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Europe's best-guarded plants arein Bonn's Federal Chancellery garden.
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Two kilometres awayis the Rheinhotel Dreesen.
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1938.
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A crisis of war and peace.
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British Prime Minister Chamberlainsells a whole country to Hitler.
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Czechoslovakia.
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The politics of "appeasement."Either it leads to peace
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and must be seen through, or to warand was wrong to start with.
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This is room no. 12, whereHitler stayed during negotiations.
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What counts is
the roof over our heads, our life.
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How lucky we are
to have lived to see this day!
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When will I get to see the F�hrer?
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On the banks of a river acrossthe border lies Braunau am Inn.
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The German peoplehave become cautious.
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Our lives are guarded by politicians.
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What politicians actually doremains unseen.
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It's not done in public. It's only public in the beginning,
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when they face the press.
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A candidatehas been making appearances lately.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall,
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who's the most cautious of all?
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THE CANDIDATE
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THE CANDIDATE
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Flowers for Mum,
Strauss for us all!
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Passau. Ash Wednesday, 1980.
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...and to his dear wife,
Marianne Strauss,
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welcome!
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I'm often elsewhere.
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This winter, there was murderin the air. I gave an urgent warning.
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I think that this honourable visit
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is a good sign of the recognition of
and appreciation for
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our candidate for Chancellor,
Franz Josef Strauss.
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They fought the Battle of Midway,
they had their Pearl Harbour.
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So they decided to put an end
to Japanese military power!
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And why, ladies and gentlemen?
I'll tell you why.
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Because the Americans
had made a great error
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by believing that by disarming
the Germans and the Japanese,
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then world peace
would no longer be in danger.
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Then peace would be unstoppable.
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If only there were just two germs
for diseases which need eradicating,
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then people would be healthy
until the day they die.
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Except that the Germans and Japanese
weren't the real, uh, the only germs.
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Sure, the Japanese were warlike,
militarily expansive and aggressive.
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Hitler wanted the German Reich,
the subjugation of its neighbours,
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the extermination of the Jews.
Yes, immoral, criminal policies.
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Except that the Americans forgot,
ladies and gentlemen, to consider
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the function
that the Germans and Japanese
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have on their continent.
A legitimate function.
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Let's say that I've arrivedat the Federal Chancellery.
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My outer voice says, "I'm here. I'mstaying. I'm settling in for good."
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But as my inner voice, I say, "I wantto leave. I don't like room service.
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The power I fought fordoesn't exist here.
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My protagonist is considered dynamic. I'm considered hesitant.
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The truth lies in the ambivalenceof a soul that consists of us both.
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I suggest a business trip to Japan."
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In the second decade was World War l,
in the fifth was World War II.
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My generation
was born in the First World War
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and marched in the Second World War.
That's why we...
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And I fought on the Atlantic
and on the river Don.
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...have an especially keen sense,
barring ideological prejudice
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or an obsession
with utopian self-delusion,
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an especially astute sense
of when peace is in danger.
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Special edition
of the Communist People's Newspaper.
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West Germany out of NATO!
Peace treaty now!
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Where Nazi rallies were once held, there's an air of festivity.
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We left at 3.30 pm. - From where?
- From Bamberg. With two buses.
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What's your occupation?
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I was an engineer,
but now I'm retired.
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What do you expect of the event?
- Well, first of all,
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he was a good State Premier,
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and we hope that he'll become
a real Federal Chancellor.
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What do you mean by "real"?
- Yes. Well...
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We have high hopes for him.
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He's one of the country's best minds.
- Yes?
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He has talents that are unmatched,
even in the Federal Government.
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What kind of changes do you expect?
- First of all...
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Well, in politics, and then I'd say,
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a truly official community of peoples
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among the overall population.
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I'm thinking of Africa,
and the masses of the poor...
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who are...
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up against problems they can't solve.
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Do you mean the Third World,
or the Third Reich?
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The Third World, not the Third Reich.
No, no. Retreat.
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The Third World,
the vast majority of African peoples,
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and India as well...
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...a government
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which will finally depart
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from foolish idealism
and short-term goals.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
this year, it's about Germany!
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I am determined
to put all of myself,
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all my mental and physical strength,
into this campaign.
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I'll use all democratic
and political means.
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We have to wake up our fellow
citizens. Some are still asleep,
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some would rather listen to
the Pied Piper or to demagogues.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
the hour of truth and earnestness,
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the hour of honesty has arrived.
Thank you, and good-bye.
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You are?
- Alfred Scholl, carnie.
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Since when?
- Since my childhood in Passau.
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And the horses?
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Eight horses, three pigs,
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four carriages,
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a rabbit,
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then a rooster,
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two swans,
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and that's it.
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How long will you keep this up?
- Till I fall over dead.
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Born in 1915.
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65 years old in 1980.
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The candidate. Lean.
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That's the startof his political career.
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No more Reich government.
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The German peopleoverstep their own boundaries.
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The movements are cautious. They always are.
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The Soviet patrol. Experienced border crossers
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avoid it with ease. Those caughtface the Soviet Commandantura.
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No real faith in the new borders.
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They'll never really believe in them.
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Highway marker 124.
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Half bus-stop, half settlement,
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it is a strange apparition
where East meets West.
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The Economic Councilof the Unified Zones,
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1948.
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A kind of pre-parliament. Franz Josef Strauss, 33 years old,
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delegate and district administratorspecialising in youth matters.
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Following his state visit to Italy,
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Federal Chancellor Adenauerspoke at the CSU party convention.
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His momentous speech dealt withGerman and international policy
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in light of the threat from the East. In an appeal to the German people,
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he said Germany must take a clearand decisive political stand.
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He had this to say about Communism:
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The Communists
must be told up front
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that the world's troubles stem from
the Soviet Union and Communism.
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After the catastrophe of 1945,we had assumed
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there'd be a new start, with young foundations.
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Now, in 1949, we havea 71-year old Chancellor Adenauer.
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The '20s
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were the heyday of his generation. Yet he governs the '50s and '60s.
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The young Strauss. Passionate, with an understanding of power,
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learns the basic tunefrom the old man.
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Over the next years, he'll achieve much under the old man.
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Special Minister, Ministerof Nuclear Energy, Defence Minister.
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One things remains unattainable: candidacy for Chancellor.
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The young and the old man pretendit's not a tragic tradition
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in Germany for old mento take away young men's positions.
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Bonn, February 1952.
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Several hundred Communists, among them women and youths,
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tried to draw attention to themselvesduring parliamentary debates,
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and attempted to break throughpolice lines in front of Parliament.
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In the end, the police were forced toclear the streets with water cannon.
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Meanwhile, there was heatedand dramatic debate in the chambers.
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The Chancellor justifiedthe military contribution.
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It is my firm conviction,
and that of every German
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who has an objective perspective,
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that there is only one solution
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which will save us
from the implacable policies
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of the totalitarian Soviet Union,
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only one salvation for us all:
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to make ourselves so strong
that Soviet Russia realizes
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an attack could only be carried out
at great risk to itself.
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It wasn't Adenauer's best day.
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164 times he took refuge
in the phrase
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"Ladies and gentlemen."
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All of Germany followed the debateon military rearmament.
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That afternoon, Franz Josef Strauss
held a speech.
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Until February 7th, 1952, nobody
had considered him a military expert.
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"Like a tank emerging from the woods,
he crushed everything in his path."
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That's how the FAZ newspaper
described his performance.
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Reinhold Meier of the FDP later said,
"Whoever talks that way also shoots."
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A parliamentary majority
voted for rearmament.
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From that day on, Franz Josef Strauss
was considered a defence expert.
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He congratulates the Chancellor
on his victory.
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Adenauer knows Strauss wants to be
Defence Minister. But it's too early.
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Strauss has to settle for less.
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In 1953, he's named Special Minister.
What that position entails is unclear.
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But Adenauer wants the energetic
young Bavarian in his cabinet.
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When Strauss first takes his seat,
he sits down in the first row,
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where normally only the Foreign,
Interior and Defence Ministers sit.
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The public is amused by
the young minister's queue-jumping.
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The new cabinet is presented.
It's Adenauer's second government.
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Strauss rejected Adenauer's offers
of the Transport Minister portfolio,
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or that of Family Affairs Minister.
Strauss wanted neither.
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"That's not my family status."
Special Minister was more like it.
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The candidate is getting somewhere.
Young, dynamic politicians are needed.
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ATOMIC RAIN
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Atomic bomb testscontinue in the Nevada desert!
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In order to testthe feared atomic fallout,
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U.S. troops were stationed severalmiles from the detonation site.
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Since 1943, the U.S. has experimented
with nuclear weapons. They hope
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that the destructive force of nuclear
power can be used for peaceful means.
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A young, dynamic industry
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demands young, dynamic figures.
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In 1955 Strauss becomes the Republic's
first Minister of Nuclear Energy.
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Atomic energy is humanity's future,
not a golden future, a better one,
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if we can control the demon
of atomic energy.
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As long-standing leaders
in science and industry, we Germans
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should focus our attention
and our efforts on this task.
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The Minister at the opening of
the first British nuclear power plant
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in Calderhall. The Queen is present.
People are optimistic,
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the newsreel even more so.
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One ton of uranium yields the sameoutput as 10,000 tons of coal.
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As the Queen has it in her power, so does humanity have it in theirs
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to press the buttonand release the forces
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that serve peace and true progress.
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25 years later: Harrisburg.
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... a national catastrophewas narrowly avoided.
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A highly explosive gas bubble formed
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in a reactor after a valve failedto close when fuel rods overheated,
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and incorrect action was taken.
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Radiation alarm. Another blow tothe belief that anything is possible.
