorials, school events, and commemorations are really important to me, because my fear is always that with the passage of time, if we don't remember, we don't commemorate, and we do not teach children, that the memory of the 20th century, which was horrific, would erode and would disappear with the passage of time. let's make it personal. yes. over the 75 years, have your own memories in any way faded, or not at all? well, have they fad

pictures of hitler swastikas and the like which clearly exemplified the defendant's convictions. to believe. the 5 men and one woman were sentenced to between 3 and 6 years in prison their group emerged in the summer of 2015 at the start of the migration crisis when group members were accused of rioting outside a refugee shelter near dresden. the defendants are also being held accountable for storming a leftist alternative housing project in dresden they're described as having links to pick a german nationalist group targeting muslims in europe. the trial lasted 2 and a half years the defendants time in pretrial detention will be withdrawn from their prison sentences. well the u.s. is edging closer to launching its astronauts into space again since retiring at shuttles back in 2011 the space agency nasa has relied on russian capsules for rides to and from the international space station but the plan has been to have private american industry take over space taxi judi's and that's where the long mosque comes in the entrepreneurs companies by 6 has carried out numerous unmanned lau

space silent as one of his reliable guests on his reliable show said trump killed more people than hitler stalin and mao combined than after he was ripped apart on twitter he blamed tech problems that he didn't hear the gas comments apparently the only thing he can rely on now is the fact that his show is not a smash hit losing over 10 percent of its if you or ship in a year but perhaps that's not surprising given that he previously been described on his own show a somewhat less than reliable i mean this was truly no disrespect but i think you can border on being sort of quite a ridiculous figure but anyway let's take a quick look at just some of the stories stele to conclude in his new documentary how about that one on everyone's favorite topic of russia but it was so we're told with mistakes it was not only retracted but then the 3 journalists who have been working on it resigned oh no that was c.n.n. or apparently how all the details of the infamous steel anti trump dossier had been corroborated one hoops turned out that actually most of it hadn't been still c.n.n. well we've always go

in february by both roosevelt and churchill so it was very very significant parts of the defeat of hitler unfortunately there's been a tendency in recent times to simply blame the soviet union and now russia for everything that goes wrong the soviet union lost 27000000 dead i think the crucial thing here is that we need to try and find a language and symbolism of reconciliation rather than profitably recycling the pain from the past i see this is unfortunately as cold war thinking returning. poland's former president lech walesa believes that while poles have been brought up to see the soviet union as an occupier it's important to remember that the red army was a liberating force. i would invite him i would look for positive solutions so that both countries benefit and so as to prevent other powers from capitalizing on our mistakes in power i would allow myself to be invited or i would invite myself because we must remember the past respect the past remember that many people have died and deserve gratitude and recognition but again for to there's another perspective poland fooling into th

and stalin was worse than trump and hitler was worse than the left every that's the way you do it in real life i don't make up my ideal candidate i am given x. vs y. y. is destructive much more than x. i'll vote for x. strong and embarrass you yes when you're embarrassed by a president you know doesn't make you feel embarrassed. and and that's it i'm thinking of elegance and i move that's correct because well that's my choice listen if if he wants if he announced tomorrow folks i really have accomplished a lot in 4 years and now what nikki haley is my chosen the successor i would be the lighted. and they gave me is that left of no i don't think she's left of she's she simply wouldn't say anything that barest me i fully acknowledge it she's a very sophisticated person but i think trump is done a lot of good whether whether or not i'm embarrassed. you're embarrassed by president but it's ok yes because of that and that weird it's not weird because whether i'm embarrassed or not is not the criterion for whether a president is excellent i count it weird ok fair enough to be it isn't to m

a ten—year—old hitler youth member who begins to question the ideology of nazism? yes, taika waititi is the name of the film—maker, who has had a lot of success in the marvel film world and also in low—budget kiwi comedy, like what we do in the shadows. that is also a tv show. yes, set in the second world war, in germany, aboutjojo, who is so obsessed, such a hero worshipper of adolf hitler that he actually imagines him as a friend. so you have taika waititi playing an imaginary adult hits level step shall we take a look at a clip? why not. poorjojo! what's wrong, little man? hi, adolf. want to tell me about that rabbit incident, what was all that about? they wanted me to kill it. i'm sorry, i couldn't. don't worry about it, i couldn't care less. but now they call me a scared rabbit. let them say whatever they want. people used to say a lot of nasty things about me. "oh, this guy's a lunatic." "oh, look at that psycho, he's going to get us all killed." i'm going to let you in on a little secret. the rabbit is no coward. the humble little bunny faces a dangerous

might come from the the notorious memoirs of hitler was until very very recently was was illegal in this country except with the only exception made for historians and students of history who had a specific reason to do so so there has been and the present. justice minister has said that he wants to in fact increase the punishments the penalties for and the semitic language and actions i think the problem is i was saying i think you know as we know from from say the united states where there is in many states the death penalty still the death penalty high to coney and punishments don't necessarily act as a deterrent. it's i'm not suggesting that we abolished it turns you know as and penalties but that is not in itself i think the solution the only solution can be a sensitizing of people that is likely to come about as i said the main group that is here that is threatened there are exceptions of course but the main group is young white males they are thank god minority in the world are to very much of my. honestly but the people who are best able to influence sevens is inside them or thei

and, of course, hitler invades the west in 1939, and by june 1940 they'd taken other paris. over paris. conde is now an old man in many ways. his heart has been broken by all the strain of trying to save his company. he's had several heart attacks that he's kept secret. he kept secret his prostate condition. nobody knew anything except only his secretary, his daughter and his butler. that was it. so now he's faced with a situation where all of the people that he hired in france who he loved, many of whom were very close friends, were now in danger. and he brought as many of them to safety as he could. on the right-hand side, he brought over michelle -- [inaudible] who was the editor at vogue. there he's pictured after the war with lee miller. on the left with solange who was the fashion editor at vogue. solange was put into a concentration camp but did survive the war. pher husband, who was put into a different concentration camp, did not. but there's a lot in the book about how conde desperately tried to save people, how he spent any cash that he had in sending care package