WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:46.415 --> 00:00:49.845 Welcome to the 22nd broadcast of Channel Welcome. 00:00:49.845 --> 00:00:51.395 As always, 00:00:51.395 --> 00:00:54.485 we want to talk about some of the user comments 00:00:54.485 --> 00:00:57.805 which were posted underneath our recent reports. 00:00:58.225 --> 00:01:01.215 Unfortunately it is common for people, 00:01:01.215 --> 00:01:04.385 which insult and agitate, without any substantial content, 00:01:04.385 --> 00:01:06.460 to only do so anonymously. 00:01:06.460 --> 00:01:07.385 This especially applies 00:01:07.385 --> 00:01:10.255 for channels, that propagate an egoistical 00:01:10.255 --> 00:01:12.745 and inhuman disposition under the pretext of 00:01:12.745 --> 00:01:15.735 "TV something" online, 00:01:15.735 --> 00:01:18.455 but also for private citizens 00:01:18.455 --> 00:01:20.715 that call themselves "firstwiseguy" 00:01:20.715 --> 00:01:23.915 and don't manage to write more than "filthy pig". 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:28.800 Or somebody calls himself N. Erd. and submits: 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:31.700 "Why don't you accomodate some in your own home? 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:34.540 But those, that cause real trouble here, 00:01:34.740 --> 00:01:37.760 like raping women and killing other people 00:01:37.940 --> 00:01:40.480 and then go ahead and leave your wives and daughters 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:42.800 home alone with these kind of people. 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:45.840 Of course these channels and people 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:48.800 don't use their real name for their own safety, 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.460 when they make a case for the death penalty 00:01:52.460 --> 00:01:55.040 like Donald T. does, from whom you can assume, 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.800 who his role model is supposed to be. 00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:00.000 On the other hand, 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.560 barely anybody would post something like this 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.000 if he would have to register with his full name. 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:08.440 Nobody would post such bulls**t 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:10.380 when using his own name. 00:02:10.980 --> 00:02:12.360 Our team form Channel Welcome 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.800 vouch for what we are trying to achieve 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:18.140 with our reports. 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:19.580 For example: 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.800 Giving people dignity, 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:24.180 no matter where they come from. 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:26.920 We would love for you to write us, 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:29.695 take part in a substantial discussion 00:02:29.695 --> 00:02:31.645 even if you disagree with our views. 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:35.880 The report about Stefan Schmidt and the Cap Anamur 00:02:35.880 --> 00:02:40.080 was already produced and uploaded one year ago. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:43.100 But due to the current comments 00:02:43.160 --> 00:02:45.775 we want to take a closer look 00:02:45.775 --> 00:02:48.455 at the one submitted by Steven von Demsky. 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:49.460 He says: 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:51.740 "This guy is taking over the business of the 00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:53.660 smugglers and human traffickers 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:58.620 and sells his illegal actions as supporting measures. 00:02:59.220 --> 00:03:00.820 Why won't someone like that 00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:02.460 get prosecuted. 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:03.880 Poor Germany..." 00:03:04.980 --> 00:03:07.795 Even though the events are 10 years old and 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:11.540 the Cap Anamur got cleared of all charges, 00:03:11.540 --> 00:03:14.060 the subject is still highly volatile. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:16.780 According to a current report of the UN, 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:21.640 more than 1.300 people have drowned this year until May 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:24.880 trying to flee across the Mediterranean Sea. 00:03:25.480 --> 00:03:27.940 Because of this, we went to the Refugee Council 00:03:27.940 --> 00:03:31.200 of Augsburg and asked them about the situation. 00:03:31.880 --> 00:03:35.260 Should we let the refugees drown at Sea? 00:03:35.260 --> 00:03:37.200 You can't do that! 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.480 After all, we are obligated to help in emergencies. 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:43.140 Anybody who talks about human smugglers 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:47.080 should keep in mind that it is daring to label 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:51.220 these sea rescuers as criminals. 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.120 They don't provide anything else than 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.120 assistance in an emergency, 00:03:55.260 --> 00:03:58.175 which is an obligation 00:03:58.175 --> 00:04:00.715 for young citizens. 00:04:00.715 --> 00:04:03.365 Whether you live in Germany, Italy, 00:04:03.365 --> 00:04:06.415 or anywhere else in this world: 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:08.500 Assistance in an emergency is 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:10.540 a humanitarian dictate. 00:04:10.980 --> 00:04:13.220 You may not criminalize that. 00:04:13.420 --> 00:04:15.520 Some of these so called smugglers 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.180 are nothing more than impoverished fishermen, 00:04:18.260 --> 00:04:21.080 which are being pushed out of business by 00:04:21.080 --> 00:04:26.340 European, or US, Japanese or Chinese fishing fleets 00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:29.680 That's why they turn to 00:04:29.880 --> 00:04:32.000 transporting refugees. 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:35.140 Formerly, the so called smugglers 00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:37.100 were evaluated totally differently 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:38.540 and were highly respected. 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:40.180 They were highly decorated, 00:04:40.180 --> 00:04:43.200 they were given medals by the government 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:45.840 and they saved 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:47.935 citizens of the GDR 00:04:47.935 --> 00:04:50.905 and brought people from East Berlin 00:04:50.905 --> 00:04:52.900 into West Germany. 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.680 Yet, they were not unselfish. 00:04:56.900 --> 00:04:59.600 They did make a lot of money. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:02.300 That is something they have in common 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:03.640 with todays smugglers. 00:05:03.940 --> 00:05:06.840 Nowadays, it's not German citizens anymore 00:05:07.660 --> 00:05:09.700 that come here 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:11.860 but refugees 00:05:12.460 --> 00:05:15.440 with different cultures, different religious beliefs 00:05:15.445 --> 00:05:17.175 partly different color of the skin. 00:05:17.540 --> 00:05:20.320 What they do have in common ist 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:22.800 that they speak different languages. 00:05:22.940 --> 00:05:24.340 You cannot understand them 00:05:24.840 --> 00:05:26.620 and due to this 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:33.900 being foreign is already manifested. 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:36.140 A lot of German citizens share the view that 00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:38.600 these people shouldn't even be allowed to come here. 00:05:39.080 --> 00:05:40.900 What would you tell them? 00:05:42.380 --> 00:05:44.640 They are already on their way. 