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The candidate looks back.
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Secondly, I take credit
for the fact that, following
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the failure,
or rather collapse of the Third Reich,
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and the ensuing 10-year hiatus
imposed by the victors, that l,
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as first Minister of Nuclear Energy,
got nuclear energy back on track.
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In one year, and I'm being modest,
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we made good at least five,
if not ten years.
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And the build-up of the German Army.
- Then Konrad Adenauer
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called on me to take over
the Ministry of Defence.
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The Founding of the Green Party
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Karlsruhe. January 12th-13th, 1980.
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It's not at all typical
of this congress
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that such sensationalist images
have to be generated.
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What is typical for this congress?
- Not this, in any case.
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We think you're so out of touch
with each other, and your agenda
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contributes to the way you interact
and talk to each other.
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It's just too much.
The vibes you get down there
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are so heavy and overwhelming
that there's no way the people
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who talk about autonomy
can possible attain it.
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I can only say:
Think about what's at stake.
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Don't lose sight this weekend
of the bigger picture,
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or else it's pointless. We all must
make this happen, even Herbert Gruhl.
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On January 12th and 13th, the Greens
found a new party in Karlsruhe.
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Is this the fourth party,
which Strauss had always wished for,
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the one which he threatened with?
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I'm just a member of the Greens.
I'm a delegate,
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but I'm not in the executive.
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And the 'no' votes...
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We'll now hear Rudolf Bahro,
who's a guest speaker today.
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I want to work together
with Baldur Springmann.
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Dear comrades and friends,
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only with the very broad spectrum
that serves as its base
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will the Greens mount this momentous
experiment, which is unprecedented
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not only for West Germany.
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Let's treat it with utmost care.
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It's clear what makes this experiment
so extraordinary:
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It merges the potential of diverse
forces, which in other countries
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require the existence of at least
two traditional parties.
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I hereby declare
that I'm joining the Greens.
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The appearance by celebrities
is welcomed by the media.
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But the assembly now has the tough
task of passing the party charter.
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Any further motions for amendments?
Go ahead.
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Yes, if it's a motion
to amend the draft.
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Regarding this procedure...
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I have the feeling that we've been
caught off guard by this new...
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First they want it to go fast,
then they're caught off guard!
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Is there anyone who opposes
this amendment, dear friends?
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It doesn't seem like...
Yes, Max Winckler...
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Back there. Someone in the back
voiced his opposition.
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So we demand the removal of
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articles 173 to 176,
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and the legalization of all sexual
relations between adults and children
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that are based on non-violence
and mutual consent.
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Thirdly, we demand the abolition
of compulsory education!
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600 pupils commit suicide each year.
- Did you never attend school?
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You can't make the same mistakes
the others made in Herse.
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It's exactly the same thing.
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You want to do the same thing
you accuse them of having done.
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The party's on the way
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to finding a solution
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based on economic concepts
you haven't even considered.
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You haven't realized that the only
radical economic alternative
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is to be found with us.
It's a start at least.
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You haven't distanced yourselves
from your economic concepts.
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I have a little friend who's 11.
He lives around the corner.
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He used to follow us around
when we went through the dump.
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So he moved in with us,
because his mum said
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if he visited us again,
she'd beat him to death.
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So he hid out with us for six months,
and I had a relationship with him.
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He was 11 at the time.
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I was much older. I really liked him.
- How far did it go?
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I just told you
how far the relationship went.
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Are you crazy?
It's none of your fucking business.
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Okay?
What a stupid question.
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I said I really liked the boy.
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That's it, okay?
See what this guy's up to!
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What a nice guy you are! - And
you're a criminal! I've exposed you.
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Most go undetected.
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Those are police techniques.
- I'm pissed off at you too.
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I need the press,
or I can't find the kids.
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It's the only way to reach them.
- Sure. "I'm a doctor, don't worry."
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"Calm down, kid, I'm a doctor." What
do you think the doctors do to us?
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Why don't you think?
Think about disease.
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Think about sickness,
and how it comes about.
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Sickness is everything
that gives a person
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a sign that's there's resistance
inside him. Resistance is human.
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It proves that people
are still resisting.
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And they turn it into strength,
turn sickness into strength.
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But physicians don't act
until someone's sick.
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But you have to act
before you get sick.
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It's about nature.
Nature is being destroyed.
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Before the atom bomb is dropped.
You must start before it's dropped.
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Will you stop generalizing?
You shouldn't alienate people
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who are willing to listen
and to help you.
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But you still nearly lost face.
- No.
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We can talk about it later.
- What's your profession?
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I'm a dentist in Gummersbach.
- Why are you here? - I'm a Green.
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I wasn't even counted.
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I was... I was standing here!
- That won't do.
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Impossible!
- You have to count me.
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I can only count the people
who are seated.
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No!
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While the founding of the Green Party
goes on late into the night,
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only a few metres away,
in the Black Forest Hall,
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a German Air Force ball
is taking place.
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This is a F-104 fighter jet.
It was part of a fighter squadron.
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As chance would have it, I myself
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flew this very plane.
I can tell by the number.
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Fighter Squadron 32 in Lechfeld.
- Have any ever crashed?
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A few have crashed,
but that's relative.
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We used to have different planes,
and they didn't crash any more
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than the F-104s.
- Was this Minister Apel or Strauss?
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They were introduced under Strauss,
and they're still flying today.
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The follow-up model
is the Tornado, which came later.
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So they served well
for 10 or 20 years?
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That's right. And I have to say,
it's the best plane I've ever flown.
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History of Armament
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History of Armament
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Abridged version
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"As long as I'm Chancellor,
you won't be Defence Minister."
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That's what Adenauer supposedly
told Strauss. In 1955, when Strauss was
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Minister of Nuclear Energy, he named
Theodor Blank Defence Minister.
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The Defence Minister's first visitto a training unit on January 13th
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is also a chance to reviewhis first two weeks in office.
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Veteran volunteers stand at attentionin ceremonial uniform.
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10 years after the end
of World War Il, there is rearmament.
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This is the first crate of weapons.
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Its almost ceremonial openingbreaks with the routine procedure
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of delivery and reception.
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An American machine gunfor the German infantryman.
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One year later...
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In four years, Defence Minister Blank
wanted to build
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a 500,000-man conventional army.
Strauss had a different plan.
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The Minister of Nuclear Energy wanted
an army with nuclear capabilities.
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He attacked Blank
in articles and lectures.
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After a year, the Defence Minister
was sufficiently weakened.
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Blank had to resign.
Strauss had achieved his goal.
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Changing of the guardin the West German Defence Ministry.
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Federal President Heuss replacesDefence Minister Blank
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with former Ministerof Nuclear Energy Strauss,
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and presents himwith the certificate of appointment.
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All over the world,
the soldier has a respected position.
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Here too, he should face neither
overestimation nor defamation,
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but should be allowed to do his job,
which is to protect the nation.
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Trust your soldiers.
Trust your officers.
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Headquarters of NATO Europe is
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SHAPE, the Supreme HeadquartersAllied Powers Europe near Paris.
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The big wide world.
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NATO.
Supreme Headquarters. Strategy.
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Rollback. Forward defence.
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The Minister relishes his position.
Number one in Europe. He says,
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"If people don't like it here, they
can go to the Soviet Zone." And,
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"We live in a technical age in which
the combined strength of our allies
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is enough to erase
the Soviet Empire from the map."
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The Minister now had
a grey BMW with chauffeur.
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One day, he was in a hurry.
He instructed his driver
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to cross an intersection, although
a police officer named Hahlbohm
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hadn't given the go-ahead.
The emergency brake of a streetcar
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prevented a collision. The policeman
noted the licence plate number.
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So the Defence Minister declared
total war on Officer Hahlbohm.
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He demanded that the Commissioner and
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Interior Minister take disciplinary
measures. He had Hahlbohm's private
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life investigated, and filed charges
against him for wilful recklessness.
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All because his driver
followed his wrong directions
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and a policeman did his duty.
"As Federal Minister," said Strauss,
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"I demand to be treated differently
than a market wench."
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Of course he had more to do than flex
his muscles against a traffic cop.
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Under his leadership, the German Army
became a highly modern army,
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one of the strongest
in Western Europe.
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Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss
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visits regional headquartersin Northern Germany.
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The last section of the bridgeis put in place.
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A modern army
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needed modern weapons. Minister Blank
had begun negotiations with "Hispano
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Suiza," a Spanish-Swiss arms company,
for the purchase of HS-30 tanks.
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In 1957, Strauss ordered
10,680 of these tanks.
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The tank had one cosmetic flaw.
It didn't exist yet. What did exist
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was a wood and cardboard model,
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being inspected here
by Adenauer, Strauss,
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and interested officers.
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Based on this model and some cryptic
blueprints, the biggest arms deal
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to date in West German history was
signed. About a half billion marks.
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The contract with the company, which
had zero experience building tanks,
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was drawn up by the lawyer Dr. Lenz,
head of the CDU election campaign.
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Rumours surfaced of huge bribes
surrounding the HS-30 contract.
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After numerous costly delays,
the tank
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was actually built.
And on occasion it was actually used,
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when the treads weren't torn,
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or when other technical flaws
didn't hamper its mobility.
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The Federal Office of Auditing
later compiled a devastating
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report on the purchase of the tank.
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An investigation
committee was formed.
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Treviranus, an arms dealer and
former Reich minister, testified
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that he notified Strauss that
the awarding of the contract
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was fraught with massive bribery.
But it was left at that.
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The HS-30 corruption affair
was never cleared up.
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Dr. Lenz, who himself supposedly
received three million marks,
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couldn't shed any light
on the affair. He died
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under mysterious circumstances
in a seedy hotel in Naples.
