November 9th marks the anniversary of two crucial dates in German history: the "Mauerlfall" or fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, and the November pogroms, which were perpetrated by the Nazis against Jews on November 9th, 1938. During a German Parliament ceremony on November 9th, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed the significance of these two dates in German history, as well as the challenges currently facing German democracy.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 German President on Germany’s dark history, the hope which came form reunification, and current threats from the far right
1:47 DW Chief Political Editor Richard Walker on November 9th and Steinmeier’s address
8:53 Magnus Brechtken, Historian, Institute of Contemporary History in Munich, on the history of German National Socialism and Germany’s complex memory culture
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