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:49.200 Someone, who has left his home, 00:05:49.580 --> 00:05:52.880 who has left his familiar environment, 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.540 that person doesn't just do it for fun. 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.760 That person is suffering an existential crisis 00:05:59.140 --> 00:06:01.940 and you have to help him. 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.600 Of course, you don't have to help a refugee 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:07.100 who is located on mainland, 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:09.800 for example in Morocco or in Libya. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.700 That would be mistaken from our point of view. 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:15.960 But if he should find himself in distress at sea 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:18.780 on an overcrowded 00:06:18.820 --> 00:06:22.860 and more or less domed rubber dinghy, 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:25.160 then you must help. 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:26.880 Which measures could one take 00:06:26.880 --> 00:06:28.600 against this whole problem? 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:31.820 For example, I just recently took part 00:06:31.820 --> 00:06:34.300 at a demonstration 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:36.540 holding a poster, which read: 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:40.240 "He, who sows weapons, will harvest refugees!" 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:43.060 The ones responsible, for the desolate conditions 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:47.920 in Africa, in the Golden Crescent 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:51.500 and also in Afghanistan... 00:06:52.260 --> 00:06:55.100 ...everywhere in the so called third world countries, 00:06:55.105 --> 00:06:57.625 are actually Europeans, 00:06:58.285 --> 00:07:01.335 Americans, the Brits, French, 00:07:01.335 --> 00:07:03.945 also Germans, Belgians 00:07:04.075 --> 00:07:06.745 and also Russians 00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:13.400 played parts in the colonial legacy. 00:07:13.900 --> 00:07:17.640 The modern form is economic colonialism. 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.600 Chinese wholesale buyers 00:07:21.820 --> 00:07:23.640 purchase African land. 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.080 Major fishing fleets work in front of the African coast. 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:30.500 Multinational companies exploit 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:32.900 oil and gas resources. 00:07:34.780 --> 00:07:38.040 The people living there 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:41.360 usually don't get a peace of the cake. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:44.420 Even though the profits are huge due to the value chain. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.380 It all goes to the corrupt elite. 00:07:48.440 --> 00:07:50.440 What could one do 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.820 to fight the causes of flight of refugees? 00:07:53.175 --> 00:07:56.435 First of all, one would have to treat the people 00:07:56.435 --> 00:07:58.805 in the countries of origin fairly. 00:07:59.345 --> 00:08:02.385 One would have to pay them fair wages, 00:08:02.385 --> 00:08:04.520 create fair working conditions. 00:08:04.980 --> 00:08:10.040 Oil-contaminated land in West Africa 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:14.400 forced farmers to give up. 00:08:14.900 --> 00:08:17.560 Our subsidized exports, 00:08:17.760 --> 00:08:20.720 for example chickens, 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:26.340 often force people in Africa to give up. 00:08:26.960 --> 00:08:31.840 They cannot produce at the same price, 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:36.220 the European import products are cheaper. 00:08:36.780 --> 00:08:38.440 In 2016, 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.935 a total of 250.000 people 00:08:41.935 --> 00:08:44.635 came to Germany. 00:08:44.715 --> 00:08:47.655 Even if the limit, 00:08:47.655 --> 00:08:50.825 which was set by Horst Seehofer 00:08:50.825 --> 00:08:52.980 should be exceeded, 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:56.820 and for example another 300.000 people were to come, 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.920 what would that look like 00:08:59.020 --> 00:09:01.200 spread across the entire country? 00:09:01.560 --> 00:09:03.960 It would solve 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:07.220 our demographic problem 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:09.805 if we should manage to educate 00:09:09.805 --> 00:09:11.940 the refugees and 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:14.600 integrate them properly. 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:20.120 In March, i visited my old school "Friedrich Schiller" 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.080 in my home country Bulgaria. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:26.195 A German-speaking school, 00:09:26.195 --> 00:09:28.885 where you can complete DSD1 and DSD2. 00:09:28.885 --> 00:09:31.260 Of course, only if you are as hardworking, 00:09:31.260 --> 00:09:32.640 as i was. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.600 DSD1 and DSD2 are approved language certificates 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.560 that allow someone like me 00:09:40.560 --> 00:09:44.000 to study at a German university. 00:09:44.760 --> 00:09:48.140 The headmistress and her representative in Russe 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.320 took their time to tell me about the history of the school 00:09:52.540 --> 00:09:55.615 and also to explain to me, 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:57.820 why it is still called "the German school". 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:15.180 Hello! My name is Iskra Ivanova 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:17.100 and I am the headmistress of the 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:20.720 German-speaking School "Friedrich Schiller" in Russe. 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:25.360 Our school is the successor of a German school, 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:29.000 which was founded in 1883. 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.880 My name is Pepa Balkova. 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:36.260 I have been working at the German-speaking school 00:10:36.260 --> 00:10:37.980 "Friedrich Schiller" in Russe 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:41.015 since 1996. 00:10:42.160 --> 00:10:45.760 So, I have been here for 20 years. 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:48.860 At first, I taught German 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.620 and since 2007 00:10:52.920 --> 00:10:56.600 I am the alternate director of the school. 00:10:56.980 --> 00:10:58.980 The school's history 00:11:00.040 --> 00:11:03.140 The school was founded by Germans, 00:11:03.160 --> 00:11:06.840 which, at the time, lived and worked in Russe. 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:10.100 It was very important for them 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:12.340 to found a school for their children, 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:14.600 where they could be educated. 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.960 The first headmasters, the first teachers 00:11:19.180 --> 00:11:21.340 were from Germany. 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:23.180 But slowly, 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:24.960 it got bigger 00:11:25.140 --> 00:11:30.080 and also Bulgarian students attended this school 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:33.060 because they wanted to get educated in German. 00:11:34.020 --> 00:11:38.200 The German school in Russe 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:42.140 exists since 1944 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:46.240 In 1991 the idea came up 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.140 to reinstate the German school in Russe. 