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THE BIG DAY
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Little Cowboy Coney
Has a black pony.
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He rides across the meadows
And through the green woods
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And all the friendly beasts
That live among the trees
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Really like Coney
Because he never shoots.
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Even the big buffalo
And the leopard too
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And the grey grizzly bear...
They all love Coney, I swear
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Little Cowboy Coney
With his black pony
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All the animals ask him,
"Coney come back oh so soon!
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Coney come back oh so soon!"
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A Starfighter is airborne.
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Defence Minister Strauss.
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He thinks it's a great plane.
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Just what the German military needs.
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Maybe it can carry nuclear weapons.
He decides
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that this plane must be acquired.
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U.S. nuclear tests
in the Sierra Nevada.
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As former Minister of Nuclear Energy,
now Defence Minister, Strauss
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considers equipping the German Army
with nuclear arms.
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He says,
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"West Germany's decision not to build
nuclear weapons on German soil
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stands. What is under debate
is whether tactical nuclear arms
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should be provided
to the West German Army."
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A vision of terror.
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Parliamentary debate on nuclear arms.
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In a nuclear climate,
if I may say so,
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everything will be different
than in a climate
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in which only Sir Isaac Newton's
laws of nature are valid.
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For this reason,
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this question,
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like every question
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of its kind, raises the problem
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of the relationship
between morality and politics.
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And it raises this problem
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with all of its far-reaching
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and tragic dimensions.
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A protest movement
against "nuclear death."
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Unions demonstrate against
nuclear arms for the German Army.
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Defence Minister Strauss perfects
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rhetorical smokescreen tactics.
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The Federal Government neither
demanded nuclear arms for the army,
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nor did it offer to provide
such weapons to the army.
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The government would like
this problem
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to solve itself through the signing
of a disarmament treaty.
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Disarmament is delayed.
The problem remains unresolved.
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Famous nuclear scientists share their
concerns with Adenauer and Strauss.
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Strauss calls the inventor of nuclear
fission, Otto Hahn, an old fool
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who can't stop crying
and loses sleep over Hiroshima.
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The Americans aren't willing to equip
Strauss' army with nuclear arms.
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But Strauss still wants to buy
a plane that can be turned into
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a nuclear bomber. He orders
the Starfighter from Lockheed.
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Strauss asks Lockheed to hire
his old friend Ernest Hauser
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as a middleman.
Strauss met Hauser just after the war
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in Schongau in Bavaria.
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As a U.S. officer, Ernest Hauser had
led a military secret service unit.
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He helped Strauss become District
Administrator. Strauss was Hauser's
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best man and his son's godfather.
Today Hauser lives in Arizona.
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Were you friends with him?
- I'd say so. We developed
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a cordial relationship.
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He and I talked a lot,
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and he explained that he needed
a liaison with Lockheed.
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So he intervened on your behalf.
- Yes.
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The Starfighter, which was
a fair weather fighter jet,
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was turned into a nuclear bomber,
a surveillance plane,
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a night-time fighter,
and five other types.
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Later, many of those planes crashed.
What were the reasons?
476
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:56,829
That's simple. The plane
was a fantastic fair weather...
477
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:04,637
fighter, but it had too big a load,
it was overwrought.
478
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:10,837
It was a plane that was
impossible to fly,
479
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,714
with all that weight.
480
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:18,472
The German Army bought
949 Starfighters, model 104-G.
481
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:23,311
G is for Germany. 1000 more
of the same plane were sold
482
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:25,239
to other NATO countries.
483
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:29,753
Hauser testified to an American
inquiry about alleged bribes paid
484
00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:34,398
to the CSU.
Franz Josef Strauss and the CSU
485
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:36,876
always denied these allegations.
486
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:41,836
Hauser's claims of payments
to the CSU have never been proven.
487
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,750
His information about bribes
made to Dutch, Italian
488
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,988
and Japanese politicians, however,
have turned out to be true.
489
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:57,353
The Defence Minister
at the peak of his career.
490
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:01,554
He congratulates Adenauer
on his 85th birthday.
491
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:06,788
The military birthday visit ends
492
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:11,279
with the German Army Musical Corps
493
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:13,950
playing the new "Starfighter March"for the first time.
494
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,119
Today, the Starfighter March
is rarely played.
495
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:45,558
A German Army film celebrates
the plane with a musical montage.
496
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:59,517
To date, 200 German Starfighters
have crashed, killing 96 pilots.
497
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:40,110
Over 7,000 kilo pounds of thrust
498
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:45,509
is provided by the General Electricjet engine, giving the Starfighter
499
01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:50,590
top speeds of between1300 and 1500 miles an hour
500
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:54,953
and carrying the 10-ton plane, despite its short wingspan,
501
01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,671
to altitudes of nearly 100,000 ft.
502
01:01:09,720 --> 01:01:14,032
The unbridled forces of natureare unleashed upon the West Coast.
503
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:17,153
From British Columbiato San Francisco, a hurricane raged
504
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:20,990
with wind speeds of up to175 miles an hour.
505
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:28,952
Chancellor Adenauer visits the U.S. President. The German head of state
506
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:31,516
paid a short visit to the White House
507
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:36,954
to discuss international and Germanpolitics with President Kennedy.
508
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:42,597
U.S. surveillance planes over Cubatook pictures which brought the world
509
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:47,192
to the brink of war. Soviet launchersof mid-range missiles
510
01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:52,794
on the sugar island, only miles from the U.S. coast.
511
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:02,478
While the world was on the verge
of nuclear war, the Defence Minister
512
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:05,912
of the Federal Republic of Germany
was drunk.
513
01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:11,070
At an event hosted by the Federal
President on the night of Jan. 24,
514
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:15,718
1962, Strauss,
in his inebriated state, gave a taste
515
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:20,119
of what his press speaker called
an ironic commentary.
516
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,314
Strauss said the Parliamentary
Vice President Carlo Schmid belonged
517
01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:29,197
in jail, Helmut Schmidt as well,
and the parliamentary leader
518
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,434
of the SPD faction, Gerhard Jahn,
should be hanged.
519
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:36,713
The Overthrow
520
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:41,831
Two days later, the police showed up
at the office of Spiegel magazine.
521
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:46,239
They came at night and occupied it
as if it were an enemy base.
522
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:50,275
The suspicion was treason,
seditious forgery,
523
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:55,874
and bribery. They conducted a search
and confiscated supposed evidence.
524
01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:01,597
They searched the editor's office,
the broom closets, the library,
525
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:03,951
the archive,
the culture section, the toilets,
526
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,072
the fire escape, legal department,
527
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:11,355
photo lab, accounting office and
distribution, 209 employees' desks.
528
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:13,392
And there the police stayed.
529
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:19,155
Siegfried Buback, Chief Prosecutor
at the Federal Court of Justice,
530
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:23,798
had Spiegel editor Rudolf Augstein
arrested and jailed for 3 months.
531
01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:28,389
Like Augstein, half a dozen
Spiegel editors ended up behind bars.
532
01:03:28,840 --> 01:03:31,752
The justification
for the police operation:
533
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:37,911
the title story of October 10, 1962
about the NATO manoeuvre FALLEX 62.
534
01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:44,477
Under the headline "Fit for Action?"
the Spiegel attacked Minister Strauss'
535
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:48,708
defence strategy
and its nuclear orientation.
536
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:53,873
Advisors for Strauss found that
the article contained state secrets.
537
01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:59,553
The Federal Prosecutor took over
the case. At least it appeared so.
538
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:06,269
There was no minister involved,
with exception of...
539
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:11,359
Ladies and gentlemen,
can't we just get along?
540
01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,473
It would make things
so much easier.
541
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:21,669
There was no State Secretary involved
in the search and seizure.
542
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,269
Gentlemen, I only state the facts.
543
01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:35,429
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
was involved.
544
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,235
And then came the famous sentence:
545
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:45,835
There is
a pit of treason in this country!
546
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:50,389
Who says so?
- I say so!
547
01:04:52,360 --> 01:04:54,590
I say so, yes.
548
01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:57,793
Because, ladies and gentlemen,
549
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:01,193
a publication that has
550
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,513
a circulation of 500,000
551
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,030
is involved in
552
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:12,474
systematic high treason
just to make money.
553
01:05:14,520 --> 01:05:18,672
The public saw it more as revenge by
Minister Strauss against the Spiegel.
554
01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:22,510
The Spiegel had reported on
the 'Uncle Alois Affair. '
555
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:26,839
An acquaintance of Marianne Strauss
named Alois Brandenstein suddenly,
556
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:31,717
in the dead of night so to speak,
became very rich. He'd been poor,
557
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:36,312
and had borrowed money
for a decisive trip to Bonn.
558
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,399
Through his family contacts
to Marianne Strauss,
559
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:44,550
he met the army's chief purchaser,
General Becker, here on the left.
560
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:50,120
Uncle Alois soon began brokering
million-mark arms deals.
561
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:56,078
According to his chauffeur,
he carried cases of cash with him.
562
01:05:56,520 --> 01:06:00,877
Soon Uncle Alois could afford
a big house. In Switzerland, too,
563
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,117
a small one.
564
01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:08,350
Strauss countered the accusations
that he profited from Uncle Alois
565
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:13,590
with a sworn oath
made in an ensuing court case.
566
01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:19,355
Quote: "The claim or insinuation that
I'm corrupt, that I embezzle money
567
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:23,031
or illegally accept money is false.
Signed,
568
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:25,391
Franz Josef Strauss.
569
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:30,192
The Spiegel had reported
about the FIBAG Affair.
