time is still illegal in germany. dancing at home of next our documentary series fall is a man who fled the conflict in his native, syria. it is now the mayor of a village of white here in germany. i'll be back in the top of the hour with more of old news. i hope to see you then the 1000000 people in what it's in just a 100 days. my power is going to be bunch of my family. what cute. how is this age? i'm on a journey to find out about the russo the 19 are to put you on the site, but they expect to see the rhonda. my name is some way to shimmer. i'm afraid it makes sweet shaming history documentary stuffs. april 6th on dw, the see. yeah,

cookie is feeling though. lots of it. this is the jacket i was wearing as we flood . and i was allowed to keep it when we got into the dignity of self what i understood in volume. and to an extent, it's also a memory of my 1st home, see how it has an emotional meaning for me from, from the test in order for this. uh, my name's videos shipped to, i'm 29 years old and originally come from southern syria. i've lived in germany for almost 8 years now in the cal region. i'll take steps to be exact info and i think step theme, this is a life is so crazy for me. on 7 years ago i was in the refugee shelter. and today i'm the mayor. it's amazing how often tastic sizes. and he said he needs office and i came in to he said,

do you think i could stand the man? i don't know if he said of all those times. i thought it was obvious. yes. so my 1st reaction was re on, forget a try and you too young to inexperienced and we weren't sure if us those time wasn't too conservative. when somebody went in to choose to just migrate to you. and i just said, you can't go to the other guy just because he has a house and also sign. that's not how it was just picked up for the party. it says a lot about the pragmatism of the people here that they were asking, can he do the job? and so i think it's very legitimate to ask, can someone with such a different cultural background, the young man is pickett tab, the

good. the advice comes as an election campaign is really hard and it's a major life change and, and that's why i'm relieved that today is hopefully the last day of campaigning. no one there either. fine and by employees, by how supervisors come when you go door to door canvas thing, especially you get to meet people who often don't want to have much to do with you in daily life vista. hi, i, mr. i was shovel a candidate for may or may i introduce myself briefly? no, we don't have time now on puts them in detail. and yet, and they're still there and you have to confront them because that's what the role of mayor is all about. as so representing everyone,

even people who don't think much of you for the image to has yeah, not a share. good afternoon for some of the time of the yano chapel candidate for may or may i briefly introduce myself. my 1st is my flyer. i'd love to leave it with you. have you heard about me? my candidacy? not yet. the street is interesting that perhaps we can talk to this gentleman here as i'm fine. so the election is on april the 2nd. it's the may or election here in awful time. i'll give you my flyer gun and on my side. sure, thanks. bye. so. so let's take a look over here. as capstone pal, looking at the ad hoc minutes by see through where a few times with someone who has a key here, right. we next free, missing on the on the to a while kind of a single to about it. there was one time is competent for someone who is a supporter of the other candidates and it's made their own post as saying they prefer to have a sway being local for the town on time for the whole past month. but that ended up

not well receive can destiny, but because of people don't actually want to judge candidates from where they come from, all but on their own vision and ability, right? via dimensions. and because that's how they fulfill the duties of the job and my son, faith cutting them, it point where he comes from this actually relevant will meet us and build them. i found a food as what the heck wants to sign to. he is an event that you shouldn't say you green so often. so oh really? yeah, there are very few here. i mean, you do this on here. it's all about the local, near elections. i party politics don't play a role in french crickets receded. in convention, they're all different people and they'll still assignment to there's still not only green on the green. got out exactly which been him up at sunset the i'm the parents

group, the village kick off and coffee. since i work as a graphic design, understood somebody else with my help and join the team is a graphic designer. so if you need to all, and you help boost our social media presence enormously, or have you had a plan, we have, we developed a concept for how we would present ourselves on instagram and facebook presence young. as long as this only happens that one social media media and it was really exciting to seems to be and then we started getting our sponsors like, hey, if i put a facebook account now just the phone, are you the so that was cool. that's about with good afternoon customer. good afternoon. i heard you speak the last monday we'll talk, let's say, uh okay, and how did you find it? very good. i really wish. glad to hear it. you can make it happen. let's see. i thank you. i'm so glad to hear positive feedbacks that's of them, causing the 90550 pass on their home in the course of test. so we've got 1900

people eligible to vote. and we have a large holes that that can sit around 15500 people. there was a $600.00 therapy event. so you have to achieve that is that is eligible voters went to see these people that there's the end because we had, yeah, it was basically an outside that who had to deliver an amazing performance in order to be seen and elected in savannah. and then another candidate from the village lost and plastic, stablish, the candidate company that we had this unbelievably dynamic connection campaign, which then they both have to prove themselves type, show what they could offer to show the christmas and really perform well. and that was great type people really got involved. hey austin, on the side the like, you know, it, does it how it's built in these. yes. and it's a democracy, democrats, you big guy, stone, all it's done. and if it was one to thank you. sure. the was mind and since it's caused by the samsung my inside. so my parents are both

retired. this is what my father was an agricultural engineer, mainly for the civil service at the ministry of economics. and my mother was a high school teacher. okie dokie always made sure that she corrected us when it came to mastering the fine is details of language so to speak. so. so the house this het slope, man dodge that and i think that influenced my german learning a lot. this is where the submission of this one think doesn't off funds to a longer time. i wouldn't necessarily say it's an obsessive compulsive disorder. but i'm interested in learning a language to a standard in which you can function in all walks of life in the movies and leaving and so, but also be able to speak at a refined level. if you have to express yourself selectively, something that isn't to be underestimated if you're going into local politics. counseling i have, this is what's task force of the