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:54.340 And since 1992, our school in Russe 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.680 has gone back to its founding idea. 00:11:58.260 --> 00:12:00.260 The German language certificate 00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:04.380 The relationship between Bulgaria and Germany 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.320 is a tradition at this school. 00:12:07.780 --> 00:12:12.180 All pupils learn German as their first foreign language. 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.440 Since 1999, the students have got the possibility 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:24.100 to receive a German degree (DSD), 00:12:24.380 --> 00:12:31.040 which guarantees a language level of B2/C1. 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:33.420 My name is Brigitte Weißörtel. 00:12:33.780 --> 00:12:38.220 I work in Bulgaria as a representative for the ZFA, 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.800 which is the central department 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:41.700 for German schools abroad. 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:44.640 And today in Russe, I supervised the exams 00:12:44.640 --> 00:12:48.080 of the oral exams of the DSD1. 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:50.820 DSD1 is an exam 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:54.360 which allows the students that pass to 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.360 study at a German college. 00:12:57.760 --> 00:13:02.300 I am also responsible for the DSD2, 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:05.960 which has got higher demands. 00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:12.500 With the DSD2 the students will achieve C1-level 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:16.440 and will be allowed to study at a German university, 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:20.640 without having to submit an extra German exam. 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:23.905 The DSD1 and DSD2 consist of 00:13:23.905 --> 00:13:26.300 four parts: 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.640 A listening comprehension, a reading comprehension, 00:13:29.060 --> 00:13:33.700 a written communication, basically an essay 00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:36.180 and an oral exam. 00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:41.640 And today we conducted the oral exams for the DSD1, 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:46.100 which is fulfilled by the 9th graders. 00:13:46.260 --> 00:13:47.940 And we are all very happy because 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:50.740 because all students passed. 00:13:51.640 --> 00:13:53.640 The projects 00:13:54.580 --> 00:13:56.620 My name is Neli Pramatarova. 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.500 I have been teaching German for 20 years 00:14:02.380 --> 00:14:06.820 About 4 years ago i took part in a project, 00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:09.940 it was the Comenius-Project 00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:11.300 and the subject was 00:14:11.300 --> 00:14:13.300 "the globalization in our everyday life" 00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:16.580 4 countries took part in this project: 00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:19.520 Poland, Germany, 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:22.500 Italy and, of course, Bulgaria. 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:25.320 We were the only Bulgarian school 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.840 to take part in the project. 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.000 The most interesting part of it all was 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.440 that the schools got the chance 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.380 to study each others languages 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:37.760 and also got to know the culture of these countries. 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.680 For me personally, it was very interesting 00:14:43.760 --> 00:14:49.020 to get to know the German and Polish teachers 00:14:49.020 --> 00:14:53.760 and to exchange languages and traditions. 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.480 The project went on for two years, 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:00.360 from 2012 until 2014, 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:04.020 In every country we had to finish a product. 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:08.420 In Bulgaria for example, we prepared a cookbook. 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:10.940 In Germany, we went to Hamburg, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.960 where we produced cartoon movies, 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:16.240 which was very interesting for the students. 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:20.040 In Italy, we conducted a lot of surveys 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:24.060 and collected tips for energy conservation. 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:26.340 That was a very current topic. 00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:28.660 And in Poland, 00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:32.320 we went sight-seeing at first 00:15:32.540 --> 00:15:35.160 and got to know the country's history. 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:37.660 The final product 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:39.640 was to compare the countries' legacies. 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.680 And as for the conclusion: 00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:44.780 Our students noticed, that they are able to 00:15:44.780 --> 00:15:46.860 speak German more fluently 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:50.620 than the Polish or Italian students 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:54.720 and their motivation to study improved. 00:15:57.760 --> 00:15:59.700 I am Petya Velikova. 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:01.300 Like my colleagues, 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:03.900 I have been working at this school for 20 years. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.560 I am also a commissary for the DSD, 00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:11.280 which means that I supervise the exams, 00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:16.500 which are associated with the language certificate. 00:16:16.760 --> 00:16:18.820 Since 2009, 00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:22.020 we are working on a project 00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:25.140 together with the "Freihof Gymnasium Göppingen" 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:29.760 It started in 2009 as an eco-project 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:35.820 and transformed into an exchange. 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:39.280 The German students come to Bulgaria 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:42.260 and we also visit Germany. 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:46.360 We take part in class and 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:53.180 the students live with the families of their German friends. 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.960 That way they socialize, 00:16:58.880 --> 00:17:00.940 new friendships are made 00:17:01.300 --> 00:17:05.080 and we have cherished this partnership for many years now. 00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:12.380 This years subject is organic food. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:17.720 We have written a lot of articles about it 00:17:18.060 --> 00:17:21.520 and these will be publicized in newspapers 00:17:21.520 --> 00:17:23.560 in Göppingen, here in Russe 00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:25.600 and on our website. 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:31.120 Why do students take part in these projects? 