570
01:06:30,640 --> 01:06:32,756
A failed architect
named Lothar Schlo�,
571
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:35,998
who was involved in all kinds of
unsuccessful Middle Eastern deals,
572
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:39,750
met the New York broker Brach.
573
01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:45,155
Together with Hans Kapfinger,
the publisher of a Passau newspaper,
574
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:49,559
he wanted to build housing
for U.S. troops in Germany.
575
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:54,194
Kapfinger provided the necessary
know-how. He was a good friend
576
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:59,998
of Defence Minister Strauss.
With the minister's blessing,
577
01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:03,079
they founded 'Finanzbau AG, '
or FIBAG for short.
578
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:07,832
Strauss helped secure U.S. Defence
Department support, which was
579
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:12,398
essential to build U.S. Army
barracks. He wrote FIBAG manager
580
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:14,239
Lothar Schlo� a recommendation
581
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:18,559
to present to the Americans.
582
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:31,718
"I welcome and support
the implementation of this project,
583
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:36,517
as it reflects common interests
and a mutual plan. Strauss."
584
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,953
There was also an investigation
into the FIBAG affair.
585
01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:44,597
The Spiegel article
spelled the end of the dream project.
586
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:48,034
Of course Strauss denied accusations
587
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,995
that he provided illicit support
for the 300-million mark project.
588
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:57,150
His letter was standard procedure.
As usual in investigative committees,
589
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:02,435
the parliamentary majority
appointed the chairman and formed
590
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:06,668
the majority, so Strauss was
acquitted on all counts of corruption.
591
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:11,074
That was just before
the Spiegel Affair.
592
01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:16,835
What was positive about your policies
and what would you judge as negative?
593
01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:18,998
I might not have,
594
01:08:19,440 --> 01:08:24,116
while planning a certain decision,
595
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:26,676
considered the overall picture,
596
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:31,591
the circumstances
and the pros and cons.
597
01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:36,079
You mean the Spiegel affair?
- Yes I do,
598
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:40,672
but I'd like to add
that there are two Spiegel affairs.
599
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,829
One is the affair
as it was portrayed in public,
600
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:48,352
the other is the affair
as it really took place.
601
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,997
The Spiegel Battle
602
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:55,473
This is how the weekly news
reported the Spiegel affair:
603
01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:01,232
These days, with fears rampantof both a right-wing
604
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:04,592
and a left-wing state, opinions differ.
605
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,634
Among the most questionable positions
606
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:12,756
was a resolution of the Group 47,which used literary language
607
01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:15,156
to spread political nonsense.
608
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:20,151
It declared the betrayal of militarysecrets to be a moral duty.
609
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:25,591
What began as a panel discussionended with demolished seats
610
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:31,592
in a Hamburg University auditorium. Police prevented more chaos.
611
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:37,831
Some key errors were made, much to the audience's discredit.
612
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:43,513
Democracy was mistaken for tumult, the Spiegel for freedom, and
613
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:48,238
the University mistaken for a sportsarena. Among those calling for calm,
614
01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:53,879
this obviously inebriateduniversity custodian made an appeal.
615
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:59,669
I ask you, dear residents of Hamburg
and elsewhere...
616
01:10:00,440 --> 01:10:01,589
Hello!
617
01:10:02,440 --> 01:10:05,238
Quiet down! Quiet down!
618
01:10:05,680 --> 01:10:10,595
Above all political debateis the accusation of treason.
619
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:14,953
Whether it is justifiedwill be decided by Justice.
620
01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:22,669
In the end, the treason case against
the Spiegel was dropped.
621
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:26,317
The main topic of discussion
became the methods
622
01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,591
used against the Spiegel.
623
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:33,318
Even the Hamburg senator
Helmut Schmidt had doubts about
624
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:35,796
the trial's legality.
In footage not broadcast
625
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:37,992
on the weekly news,
the following scene was found:
626
01:10:38,440 --> 01:10:42,672
It's not my position to judge
whether certain actions,
627
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:47,638
taken by government organs
from out of town
628
01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:52,915
here in Hamburg,
were legal or not.
629
01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:55,635
I have my own personal opinion,
630
01:10:56,080 --> 01:11:00,631
but since I'm responsible
for ensuring that Hamburg's police
631
01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:05,551
does their duty,
I won't speak in public about that.
632
01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:09,320
The pit of treason turned out to be
633
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:12,991
a pit of illegality. Justice Minister
Stammberger of the FDP
634
01:11:13,440 --> 01:11:17,752
was illegally sidelined.
His State Secretary, CDU,
635
01:11:18,200 --> 01:11:22,557
had consorted with
the Defence Ministry behind his back.
636
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,835
The case clearly shows
that the Justice Minister,
637
01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:32,558
who is responsible for
upholding constitutional principles,
638
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,197
was not informed in time.
The State Secretaries involved
639
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:40,633
have taken full responsibility
for their actions.
640
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:45,278
Today they have requested
to be relieved of their duties,
641
01:11:45,720 --> 01:11:49,349
or to be given leave.
This request will be granted.
642
01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:53,350
The arrest of Spiegel reporter
Conrad Ahlers in Spain took place
643
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:55,472
under especially mysterious
circumstances.
644
01:11:55,920 --> 01:11:59,310
The German Embassy's military attach�
in Madrid, Lieut. Achim Oster,
645
01:11:59,760 --> 01:12:03,309
and old buddy of Strauss,
received telephone orders from Bonn
646
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:07,469
to order Ahlers' arrest
by the Spanish police.
647
01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:12,511
Was this operation carried out
according to the usual practice,
648
01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:15,474
or were special methods used?
649
01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:20,835
There were no special methods used.
This was
650
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:26,400
the most serious case of suspected
treason in West German history.
651
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:31,391
This is why the Federal Prosecutor
acted with great discretion.
652
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:36,436
This discretion was maintained at all
times by the Interior Ministry.
653
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:41,592
Who first issued the instructions?
654
01:12:42,040 --> 01:12:46,352
Under whose authority,
on what legal premise,
655
01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:51,669
and which particularities,
did the arrest
656
01:12:52,120 --> 01:12:57,274
of the German citizen Ahlers
by Spanish authorities take place?
657
01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:01,349
I'll repeat what I said yesterday,
namely that it wasn't Mr. Dickopf,
658
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:05,031
as the Spanish side has claimed,
659
01:13:05,480 --> 01:13:09,632
who called at 2 am,
as it's stated in the first dispatch.
660
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:14,995
He didn't call to order this,
and neither did Mr. Sebecke.
661
01:13:15,440 --> 01:13:19,672
One official is still missing.
He's abroad... on business.
662
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:23,078
He's on his way back,
but I've not been able to ask him.
663
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:25,750
So it's a possibility...
664
01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:30,557
I can't confirm my suspicions,
but I'm following up on it,
665
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,958
in order to give you precisely
the information you want.
666
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:37,392
While Interior Minster H�cherl
flailed about in the fog,
667
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:40,229
one person knew for sure
668
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:46,630
who encouraged Lieut. Oster to
arrange the illegal arrest of Ahlers.
669
01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:51,676
Defence Minister Strauss. He himself
had picked up the phone that night.
670
01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:57,957
Sitting there mutely on the bench, he
even led Chancellor Adenauer astray.
671
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:02,234
Gentlemen, if at any point
672
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:05,478
any official made a mistake,
673
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:10,311
then we shall calmly investigate
and rectify that.
674
01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:13,513
We shall correct it.
675
01:14:13,960 --> 01:14:16,110
However, gentlemen...
676
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:20,314
Let us not,
and I repeat this appeal...
677
01:14:20,760 --> 01:14:25,436
Let us not
endanger the arrest of men
678
01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:29,998
that the country,
the country's Federal Courts
679
01:14:30,440 --> 01:14:33,830
have judged to be
680
01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:40,719
prime suspects in a crime,
based on the existing evidence.
681
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:44,197
Against this background, let us not
682
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:48,394
dwell on the question
of procedural mistakes.
683
01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:51,991
Ladies and gentlemen,
let us not raise this question.
684
01:14:52,440 --> 01:14:56,672
It does harm to the German cause
all over the world.
685
01:14:57,120 --> 01:15:01,796
Finally, Strauss himself testified.
He tried to lie his way out of it.
686
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:10,435
Who instructed Mr. Oster
to have Mr. Ahlers arrested?
687
01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:16,637
That question implies an assumption
that as such is not true.
688
01:15:17,080 --> 01:15:22,473
But someone... someone must've
given the instructions?
689
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:30,151
A German authority cannot possibly
have given these instructions,
690
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:32,955
because all measures of this kind
691
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:38,952
are taken in accordance with national
laws of the respective country.
692
01:15:39,400 --> 01:15:43,234
Not until day 3 of the Spiegel debate
did Strauss finally admit
693
01:15:43,680 --> 01:15:47,992
that he himself was the one
who called Attach� Oster in Madrid.
694
01:15:48,440 --> 01:15:52,718
He told the parliament,
"I was connected." That wasn't true.
695
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:55,993
In fact, he himself
placed the call to Oster.
696
01:15:56,440 --> 01:16:00,911
The only recording of this lie
to parliament was made by German TV.
697
01:16:01,360 --> 01:16:05,876
German public television refused
to provide the footage for this film.
698
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:11,838
Later it became clear what lies Strauss
had told to secure Ahlers' arrest.
699
01:16:12,280 --> 01:16:16,910
Strauss said he was acting on behalf of
the Chancellor and Foreign Minister.
700
01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:21,592
The operation, he said, was linked to
the Cuba Crisis, and Rudolf Augstein,
701
01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:27,398
who amazingly had already fled there.
None of it was true.