00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:36.620 Some do it because they want to travel to Germany, 00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:39.340 they want to go sight-seeing, 00:17:39.340 --> 00:17:41.340 they want to improve their language skills. 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:43.940 Others want to find out, 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:46.500 whether or not they will be able to 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:51.520 handle themselves as college students. 00:17:54.300 --> 00:17:58.420 This partnership was founded a few years ago. 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.260 A group of students once visited 00:18:01.260 --> 00:18:04.460 the city Solothurn in Switzerland 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:08.420 and attended its school. 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.100 And the Swiss group 00:18:12.300 --> 00:18:16.040 will visit us this June. 00:18:16.520 --> 00:18:19.920 Hello! This is class 12 B. 00:18:20.540 --> 00:18:22.440 They are 19 years old. 00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:25.240 I am their German teacher, 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.240 my name is Irina Nyagolova. 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:30.620 I have been teaching at this school 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.960 for almost 25 years. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:37.780 I am responsible for the student exchange program 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:41.940 with the cantonal school Solothurn 00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:43.320 in Switzerland. 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:46.640 This exchange has been going on for about 3 years. 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:50.180 We are the only school in Bulgaria 00:18:50.280 --> 00:18:54.060 that has got a partner school in Switzerland. 00:18:54.540 --> 00:18:57.000 We are working on different projects, 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.500 here, as well as in Switzerland, 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:05.440 and we fulfill them by communicating online. 00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:09.240 This September we are awaiting 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:14.560 the first visit of the Swiss students. 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:20.260 Today's 10th graders will participate 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:23.060 and they will welcome their guests in Bulgaria. 00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:30.420 The students 00:19:31.260 --> 00:19:35.080 I am award winner of the FRG Olympiad 2015. 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:38.640 This Olympiad is organized by 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:40.700 the German embassy in Sofia. 00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:43.540 Now I have made plans 00:19:43.540 --> 00:19:46.640 to study in Germany. 00:19:48.260 --> 00:19:50.280 My dream job 00:19:50.280 --> 00:19:52.420 is to become a journalist 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:55.540 and so I will study media and communication 00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:57.540 in Stuttgart. 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:02.260 Before my DSD exams 00:20:02.260 --> 00:20:04.720 I visited Germany 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:07.460 to apply for a place at university 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:10.020 DHBW Mosbach. 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:17.040 I also had an interview there. 00:20:18.760 --> 00:20:21.580 Shortly afterwards, I was told 00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:24.120 that I got the place. 00:20:24.260 --> 00:20:26.580 It will be an integrated degree program 00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:29.740 and I will study business informatics at the DHBW. 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:34.160 I have decided to stay in Bulgaria 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:36.320 because I don't feel prepared enough yet 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.400 to emigrate that far away. 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.800 And I love my country. 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:44.260 I have been accepted by the university of economics in Varna. 00:20:44.280 --> 00:20:46.420 I will study business as an academic major. 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:51.460 You could say that it was a dream come true. 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:57.120 Maybe I will do my masters program in Germany. 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:59.640 We will see what happens. 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:01.920 German classes 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:05.580 00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.500 The environment. 00:21:17.780 --> 00:21:19.520 The environment, correct, well done. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:22.540 What das "der Bäcker" (baker) mean? 00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:11.580 News from Germany and all around the World, May 2017 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:15.380 After the open-air festival "Rock am Ring" 00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:18.045 had to be intermitted due to a terror warning, 00:22:18.045 --> 00:22:19.960 the organizer Marek Lieberberg 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.000 found plain words at a press conference. 00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:25.180 "Why are we the scapegoat for this situation", he asked. 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.500 "Personally, I think we have to stop with: 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:30.080 "This is not my Islam and this is not my shit 00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:32.040 and this is not my whatever." 00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:35.520 This is the moment, when everyone has to address the issue. 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.460 I finally want to see demonstrations 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:39.460 that oppose these violent criminals. 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:41.680 I have not seen any Moslems so far 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.600 that take to the streets in tens of thousands 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:46.120 and say: "What are you doing?!" 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.500 And I want to see change in this country. 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.600 For example, 00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:51.080 that threats to society actually get arrested", 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.540 he said in front of journalists. 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:54.780 Unusual for a press conference, 00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:57.120 the present journalists applauded him. 00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:59.660 Only few media representatives had a different opinion 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.460 and wrote 00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:02.240 that Lieberberg should apologize, 00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:04.200 since Muslims had already condemned 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:06.200 Islamistic terror and had demonstrated against it. 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:09.780 To now take position against an organizer, 00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:12.160 who's event - with approximately 86.000 visitors - 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:14.940 had been interrupted shortly before, is hypocritical! 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:18.360 Federal Minister of Finance Wolgang Schäuble 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:20.735 sees the coexistence with Muslims in Germany 00:23:20.735 --> 00:23:22.705 as chance for the Federal Republic. 