702
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:30,671
Fritz Erler at a press conference:
703
01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:34,032
This action was taken by,
and under the sole authority,
704
01:16:34,480 --> 01:16:37,199
of the Ministry of Defence,
705
01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:41,633
to make an arrest on foreign soil
with no clear legal basis.
706
01:16:42,080 --> 01:16:46,949
I would almost say that
by deceiving the Spanish authorities
707
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:52,872
and gaining a noncompulsory statement
during a summary arrest,
708
01:16:53,320 --> 01:16:56,039
in reality an abduction took place.
709
01:16:56,720 --> 01:17:00,076
Suddenly, the Spiegel affair
had become a Strauss affair.
710
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:04,354
The FDP withdrew its ministers
from the CDU/CSU coalition.
711
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:06,711
Adenauer lost his majority.
712
01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:11,797
There were nationwide protests
against Strauss and his methods.
713
01:17:12,240 --> 01:17:16,677
Under public pressure,
the FDP showed unusual backbone.
714
01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:21,193
The result was a new CDU/FDP
government, but without Strauss.
715
01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:25,793
The Federal Prosecutor
investigating Strauss for abduction
716
01:17:26,240 --> 01:17:30,028
established that he had
objectively broken the law.
717
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:49,038
Minister Strauss, who some had
already seen as Adenauer's successor,
718
01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:51,550
was sent off with military honours.
719
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:57,792
Seemingly dead politically, Strauss
retreated to his Bavarian fortress.
720
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:14,676
In life
721
01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:20,478
In life
Some shots are just off the mark
722
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:23,309
We may think
723
01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:27,753
Yet others control your fate
724
01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:32,315
In life, in life
725
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:36,275
There are always ups and downs
726
01:18:37,160 --> 01:18:40,755
And that's why, in life
727
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:44,158
One needs a little luck
728
01:18:50,480 --> 01:18:52,391
18 years later...
729
01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:55,950
Hop, hop, Franz Josef we must stop!
730
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:08,635
Fresh from Alaska
731
01:19:10,760 --> 01:19:12,671
Hanover, November 1979
732
01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:47,955
The candidate visiting Lower Saxony's
Federal Chancellery.
733
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:59,232
The young, aspiring Minister Albrecht
had to yield to the older Strauss
734
01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:04,151
for the candidacy. Since then, people
consider them to be secret rivals.
735
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:12,955
No, I enjoy working here.
- It must be quite enjoyable.
736
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:17,996
And if I have to work on Saturday,
it's nice and quiet.
737
01:20:18,440 --> 01:20:24,310
No phones ringing. I'm not
in the room where we used to be.
738
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:28,594
I thought so. It sure was small.
- I'm next door.
739
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:34,910
It looks nice on the outside, but...
- I'm next door. No idea why
740
01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:39,989
Goppel vacated the bigger room and
gave it to the Ministerial Director.
741
01:20:40,440 --> 01:20:44,831
And then that foyer, which was
a real pain for the two ladies,
742
01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:50,912
especially when they'd have to
bring us loads of books to sign.
743
01:20:51,360 --> 01:20:55,638
Looked like a flea market stand.
- You have the Director's old office?
744
01:20:56,080 --> 01:20:59,277
Where press conferences were held?
- Yes, exactly.
745
01:20:59,720 --> 01:21:05,317
Despite the persistent, long-winded
resistance of the bureaucracy.
746
01:21:06,520 --> 01:21:10,229
Tea? Coffee? - Coffee.
- Yes, coffee.
747
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:13,513
So how are we doing?
748
01:21:13,960 --> 01:21:19,239
Bavaria and Lower Saxony haven't been
this close since the Welfian dynasty.
749
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:23,116
Don't forget the press conference
a few days ago.
750
01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:27,030
How does it feel?
- It feels good. These are
751
01:21:27,480 --> 01:21:30,313
Germany's largest states by area.
752
01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:32,432
What do you have in common?
753
01:21:32,880 --> 01:21:35,394
Stubbornness, loyalty to homeland,
754
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:39,992
nature and to our principles.
- Our national mentality.
755
01:21:40,440 --> 01:21:46,117
And lots more. - Diversity.
- A liberal conservative position.
756
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:52,834
And the churches aren't persecuted.
- Exactly.
757
01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:58,077
Not even the public television
institutions are persecuted.
758
01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:03,753
They either want State Premiers
shaking hands or clinking glasses.
759
01:22:04,200 --> 01:22:09,228
Or petting children. - Or that.
- Or hugging cows.
760
01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:13,559
Yes, that's even better.
Much better.
761
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:20,599
The story of us being rivals is more
from the world of illusion.
762
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:23,600
So, may we now? Good.
763
01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:29,678
Do you know what I mean
by world of illusion?
764
01:22:30,440 --> 01:22:34,353
Our world.
- No, that's... Well, yes and no.
765
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,395
The world of public relations
is the world of illusion.
766
01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:42,719
I received a query, I don't recall
from which newspaper...
767
01:22:43,160 --> 01:22:47,597
"What will you eat for Christmas?"
And I'll say what others said,
768
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:52,875
Helmut Schmidt for example:
"Sausages and potato salad!"
769
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:56,471
And Coca Cola.
- Of course that's not true.
770
01:22:56,920 --> 01:23:00,913
But this isn't about
telling the public what I really eat,
771
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:06,753
it's about saying something
that gives a guy the illusion
772
01:23:07,200 --> 01:23:11,478
that we're all the same,
or that he's worse off than I am...
773
01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:13,717
Modesty is popular.
774
01:23:14,160 --> 01:23:19,518
Even a person with a moderate income
can eat lobster for Christmas,
775
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:21,951
but he won't tell you he does.
776
01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:27,758
He might drive a BMW in secret,
but he has to have a used VW
777
01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:33,194
for his image, and he'll tell you
he can't afford a new car.
778
01:23:33,640 --> 01:23:36,677
That's the world of illusion.
779
01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:41,155
Yes, we're having Christmas goose.
780
01:23:41,240 --> 01:23:45,119
The Federal President goes marching.
781
01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:50,954
Between Christmas and the New Year
782
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:54,233
The Federal President
on his march across Germany.
783
01:23:54,680 --> 01:23:59,310
Here he's on the banks of the
Elbe Tributary Canal. Rain and wind.
784
01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:10,239
The man with the red backpack
is our Federal President.
785
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:20,510
He's the one waving.
786
01:24:24,480 --> 01:24:27,950
Okay. We've made it this far.
787
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:33,155
And since you filmed us so nicely,
we'll stop for a moment.
788
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:37,275
Thanks. Sorry you had to get wet.
It was worse earlier.
789
01:24:37,720 --> 01:24:39,915
It's got a bit better.
790
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,276
I think the rain's let up, don't you?
- Yes, yes.
791
01:24:48,720 --> 01:24:52,429
Or have we just
got used to it?
792
01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:58,074
Gentlemen, I'd say the rain's let up.
793
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:18,398
Hello, Mr. President. I'd like to
explain something. I live here.
794
01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:22,196
Two, three years ago,
this was a nice path made of sand.
795
01:25:22,640 --> 01:25:25,791
As you can see, it's all asphalt now.
796
01:25:26,240 --> 01:25:31,189
Perhaps you remember. And here
along the tracks was an earthen wall.
797
01:25:31,640 --> 01:25:35,519
It's been removed, as you can see.
- And now it's loud. - Exactly.
798
01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:37,996
What kind of road are we walking on?
799
01:25:38,440 --> 01:25:42,274
It goes along the tracks...
- But it doesn't lead anywhere.
800
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:47,236
No, it's a one-way street.
- How enviable! - No!
801
01:25:47,680 --> 01:25:51,514
Look at what others put up with.
- On the path the children were never
802
01:25:51,960 --> 01:25:54,349
in danger of getting run over
or anything.
803
01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:59,669
You ought to compare yourself
to others who are much worse off...
804
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:03,954
No, this is what I don't like.
- You have to see the bigger picture.
805
01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:09,235
I do. - This is a wonderful road.
- I think it's great that you're
806
01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:14,071
visiting the L�neburg District,
but in today's paper...
807
01:26:14,520 --> 01:26:18,752
Today's paper is full of praise
for the road builders.
808
01:26:19,200 --> 01:26:23,079
I think... Here, let me show you.
You ought to know what's going on.
809
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:27,832
I'll tell you something. Let's stop.
Somebody stand in front of me.
810
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:32,034
Let me show you...
- We don't want any publicity for...
811
01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:35,153
I'm not working for anybody,
I'm here as a private citizen.
812
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:40,515
While you're taking a walk, I want to
take the opportunity... Here it is:
813
01:26:40,960 --> 01:26:44,350
"B 209. A Delight for Drivers!"
814
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:49,191
A few turns were removed,
the road was straightened.
815
01:26:49,640 --> 01:26:52,598
The cost of the project
was 3 million marks.
816
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:58,797
Listen, send it to my office in Bonn.
I envy your beautiful road! - No!
817
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:02,710
Millions of Germans would love
to live by such a beautiful road.
818
01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:08,154
The people here fought for
a sandy path, not for this asphalt.
819
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:14,150
My goodness, what a...
All because of a little asphalt.
820
01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:46,669
In the years 1962 - 1980
821
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:54,350
After a fall as extreme as thatcaused by the Spiegel affair, a man
822
01:27:54,800 --> 01:27:57,997
is normally dead, politically speaking.
823
01:27:58,440 --> 01:28:00,271
Is it on?
824
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:07,308
That rule doesn't applywhen his power base is in Bavaria.
825
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:23,754
But you'll get rid of the bad shots.
- Of course.
826
01:28:27,240 --> 01:28:32,234
But you have... This has to be
decided in the group.
827
01:28:32,680 --> 01:28:34,193
We make the decisions.
828
01:28:34,640 --> 01:28:37,598
You can spend a lot of time
talking about it...
829
01:28:38,040 --> 01:28:41,191
The future candidatestill heads the CSU
830
01:28:41,640 --> 01:28:44,871
and the CSU committee in Bonn.
831
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:49,229
Gentlemen, we've met here,
we've discussed this for an hour,
832
01:28:49,680 --> 01:28:53,355
talked about the pros and cons,
weighed both possibilities,
833
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:58,157
and taken up your suggestion
and agree unanimously to
834
01:28:58,600 --> 01:29:02,388
do away with the "or"
and keep the "and,"
835
01:29:02,840 --> 01:29:05,673
and stick to the old constitution.
836
01:29:06,120 --> 01:29:11,831
With this resolution, we have
a quorum, and all 26 of us are happy.
837
01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:16,876
I find it unacceptable, for lack of
a better word... It's unacceptable
838
01:29:17,320 --> 01:29:18,753
for a CSU committee member
839
01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:24,911
who was instrumental in
passing this resolution,
840
01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:27,999
which sends a message to people that
841
01:29:28,440 --> 01:29:32,433
the CSU committee will unanimously
vote for this resolution,
842
01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:36,759
to then say the exact opposite.
- Not the opposite.
843
01:29:37,200 --> 01:29:40,590
You supported...
- I merely suggested an alternative.
844
01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:44,350
You supported the government version.
- That's not true.
845
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:46,358
I suggested an alternative.
846
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:51,072
He lives here, next to one ofBavaria's most beautiful churches,
847
01:29:51,520 --> 01:29:54,478
in a former Benedictine monastery. Behind the house,
848
01:29:54,920 --> 01:29:58,469
just outside his study, is the local cemetery.
849
01:30:02,720 --> 01:30:03,869
The energy with which...
850
01:30:04,320 --> 01:30:06,072
The years after 1962,
851
01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:12,117
until the SPD reinstated the ministerin the grand coalition in 1969,
852
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:14,710
were dedicated to studies.
853
01:30:16,680 --> 01:30:19,717
Strauss' favourite reading includesHerodotus, which he reads
854
01:30:20,160 --> 01:30:25,029
in original Greek version, as well asEgon Friedell and Wilhelm Raabe.
855
01:30:25,480 --> 01:30:29,553
Strauss' hobby: beautiful, fast cars.
856
01:30:34,080 --> 01:30:35,832
The 1950s.
857
01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:41,195
A group of models at a clothingfactory in Salzgitter in 1952.
858
01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:47,230
A fashion label sendsfour mannequins to a factory
859
01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:50,433
and up to the world's highestand most impractical catwalk.
860
01:30:53,600 --> 01:30:56,956
The workers view what they produced.
861
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:01,833
We had exhausted all our energiesin World War II.
862
01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:05,192
Afterwards, we rebuiltthe country in a mad frenzy.
863
01:31:11,640 --> 01:31:14,200
Since learningis not all about school,
864
01:31:14,640 --> 01:31:17,632
Mr. Smith teaches good table manners
865
01:31:18,080 --> 01:31:20,514
as a permanent partof the lesson plan.
866
01:31:40,800 --> 01:31:42,392
He's considered a man of the '50s.
867
01:31:42,840 --> 01:31:45,638
His thoughts areoccupied with the year 2000.
868
01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:49,311
Politics in the 20th centuryare very polarized.
869
01:31:58,920 --> 01:32:01,718
In 1980, Fred Tacke madehis political voting decision
870
01:32:02,160 --> 01:32:05,550
three seconds beforehis fatal car crash near Nuremberg:
871
01:32:06,480 --> 01:32:08,436
"I'll never drive again."
872
01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:13,675
"Seven minutes out of 16 years,
873
01:32:14,120 --> 01:32:17,476
each of which were once minutes."
874
01:32:18,760 --> 01:32:20,318
And next week's schedule?
875
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:25,068
You'll be back up
on Monday afternoon?
876
01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:29,638
Monday evening is the committee
meeting. - Unfortunately.
877
01:32:30,080 --> 01:32:34,312
And Tuesday, Wednesday?
- Normal schedule. - Normal?
878
01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:38,153
So you won't come back until Friday?
- Right.
879
01:32:38,600 --> 01:32:41,637
And then it starts up again Sunday?
- Monday.
880
01:32:44,040 --> 01:32:47,874
You do most of the correspondence.
- I have one letter here.
881
01:32:48,440 --> 01:32:51,989
...whether that participant is ready.
- The one with...
882
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:58,472
With that gentleman...
He should really want it by now.
883
01:32:58,920 --> 01:33:04,313
Especially since certain people
are gaining the upper hand.
884
01:33:05,640 --> 01:33:08,393
They constantly get assistance,
and that's just pointless.
885
01:33:08,840 --> 01:33:11,752
It's all basically airy-fairy.
886
01:33:14,080 --> 01:33:16,833
Did he name any names?
887
01:33:17,280 --> 01:33:20,716
No, none. Besides the usual ones
from the group.
888
01:33:21,160 --> 01:33:24,277
Like I said, it's basically
all quiet up there.
889
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:27,234
But don't forget, you could tell
890
01:33:27,680 --> 01:33:31,275
by that one piece of information
how imprecise he is.
891
01:33:31,720 --> 01:33:34,234
Of course.
...with the famous president.
892
01:33:34,680 --> 01:33:37,956
Of course. Then just do it.
By all means.
893
01:33:38,800 --> 01:33:40,756
First I want to
894
01:33:41,320 --> 01:33:45,438
take the time
to dictate the article.
895
01:33:45,880 --> 01:33:51,238
Cultivating language and melody
896
01:33:53,160 --> 01:33:58,359
Ladies and gentlemen, whatever you
call it, it's not about terminology,
897
01:33:58,800 --> 01:34:02,713
although in the battle for
terminology and language,
898
01:34:03,160 --> 01:34:06,038
we can't allow ourselves to be
pushed aside by the Socialists.
899
01:34:06,480 --> 01:34:10,553
The setback we experienced
in 1969 and the '70s
900
01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:16,677
happened not least of all because
others took control of language,
901
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:18,997
used language as a weapon,
902
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:23,069
and took terms
and filled them with new content,
903
01:34:23,520 --> 01:34:28,799
then used them as projectiles
against us, not without success.
904
01:34:29,240 --> 01:34:34,234
The battle for language is essential
for intellectual self-assertion.
905
01:34:34,680 --> 01:34:39,231
Tell people that this time,
their fate is being gambled upon!
906
01:34:39,680 --> 01:34:42,877
Tell them that they can no longer...
907
01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:48,839
That nobody can withdraw
from the impact of politics.
908
01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:51,919
There is no more safe haven.
909
01:34:52,360 --> 01:34:57,832
Tell the sorry, sleepy, sluggish,
and slouching people in this country!
910
01:35:02,480 --> 01:35:03,833
This house, ladies and gentlemen,
911
01:35:04,520 --> 01:35:06,238
must be battened down
912
01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:10,719
to withstand storm and fire
over the next years!
913
01:35:12,200 --> 01:35:17,399
And so I say: Good luck! God be
with you, homeland of the Bavarians!
914
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:20,718
Unity and justice and freedom,
for all of Germany!
915
01:35:21,160 --> 01:35:25,119
The left faction of a minority
of students, teachers,
916
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:28,154
educators, teaching assistants,
917
01:35:28,600 --> 01:35:33,230
psychologists, political scientists,
sociologists, they're the root cause!
918
01:35:33,680 --> 01:35:38,800
They're not workers. They never held
a shovel, a screwdriver in their life!
919
01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:43,628
What does the profile of
today's young Socialists look like?
920
01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:48,358
Crackpot students,
loose cannon academics,
921
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:50,836
ranting and raving educators!
922
01:35:55,600 --> 01:35:59,673
Take the lidel
for the ladle as the loodle de lidel.
923
01:36:00,600 --> 01:36:04,798
Oodle aadle eedle, andeloodel,
ogle aad oodle, that Prussian swine!
924
01:36:05,240 --> 01:36:08,118
Serving higher interests than
for hussassa,
925
01:36:08,560 --> 01:36:12,075
bing bong in fadeloop dulipalidle.
926
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:17,355
And now, my dear friends, doddle
diddle dolittle, dering bing bong,
927
01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:20,075
I'd like to bodle deydel
over slabbalong...
928
01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:22,272
the delarzel of Barzel.
929
01:36:23,560 --> 01:36:27,439
But above all,
I want to make it very clear
930
01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:33,318
that with us, the pinkler, there is a
lodel di yodel di ladel,
931
01:36:33,760 --> 01:36:39,596
afta la bofta, det lidel didel hadel,
di oozle or poodel, odle lede hadelo.
932
01:36:48,800 --> 01:36:51,519
Essen, Autumn of 1979.
933
01:37:14,680 --> 01:37:19,071
I hope that some of you,
if you ever grow up,
934
01:37:19,520 --> 01:37:23,638
will open your eyes
and realize your stupidity,
935
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:28,551
realize that we're fighting for
freedom with the same concern
936
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:32,276
as our fathers did before 1933.
937
01:37:32,720 --> 01:37:37,555
You would be the best
students of Dr. Goebbels,
938
01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:40,673
the best
supporters of Heinrich Himmler,
939
01:37:41,120 --> 01:37:43,918
the best Nazis there ever were!
940
01:37:44,360 --> 01:37:46,920
Strauss is no National Socialist.
941
01:37:47,960 --> 01:37:51,714
Strauss stands to the rightof National Socialism.