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:26.320 "A lot of humane values are being realized in Islam. 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:28.080 Just think about their hospitality. 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:30.220 I, for one, believe that over the past centuries, 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:33.080 Jews had to suffer less in Islamic countries, 00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:35.080 rather than in Christian influences ones", 00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:37.060 Schäuble said on German World Service. 00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:38.220 He maintained his position 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:40.220 that Islam is a part of Germany. 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:43.000 These would be the bald facts. 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.280 "Those, who deny them, 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:46.260 deny reality and therefore, 00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:47.660 were no suitable politicians", 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.540 Schäuble said at the church congress in Berlin. 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:53.940 CDU presidium member Jens Spahn 00:23:53.945 --> 00:23:57.265 prompted churches to stay out of day-to-day politics. 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:59.620 They should concentrate on their central issues 00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:02.060 and he demanded they focused on pastoring. 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.620 Whether or not the "C" should consequently be axed 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:06.180 out of the party's name, 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.300 he did not comment. 00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.700 Woman chancellor Merkel 00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.260 does not share Spahn's views. 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:12.080 "Churches should intervene 00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:14.080 in open discussions then and again. 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.900 One can argue about that. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.520 And that is what we will do", she said 00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:20.440 at the Protestant council of CDU and CSU. 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.220 About 300 adolescents tried to 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:27.840 stop police forces from conducting 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.720 their fellow Afghan student in Nuremberg. 00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:32.200 Dramatic scenes followed, 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:34.780 in which the police used pepper spray and batons. 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:37.400 A teacher told Bavarian Broadcasting, 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.480 20 year old Asef were well integrated 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.060 and a hardworking student. 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:43.460 Afterwards the student was accused of 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:46.640 threatening the police after his arrest. 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:49.460 Which adolescent would react differently 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.740 in such a stressful, exceptional situation. 00:24:52.260 --> 00:24:53.920 After heavy attacks in Kabul, 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.160 deportations to Afghanistan have been folded. 00:24:57.860 --> 00:25:00.180 Bavarian Chief Minister Seehofer 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:02.400 sees himself as the winner of the refugee policy. 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.180 "The entire Berliner policy 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:06.740 had used the Bavarian conception as a role model", 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:09.280 he said literally at an executive meeting 00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:11.540 in the Upper Palantine monestery Schwarzenfeld 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:13.120 If you keep in mind 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.880 that merely 3 million people in Germany 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:16.220 vote for the CSU, 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.700 it begs the question, whether or not 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.560 this is considered progress for democracy. 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.500 The columnist Sascha Lobo 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.740 claims in "Der Spiegel" 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.740 our safety were staged. 00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:28.600 His research shows: 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:30.740 The people responsible for terroristic attacks in Europe 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.180 throughout the past year 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.340 was known by authorities 00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:34.540 to be willing to resort to violence. 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.900 He wrote: 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.300 The state is sloppy 00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:38.480 and wants more surveillance 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:40.260 instead of addressing the actual problems. 00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:43.100 A total of 24 identified perpetrators 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:46.000 committed 13 Islamistic assassinations within the EU 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.420 since 2014. 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:50.780 And all of them - an actual 100% of the assassins - 00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:52.160 were known by authorities 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.640 and known to resort to violence. 00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:55.480 He goes on: 00:25:55.765 --> 00:25:58.135 22 out of the 24 assassins 00:25:58.135 --> 00:25:59.985 were in contact with other Islamists 00:25:59.985 --> 00:26:01.700 or Islamistic networks. 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:05.080 21 had their names on different terror or alert lists. 00:26:05.260 --> 00:26:07.060 17 had criminal records. 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:10.680 13 had travelled into Islamistic regions, 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.680 such as Syria or Iraq. 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:15.680 5 others have either inefficiently tried to get there, 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.580 interacted as a middle man, 00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:19.500 or spent a certain amount of time 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:22.500 in countries with heyvy Islamistic or jihadist scenes. 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:25.320 12 were either wanted by the police, 00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:27.320 or were already monitored. 00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.720 The state is sloppy 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.900 and wants more surveillance, 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:31.400 rather than addressing the real issues at hand. 00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:34.220 That is the bottom line for Sascha Lobo. 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.680 Two young officer candidates 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.660 from the Bundeswehr university in Munich 00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:41.440 were dismissed without notice, 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.120 due to their right-wing disposition. 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:45.220 Both had attracted attention because of 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:47.080 anti-Jewish and xenophobic patter 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.860 or nazi slogans, such as "Heil Hitler". 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.040 Further soldiers of the university 00:26:51.040 --> 00:26:52.740 are currently being investigated by 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:55.080 the Military Counter-Intelligence Service 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:58.460 The searchers suppose that a small right-wing network 00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:00.980 has formed within the 3000 students 00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:03.120 They supposedly are in contact with 00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:04.500 the "Identitäre Bewegung" 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:06.400 and with right-wing fraternities, 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.560 without denying their disposition. 00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:12.220 Local politicians from CDU and AfD are displeased 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:14.840 with a research study considering right-wing extremism 00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:17.060 in three eastern German cities. 00:27:17.255 --> 00:27:20.165 They demand an external review of the stud 00:27:20.165 --> 00:27:23.180 and are accusing the Göttinger Institute for Democracy Research 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:26.700 of offenses against the principles of scientific practices. 00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.600 These reveal: 00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:31.120 Right-wing actions and crimes are especially increasing 00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:33.260 in the so called new (eastern) states of Germany. 00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.960 Incendiary agents in refugee hostels, 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:38.100 houndings of foreigners, xenophobic rallies. 00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:40.940 But encroachments on politicians and refugees 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.620 were an absolute exception, 00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:44.240 is what it said in a justification 00:27:44.260 --> 00:27:45.920 by the selectmen of CDU and AfD 00:27:46.520 --> 00:27:48.620 First steps towards a coalition? 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:50.620 I trust not! 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:54.515 You cannot get better health care than in Andorra, 00:27:54.515 --> 00:27:57.365 followed by Iceland, Switzerland and Norway. 00:27:57.535 --> 00:27:59.575 This is the result of an international study 00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:01.400 led by Christopher Murray 00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:03.840 at the University of Washington in Seattle. 00:28:04.280 --> 00:28:06.760 In total, medical care has distinctly improved 00:28:06.760 --> 00:28:09.280 in 167 out of 195 researched countries 00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:11.620 within the last years. 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:26.960 Jurij Borodkin is the head of the integration project "MIR" 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.920 in Memmingen in the Allgäu 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:33.260 Our producer took part at a seminar 00:28:33.260 --> 00:28:37.320 of the "Bezirksjugendring Schwaben" in Irsee as a contributor. 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:39.220 Jurij participated as well 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:43.140 to improve his media and movie skills. 00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:45.720 Together with another participant 00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:51.340 they decided to produce a report within the seminar 00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:53.340 and cut it there as well. 00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:56.335 The final product was a portrait about someone 00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:58.040 who moved from Kazakhstan to Germany 00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:59.760 together with his family 00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:02.155 and returned to his roots, 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:04.480 who is grateful to be here, 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.040 who wants to achieve something, 00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:07.200 namely, 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.580 that even we can and should learn 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:11.920 and embrace something from other people, 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:14.840 that come here with good intentions. 00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:22.040 Jurij in Irsee (From Kazakhstan to Germany) 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:31.540 During the reign of Catherine the Great 00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:33.500 a lot of Germans moved to the bank of the Volga. 00:29:34.015 --> 00:29:37.015 She wooed the emigrants with peculiar favors, such as 00:29:37.015 --> 00:29:38.755 tax exemption and free land. 00:29:39.455 --> 00:29:42.455 By the beginning of the 20th century, there were over 00:29:42.455 --> 00:29:44.055 2 million Russian Germans. 00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:47.200 The Russian Germans were considered 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.760 an enemy during World War 1 00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:51.340 and so czar Nicholas II forbade 00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:53.700 the use of German language in public. 00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:57.360 This lead to expropriations and displacements. 00:29:58.085 --> 00:30:01.545 In 1915, a liquidation law became effective. 00:30:01.545 --> 00:30:03.955 Deportations to Siberia followed. 00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:14.060 In 1924, an autonomous republic 00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:16.340 was created for the Volga Germans. 00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:18.860 After the takeover of hitler in Germany, 00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:22.080 Russian Germans were forcefully deported to Siberia, 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:25.400 as well as the southwest of the USSR. 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.900 In 1955, 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:29.540 a decree abolished the restrictions 00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:31.220 of the German legal status. 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:33.860 Since then, about 5.5 million people 00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:35.860 returned to Germany as so called 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.980 resettlers or late resettlers. 00:30:39.235 --> 00:30:41.505 Can you tell me where you grew up? 00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:44.280 It's a great plain. 00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:48.780 As far as the eye can see. 00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:52.440 It was very cold in the winter, 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.840 down to -30 degree. 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:55.040 The summers were very warm, 00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:58.980 more than +30 degrees. It was a huge difference... 00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.280 ...considering the climate. 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.900 A lot of cultures were mixed together. 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:06.400 In Kazakhstan, 00:31:06.915 --> 00:31:09.875 culture is an important issue. 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:12.100 A lot of religions manage 00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:14.400 to live together in peace. 00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:17.020 Islam and Christianity. 