942
01:37:52,160 --> 01:37:55,038
At the furthest point from Braunau, he speaks in Chile.
943
01:37:55,480 --> 01:37:57,277
Make sure that freedom
944
01:37:57,720 --> 01:37:58,914
in your country
945
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:02,158
is preserved,
no matter who is attacking it.
946
01:38:02,840 --> 01:38:06,515
Make sure that discipline,
hard work, efficiency,
947
01:38:06,960 --> 01:38:09,713
readiness to sacrifice,
and camaraderie
948
01:38:10,160 --> 01:38:14,039
create a flourishing Chile where
every citizen can be proud to say,
949
01:38:14,480 --> 01:38:15,959
"I am a free Chilean."
950
01:38:19,600 --> 01:38:23,957
A fairy-tale from the Alps, a kind of dream.
951
01:38:25,800 --> 01:38:28,314
In an Alpine valley
952
01:38:28,760 --> 01:38:33,197
lies a former spa hotel,
closed to the public.
953
01:38:33,640 --> 01:38:35,710
This is where the candidate dreams.
954
01:38:36,160 --> 01:38:39,914
A dream named Strategy.
It's meant to lead him to Bonn.
955
01:38:41,640 --> 01:38:46,475
I'm happy to have the opportunity,
here in secluded Kreuth,
956
01:38:46,920 --> 01:38:52,438
to talk openly and extensively
about matters like...
957
01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:56,589
content, style, strategy
and our assessment of the campaign.
958
01:38:57,040 --> 01:39:02,114
I think it's good.
It's a good start for our campaign.
959
01:39:02,560 --> 01:39:05,438
And we're confident
960
01:39:05,880 --> 01:39:08,792
that come Autumn, the government
in Bonn will be replaced.
961
01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:11,348
Speech to young party members
962
01:39:11,800 --> 01:39:13,950
in 1976, after a lost election
963
01:39:14,400 --> 01:39:17,278
and the divorce of CDU and CSU.
964
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:20,113
Let me say one thing I know:
965
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:22,391
I will never be Chancellor.
966
01:39:22,840 --> 01:39:25,513
I supported Helmut Kohl,
967
01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:28,235
despite my knowledge
968
01:39:28,680 --> 01:39:30,398
of his inadequacy
969
01:39:30,840 --> 01:39:34,150
and only for the sake of peace,
as candidate for Chancellor.
970
01:39:34,600 --> 01:39:39,230
He will never be Chancellor.
He is totally inept!
971
01:39:39,880 --> 01:39:44,078
He has none of the prerequisites.
972
01:39:44,520 --> 01:39:48,877
None whatsoever. But if need be,
it's possible to govern with anybody.
973
01:39:49,320 --> 01:39:51,515
Nobody
974
01:39:51,960 --> 01:39:55,953
from the Young Union or the CSU
ever took issue with the fact
975
01:39:56,400 --> 01:40:00,234
that every debate about who's
the best candidate... Forget me,
976
01:40:00,680 --> 01:40:02,910
I'm thinking about Carstens,
977
01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:05,112
not necessarily St. Oltenberg.
978
01:40:07,400 --> 01:40:09,595
...that every discussion is stifled
979
01:40:10,040 --> 01:40:12,838
by the unilateralism
of Mr. Biedenkopf,
980
01:40:14,320 --> 01:40:16,880
who, in order to make
K�ppler State Premier...
981
01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:20,552
It's as if the Cathedral in Munich
appointed the head altar boy
982
01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:22,991
as Archbishop.
983
01:40:24,520 --> 01:40:28,399
...declared, "Helmut Kohl
is our candidate for Chancellor"?
984
01:40:28,840 --> 01:40:30,831
For the life of me, I don't know
985
01:40:31,280 --> 01:40:35,114
why... Now don't think I'm
a megalomaniac, I'm just being frank.
986
01:40:35,560 --> 01:40:39,553
...why those
political pygmies in the CDU,
987
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,514
only fighting for their constituency,
988
01:40:42,960 --> 01:40:46,032
those undersized dwarves,
989
01:40:46,480 --> 01:40:49,711
those Reader's Digest politicians,
990
01:40:50,160 --> 01:40:52,469
why they're outraged
991
01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:56,993
about the Bavarian position.
An army should realize
992
01:40:57,960 --> 01:41:01,748
that if they've attacked
the wrong front three times in a row,
993
01:41:02,200 --> 01:41:04,555
they should attack somewhere else.
994
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:08,595
I can only warn you: Forget about
the special party convention.
995
01:41:09,040 --> 01:41:11,110
Forget all that back and forth.
996
01:41:11,560 --> 01:41:15,473
When the special party conference
is over, after heated debate,
997
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:21,278
I will declare a Free People's Party
in the North of West Germany.
998
01:41:21,720 --> 01:41:23,392
You can forget about me as chairman.
999
01:41:23,840 --> 01:41:28,277
There is no going back. That would be
a walk to Canossa, total submission.
1000
01:41:28,720 --> 01:41:33,350
You'll have to find
another pansy, a coward,
1001
01:41:33,800 --> 01:41:37,952
a compromiser. Not me.
There will be none of that with me.
1002
01:41:38,400 --> 01:41:41,039
For 15 years, I've led this party
from one success to the next,
1003
01:41:41,480 --> 01:41:45,758
and if they don't want to continue,
I'll turn to the party at large.
1004
01:41:46,200 --> 01:41:49,033
The letters I've received
from members,
1005
01:41:49,480 --> 01:41:51,391
from Bavaria and beyond,
1006
01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:53,592
basketfuls of letters,
1007
01:41:54,040 --> 01:41:56,315
they prove that perhaps one day,
1008
01:41:56,760 --> 01:41:58,512
out of the
swamp of fatty degeneration
1009
01:41:58,960 --> 01:42:02,635
run by petty bureaucrats
and windbags in courtyards and pubs,
1010
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:07,358
another generation will arise.
Whoever fights against all that,
1011
01:42:07,800 --> 01:42:11,679
and I know it's almost like Hercules
carrying the globe on his shoulders,
1012
01:42:12,120 --> 01:42:14,680
he has to discuss endlessly
1013
01:42:15,120 --> 01:42:20,194
why he wants to break out
of this pygmy ideology,
1014
01:42:20,640 --> 01:42:23,074
this dwarf mentality.
1015
01:42:23,520 --> 01:42:25,875
Thoroughly insulted in this fashion,
1016
01:42:26,320 --> 01:42:30,677
his compatriots, three years later, elect Strauss as Chancellor candidate.
1017
01:42:33,840 --> 01:42:37,276
Holding Office
1018
01:42:38,280 --> 01:42:42,990
The Federal Chancellor is responsible
for 8% of all societal issues.
1019
01:42:43,520 --> 01:42:49,755
The remaining 92% consist of life,
private property or state concerns.
1020
01:42:50,720 --> 01:42:54,190
That amounts to 0.00013%
of all global concerns,
1021
01:42:54,640 --> 01:42:57,916
which in 1000 years
will add up to 1%.
1022
01:43:09,160 --> 01:43:14,188
I'm trying to imagine if I'd
find it appealing to be Chancellor.
1023
01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:26,319
Is Mr. Zimmermann here already?
- Yes, Mr. Zimmermann is here.
1024
01:43:30,040 --> 01:43:33,589
Arrival in the Federal Chancellery.
Finally.
1025
01:43:56,200 --> 01:43:58,191
Now let the host through.
1026
01:44:07,200 --> 01:44:09,236
There are cosmetic flaws in the room.
1027
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:44,635
This is about house security.
1028
01:44:45,320 --> 01:44:50,348
The residents are careful
who they let in. They are cautious.
1029
01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:56,518
The wolf is having a hard time. He doesn't look like a nanny goat.
1030
01:44:56,960 --> 01:45:01,431
No politician in the world looks likethe mother of these goats.
1031
01:45:01,880 --> 01:45:04,997
The wolf goes to the miller. "Put some flour on my paws."
1032
01:45:05,440 --> 01:45:08,876
The miller, thinking the wolfis up to dirty tricks, refused.
1033
01:45:09,320 --> 01:45:12,949
But the wolf threatened him, so the miller had to obey.
1034
01:45:13,400 --> 01:45:16,517
It's puzzling how the little goatscould mistake the flour-covered paw
1035
01:45:17,280 --> 01:45:19,714
for their dear mother's hand.
1036
01:45:33,800 --> 01:45:37,031
In the fairy-tale, the wolf's stomachis cut open, and out jump 6 kids.
1037
01:45:38,200 --> 01:45:40,555
They sing, "The wolf is dead!"
1038
01:45:41,200 --> 01:45:45,352
That lasts until 1949,then the story starts over.
1039
01:45:49,320 --> 01:45:52,995
You can trust fairy-tales insofaras they express people's wishes.
1040
01:46:01,760 --> 01:46:06,117
I led the party so that it had
the absolute majority for 15 years.
1041
01:46:06,560 --> 01:46:08,835
I can expect the party to listen
1042
01:46:09,280 --> 01:46:12,670
when I say what may be said,
so that no harm is done,
1043
01:46:13,960 --> 01:46:18,351
when I don't say what may not be said
or else harm would be done.
1044
01:46:18,800 --> 01:46:21,758
If I would tell all that I know,
1045
01:46:22,240 --> 01:46:27,314
then the CDU/CSU can go packing,
then for the next ten years,
1046
01:46:27,760 --> 01:46:29,432
nobody need run for office.
1047
01:46:29,880 --> 01:46:31,836
"To gain a spot in the sun
1048
01:46:32,280 --> 01:46:33,235
is not easy.
1049
01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:35,511
Once it's attained, the sun's set."
1050
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:52,315
...I'm ready to stop.
1051
01:46:57,080 --> 01:46:59,435
...I'm ready to do it...
1052
01:47:23,000 --> 01:47:24,991
A man wants to walk to Germany.
1053
01:47:25,440 --> 01:47:28,352
"Where do you want to go?""I want to go to Germany."
1054
01:47:29,080 --> 01:47:33,278
"But it doesn't exist anymore."It's 1945.
1055
01:47:40,760 --> 01:47:43,433
We, the Germans, 2000 years old,
1056
01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:46,474
who have resided heresince the great migration,
1057
01:47:46,920 --> 01:47:49,673
have often had different notionsof our history.
1058
01:47:50,120 --> 01:47:52,315
But that was before elections.
1059
01:47:55,000 --> 01:47:57,150
It's about our life.
1060
01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:21,874
We wanted to rebuild our country sosome of its history isn't repeated.
1061
01:48:22,800 --> 01:48:25,758
Those with no home
1062
01:48:25,840 --> 01:48:28,991
The SPD fights for your rights
1063
01:48:36,680 --> 01:48:39,194
Then we rebuilt the stock exchange.
1064
01:48:41,880 --> 01:48:44,917
The Frankfurt stock exchange, Germany's oldest,
1065
01:48:45,800 --> 01:48:51,352
was reopened with representativesof the Allied Powers in attendance.
1066
01:48:53,160 --> 01:48:55,879
Despite bomb damage, one hall remained intact.
1067
01:48:56,320 --> 01:48:59,835
Three times a week, brokers will note share prices,
1068
01:49:00,280 --> 01:49:05,195
thus helping to rekindlethe culture of banking in Frankfurt.
1069
01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:18,358
I have no hidden,
1070
01:49:18,800 --> 01:49:20,950
secret or underground side to me.
1071
01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:24,073
There's no past I have to hide
1072
01:49:24,520 --> 01:49:29,469
or explain. With me,
everyone knows what to expect.
1073
01:49:45,480 --> 01:49:49,996
Amidst Munich garages, an advertising
agency designs the candidate's image.
1074
01:49:51,720 --> 01:49:54,234
- WITH OPTIMISM AGAINST SOCIALISM -
A taste of what
1075
01:49:54,680 --> 01:49:58,150
to expect in the Autumn.
- At least in the pre-election phase.
1076
01:49:58,600 --> 01:50:02,434
Now it's no longer freedom
versus Socialism, it's optimism.
1077
01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:05,394
Is he only good for Bavaria,
or for the Chancellery as well?
1078
01:50:05,840 --> 01:50:10,391
He's good for the Chancellery too.
- Thanks to his political potency.
1079
01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:14,355
And also thanks to his truly...
1080
01:50:15,560 --> 01:50:17,278
...historical background,
1081
01:50:17,720 --> 01:50:21,349
and the possibility to project that
onto the future.
1082
01:50:21,800 --> 01:50:27,796
What's so fascinating about Strauss
is that he sees the bigger picture.
1083
01:50:58,920 --> 01:51:00,558
'Candidus': shiny white.
1084
01:51:01,000 --> 01:51:04,879
'Candidatus': cloaked in a pure white robe;
1085
01:51:05,320 --> 01:51:10,269
running for election, untainted bycorruption, and therefore electable;
1086
01:51:10,720 --> 01:51:14,076
mature, manoeuvrable, without money.
1087
01:51:14,520 --> 01:51:18,832
That's how the Roman, in 80 BC, runs for election.
1088
01:51:21,240 --> 01:51:23,390
A candidate, shining white.
1089
01:51:34,760 --> 01:51:37,957
The attempted murder of SDSchief ideologue Rudolf Dutschke
1090
01:51:38,400 --> 01:51:43,758
triggered violent protest fromthousands of youths, mostly students.
1091
01:51:45,840 --> 01:51:50,118
Their protest was mainly directedagainst the Springer group,
1092
01:51:50,560 --> 01:51:53,632
whom they claimmonopolizes public opinion.
1093
01:51:59,800 --> 01:52:02,189
The student unrestcan no longer be ignored.
1094
01:52:02,640 --> 01:52:04,870
The events in Berlin and abroad
1095
01:52:05,320 --> 01:52:08,710
must be dealt with by the generationof those responsible.
1096
01:52:09,160 --> 01:52:12,470
On both sides, much understandingand pragmatism will be needed
1097
01:52:12,920 --> 01:52:16,469
to heal the woundthat runs through our nation.
1098
01:52:29,240 --> 01:52:34,314
The promise not delivered in 1945,and revoked in 1949,
1099
01:52:34,760 --> 01:52:37,149
erupts in 1968.
1100
01:52:37,600 --> 01:52:41,718
It will keep cominguntil it is delivered.
1101
01:53:02,360 --> 01:53:04,920
Go, Rudi,
1102
01:53:05,600 --> 01:53:09,957
all of you go,
go in peace.
1103
01:53:11,200 --> 01:53:14,237
Earth to earth,
1104
01:53:14,720 --> 01:53:16,995
dust to dust,
1105
01:53:18,400 --> 01:53:20,755
ashes to ashes.
1106
01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:25,796
On the day of the resurrection
1107
01:53:26,280 --> 01:53:27,713
of Jesus Christ,
1108
01:53:28,960 --> 01:53:30,632
He says,
1109
01:53:31,280 --> 01:53:36,274
"I am the resurrection and the life.
1110
01:53:36,720 --> 01:53:40,474
It is sown a natural body
1111
01:53:41,040 --> 01:53:44,828
and raised a spiritual body.
1112
01:53:45,280 --> 01:53:48,989
It is sown in dishonour,
1113
01:53:49,440 --> 01:53:52,876
and raised in glory.
1114
01:53:55,000 --> 01:54:00,393
May His face shine upon thee,
and be gracious unto thee.
1115
01:54:01,600 --> 01:54:06,469
May the Lord lift his countenance
upon thee,
1116
01:54:07,240 --> 01:54:10,789
and give thee peace.
1117
01:54:11,320 --> 01:54:12,435
Amen.
1118
01:54:25,240 --> 01:54:31,270
Do not be become bitter
In these bitter times
1119
01:54:32,080 --> 01:54:35,356
The rulers they do tremble
1120
01:54:35,800 --> 01:54:40,237
You may be behind bars for now
But you do not suffer
1121
01:54:40,680 --> 01:54:44,036
No, you do not suffer
1122
01:54:55,920 --> 01:55:01,711
Don't let yourself be used up
Use your time instead
1123
01:55:02,680 --> 01:55:05,638
You cannot disappear
1124
01:55:06,080 --> 01:55:10,437
You need us
And now we need your happiness
1125
01:55:11,080 --> 01:55:13,958
We need your happiness
1126
01:55:16,800 --> 01:55:22,591
We refuse to remain silent
In these silent times
1127
01:55:23,480 --> 01:55:26,597
Green erupts from the branches
1128
01:55:27,040 --> 01:55:31,477
We will show them all
Then they'll all know for sure
1129
01:55:31,920 --> 01:55:34,832
Then they'll all know for sure
1130
01:55:41,760 --> 01:55:45,719
The other German state turns 30 too. A pompous birthday.
1131
01:55:50,400 --> 01:55:52,311
At the same time in the GDR,
1132
01:55:52,760 --> 01:55:57,515
the Soviets begin pulling out1000 tanks and 20,000 soldiers.
1133
01:56:06,760 --> 01:56:11,038
At year's end, Chancellor Schmidtand State Secretary Honecker promise
1134
01:56:11,480 --> 01:56:15,155
mutual visits. A comforting notion...
1135
01:56:15,600 --> 01:56:19,229
The reserve fleet for Europehas just left American ports.
1136
01:56:19,680 --> 01:56:22,274
It is crossing the Atlantic.
1137
01:56:39,800 --> 01:56:43,998
West Germany's NATO chambers, where emergencies are dealt with.
1138
01:57:27,400 --> 01:57:30,153
At the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, in the year 1806,
1139
01:57:30,600 --> 01:57:35,037
a person three kilometres fromthe battlefield could lunch in peace.
1140
01:57:43,640 --> 01:57:46,029
The troop pull-out was announcedby the Soviet head of state
1141
01:57:46,480 --> 01:57:51,270
and party leader Leonid Brezhnevwhile visiting the GDR in October,
1142
01:57:51,720 --> 01:57:54,712
in order to improvethe climate for disarmament talks.
1143
01:57:55,160 --> 01:57:59,517
The NATO decision to increase theirweapons arsenal before negotiating
1144
01:57:59,960 --> 01:58:03,669
is seen by Socialist countriesas disastrous.
1145
01:59:34,920 --> 01:59:39,755
New Year's Eve 1979/80.Three in the morning.
1146
01:59:40,200 --> 01:59:42,111
The candidatethinks in terms of centuries.
1147
01:59:43,280 --> 01:59:45,555
Many peopleare thinking of Christmas.
1148
01:59:46,000 --> 01:59:49,595
The history of our housesreaches back 2000 years.
1149
01:59:50,040 --> 01:59:52,952
They are destroyed in two nights.
1150
02:01:51,320 --> 02:01:53,709
Careful that it doesn't smear.
1151
02:01:54,160 --> 02:01:56,196
Spray a fixative on it.
1152
02:01:59,480 --> 02:02:01,357
Done with signing?
- Yes.
1153
02:02:04,560 --> 02:02:06,790
Now I only need two more...
1154
02:02:07,880 --> 02:02:11,156
Good luck! Keep it up!
1155
02:02:11,600 --> 02:02:12,999
Really, keep it up!
1156
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:32,956
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