00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:21.600 It all just kind of happened, 00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:24.360 especially in our district. 00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:26.820 The Catholic church stood right next to 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:30.260 the Russian Orthodox church and the mosque 00:31:30.260 --> 00:31:32.260 at the same town square. 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.640 Nobody was bothered by that. 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:39.120 And these religions still live right next to each other in peace 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:42.800 and even celebrate their feasts together. 00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:46.420 What did it look like? 00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.560 You have to imagine it like this: 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:51.840 We lived in a village 00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:57.120 but the next stop - 60 kilometers away - was a major city 00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:59.940 and in between barely any villages. 00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:04.880 That was the place, where you'd go shopping. 00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:09.220 And in between, there was just a wide steppe. 00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:17.040 Everyone in my family has been a teacher. 00:32:17.675 --> 00:32:18.695 My mother, 00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:21.560 my brother, they are both teachers 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:23.540 I'm a trained teacher as well. 00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:28.600 I used to teach there and my wife used to teach at an intermediate school. 00:32:29.520 --> 00:32:31.660 And why did you leave Kazakhstan? 00:32:32.295 --> 00:32:35.015 That actually was a shot in the dark. 00:32:35.345 --> 00:32:38.405 Our young generation said: "We can try. 00:32:38.405 --> 00:32:41.600 If we don't like it in Europe, in Germany, 00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:44.620 we can come back any time." 00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:47.020 Theoretically, we still have got that option. 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:50.340 When did you leave and why at exactly that moment? 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:54.220 Kazakhstan wasn't doing well economically. 00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:00.100 We only got the option once, 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:02.580 to be allowed to move to Germany 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.640 The "invitation" wasn't unlimited in time 00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:10.200 and we could only move with the rest of the family. 00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:14.040 Of course, this was discussed in large families, 00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:15.280 also with my parents, 00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:17.640 because they had to give me permission 00:33:17.760 --> 00:33:20.560 if they wanted to let their son go 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:24.680 - even though i was of age. 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:28.980 That took 5 years. 00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:31.860 We just applied. 00:33:32.245 --> 00:33:34.045 We didn't know, what we'd get into 00:33:34.405 --> 00:33:36.105 because it was a turbulent time 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.480 after the Soviet era. 00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.960 The chance to go back to your own roots, 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:44.260 that comes once in a lifetime. 00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:49.740 It was not easy for my parents to sign the forms, 00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:53.715 even though it was just a technicality. 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.980 We were of age, I was 24 years old. 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.980 Nonetheless, 00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:00.720 to renounce their own son was not easy, 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:02.720 to let me off into the unknown, 00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:14.780 I am half of German and half of Russian descent. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:19.460 My parents and my brothers all stayed in Kazakhstan. 00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:24.320 I only moved to Germany with my own, small family. 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:38.400 The freedom is the most important thing for me here, 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:42.040 which I enjoy, which I have ever enjoyed in my whole life. 00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.700 Also in Kazakhstan. 00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:49.120 Were you free there? 00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.640 Yeah... 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:56.080 Yes. 00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.860 Until the departure. 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.420 At some point it seemed to become tighter. 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:07.280 I didn't feel that comfortable anymore. 00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:09.800 And that has got to do with freedom. 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:21.280 Integration has definitely got two sides to it. 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.240 You often hear: 00:35:23.520 --> 00:35:26.260 You expect integration from the immigrants. 00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:30.220 But the receiving society 00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:35.020 also has to give us the feeling 00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:37.600 that we are perceived. 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:41.700 And the willingness to accommodate 00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:43.700 and accept the people 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.220 just the way they are. 00:35:46.585 --> 00:35:49.595 To me, integration also means 00:35:49.595 --> 00:35:53.095 that the receiving society opens a bit 00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:59.120 and is willing to make some changes as well. 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:07.480 What did impress me was 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.200 this green color 00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:13.220 from meadows, from forests, just everywhere. 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.620 Everything was so green, even still in October, 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.940 when we arrived in Germany. 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:21.920 It was lukewarm. 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:26.780 Back at home, I would probably be a teacher, 00:36:28.040 --> 00:36:30.460 or a headmaster or something like that, 00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:32.420 something educational. 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:34.420 Maybe I would have enhanced my own education, 00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:38.680 something towards didactics, I was interested in that a lot. 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:42.740 But maybe I would have needed changes there as well 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:44.200 - and wanted. 00:36:45.060 --> 00:36:48.160 So, the chance for change came along 00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:50.160 at a very convenient time. 00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:56.860 After three years, i have already had my job, my apartment 00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.640 and we were 00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:01.680 quite satisfied with our situation. 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:09.780 In Irsee, I want to improve my media competence 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.440 and keep up with the times. 00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:15.120 Since i work with children and adolescents 00:37:15.540 --> 00:37:18.840 so I have to keep up and maybe 00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:21.540 offer interesting projects. 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:27.940 I just want to accompany the teenagers on their path 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.020 with the aid of modern media. 00:37:31.605 --> 00:37:33.395 It is an integration project 00:37:33.845 --> 00:37:36.005 and has been existing 00:37:36.395 --> 00:37:39.205 for more than 15 years, since 2000. 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:41.400 It's organized by 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:43.440 the Department of Youth in Memmingen. 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:45.340 They have been making a very big effort in 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:47.400 matters of integration. 00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:51.880 They are kids and teenagers from migrant families, 00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:55.980 for example approved refugees, 00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:59.260 or families with migrant backgrounds 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:04.820 that have been living in Germany for a while 00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:07.040 For example from Russia, from Kazakhstan, 00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:09.540 or from other countries, such as Greece... 00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:18.340 My last, personal question for you: 00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:20.940 Did you ever regret 00:38:20.945 --> 00:38:23.945 to have come to Germany with your family? 00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.040 No, I don't think so. 00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:33.340 Honestly, I haven't even thought about that, 00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:35.340 but I don't think so. 00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:42.480 Had I known, what I would have to go through, I would not have taken that step... 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.020 ...back then. 00:39:16.245 --> 00:39:19.575 And finally, zero points go to Germany. 00:39:19.955 --> 00:39:23.145 Alright, of course that's not a real headline. 00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:25.420 After all, I can proudly announce 00:39:25.580 --> 00:39:28.560 that Germany actually came in second last 00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:31.580 at this years Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. 00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:35.160 Fine, one cannot really be proud of that. 00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:38.800 Even though we cam in last in the years 2015 and 2016, 00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:42.120 Germany still doesn't have to qualify, 00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.940 because... 00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:44.980 the ones who give the money can choose 00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:46.120 to ignore the rules 00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:48.240 and use them for their own advantage. 00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:50.280 As biggest sponsor of the contest, 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:52.220 Germany has once again proven: 00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.540 Money rules the world! 00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:55.240 High-end lobbyism. 00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:56.860 Just need to know how. 00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:59.220 The qualification is merely an obstacle 00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:01.260 for the financially weed countries of Europe. 00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:02.820 What else should it be? 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.820 After all, you can buy anything with enough money... 00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:08.160 Merely - or luckily - not the title. 00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:09.660 For the past few years, 00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:12.180 Germany had to roll up the field from behind. 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:15.800 Luckily, real musicians do win from time to time, 00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.560 no matter how much they contribute financially. 00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:20.700 In this context, 00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:23.460 statements, like the one from commentator Peter Urban, 00:40:23.560 --> 00:40:25.260 who said that we had apparently done everything right, 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:27.260 hurt a lot less. 00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:30.120 Let's just keep on listening to Helene Fischer, 00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:31.800 is what Barbara Schöneberger said, 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:34.500 since that were the music we absolutely need right now. 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:38.440 Maybe next time, we should just let Helene perform herself. 00:40:39.100 --> 00:40:40.340 But be careful: 00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:42.700 For this purpose the audience has to be censored, 00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:43.920 or rather hand-picked, 00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.540 or even disciplined. 00:40:45.540 --> 00:40:47.440 Or else the plan will backfire, 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.740 like it did, when she performed at the football cup final. 00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.840 Of course, 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.100 we could just let all Germany votes count treble. 00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.520 But seriously, 00:40:56.520 --> 00:40:58.600 the others are supposed to learn from Germany! 00:40:59.220 --> 00:41:00.960 The question remaining is: What exactly?! 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:05.300 Germany's unpopularity especially becomes apparent, 00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:07.360 since the audience and even the expert panel 00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.880 - which was established, 00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:10.620 so that the given points wouldn't be biased - 00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:13.540 still hand over their points to "allied" countries. 00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:17.220 Maybe, one shouldn't leave these decisions 00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:19.580 up to lobbyists. 00:41:20.060 --> 00:41:23.080 In general, television should stay out of these things. 00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:26.300 Same goes for cinema! 00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:28.060 Public service television 00:41:28.065 --> 00:41:30.825 should concentrate on its actual main job. 00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:33.080 The movie and music industry 00:41:33.080 --> 00:41:35.000 shouldn't be left to the few, 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:38.120 who are just interested in their own self-promotion. 00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:40.720 Apparently, we don't want to realize 00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:43.440 that the world is evolving. 00:41:43.665 --> 00:41:46.525 Even alleged stars of the jury, 00:41:46.525 --> 00:41:48.040 such as Nicole or Adel Tawil 00:41:48.040 --> 00:41:49.680 won't help much... 00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:52.140 ...who, ultimately, only get promoted 00:41:52.140 --> 00:41:54.140 by mainstream organizers as well.