complete volume of administrative rules for button button bag, the spigot of 10 to the get. it reflects the state of digitize ation here. i had to hold this around for 3 years while i was training as an administrative assistant supervisor and funk. instead. i'm on the phone by. yeah. and but the content mit saving it at the beginning, he was a trainee. here and couldn't speak months, john and susan, and i actually wondered if there was any point of contact then the people who took email and said yes, he's pretty good. i don't see them. he's paying by that's of ink dodge content. and then happy start. and the whole from the business school didn't want to take him because he didn't speak enough to them. and so i called them up and made it very clear to them that it wasn't their business. it was out, let's say we hi and people and they have to train the pay so and if you can speak to them and well enough, that's our problem either if they fail so it was time and effort and money lost so

to speak. but it's our business, nope. is they'll come with and that's how he got on. and then he learned so quickly and ultimately was among the top 5 percent of his year in the state of bottom boot bad. and that's is a lot of balancing that it shows we will write spectra in a site. that's where they started a good afternoon. uh hello mr. she believes you, i will ask you to come alone because we are introducing the candidates. and we've commissioned a company for the broad cost, but i'd like you to be there as l i t x good. could you manage? this is the bias, the sort of course that i'll be there any way. why? good on a team is good. then at this alice voice, which the baltimore was eyes without clemens, goods. all i wouldn't be where i am today for the training and especially the

incredibly strong support now and during that campaign, often those without him i wouldn't have dared take that step one. and i had to shift in slippers to box sizes on the, on the comments. he was sitting in his office and i came in and he said, mr. goods, do you think i could stand for mammogram eyes to? i don't know if he said all of us those time times, but it was all v, as i said, of course, as a setup survey throughout and you can hear me as i said, whether you get a link to these another mass on sunday the but i thought sure, he could run enough to assign someone like that would do them good. i wasn't thinking about him being a refugee or his story. well, i just thought to myself, this guy is good at the time that i'm fucking that them on this quote. if and it says a lot about the pragmatism of the people here so, but they were asking, can he do the jones book on my step out and fantasy?

i think it's legitimate to ask if can someone would such a different cultural background b, m. in fact, come that this so you'll so young, but well, he has experienced the last i have to transfer you to the move in. most people would wish to experiencing a life of even with a can he make decisions in the opposite? yes, he's had to make different decisions than we've had to do with tell tom can we have a life with he? does he have al sense of humor? can he do administrative concepts? and yes, he can. he's learned it from the bucks a month. let's see what you've got to offer you a month. that's an incentive. someone who's among the top 5 percent of the year just find these pools, tossing, pulling things from how said so he's interested. he's a good listener. that's very, very important. hello. he's got everything you need and elizabeth hi, know, on the show was cottage, i grew up in a beautiful volcanic region,

bucks and then this way that it's called us a way to get the tools, a mountain and score beyond mountains. systems my phone, which is where my name comes from, mind off in the some of the ones on my town has 10000 people and sits around 900 meters above sea level mid to who are of the fox. and a lot of apple and olive trees grow there. it's a big agricultural center plate. step 5 point, oh i have 2 brothers, one. the 2nd one, the middle one brother or nothing isn't included either because of course, from an early age. and you always think that the oldest or the youngest gets preferential treatment thoughtful. it's in lots of hog all along and you always feel disadvantaged or not tired. so then your the dumb one, the phone so this, well i didn't like that much as it should be. from to time the kind of guy who blows up when i'm wrong on so and my parents had to deal with that quite

a lot. let me sell my home. we had a lot of fights about that. and since you didn't bring it as close, you want to have the . ringback the united use in summer school like we would do the student edition been dash, truly g. invoices at what you'd call my primary school. it wasn't until the 6th grade, but i was above average. um and then my initial initial life. and then over the years my academic performance declines. lots and now i

got worse and worse of dish. nothing. yeah. base some of it for until i passed high school and had a piano after 2 and a half years and 3 or 4 attempts. how that, that was a big deal, this flush on please, and like, how did your parents react to the disappointed russians, yvonne off they were very disappointed disappointment on both sides of fighting size and. ringback the laws as others and succeed in materials of so i was rarely satisfied with myself and i'm overly self and critical for those of them on sort of the key on those of mind to i always keep trying to reflect on whether my actions or at least what i say the comment comes across the way i wanted to sweep up, leaving was on the system. and of course, that's something that tortures you convince us with this,

this yearning or little striving to always be perfect about the effect so. so that's what motivates me, but also drives me of an awesome them. you know the all that old smile. a trust. unbelievable. yeah. 6 bits line fits when i bed was there i think. so one's an amazing morning. i lived here for 9 months or the 1st off to you on, so it's almost 8 years ago before christmas. 2015 zillow high and on. so we entered the room and saw 6 beds on you, but all prepared to annoy and a table right in the middle of this can on the me to your whole life contained in the locker like this. yes. yes. or at least the mobile i'm phones got this little

far the i'm going notices clear how does this involved that informed me of the missed fear at the beginning was terrible about the residents felt that they had not been informed a tool that such a long shelter would be built here helped of this and as pasta. i can remember that i tried to intervene with alma the toilet and helped us billiards and thoughtful. those who drives why kept saying the situation cannot be changed. and we should all try to make these people as welcome as possible, and then i ended up supervising the refugee. what with my wife and the group of people who wanted to work with asylum seekers who did the field and keeping the tubs, you know, making what he makes. a parent member the milkshake leanne and guides invited us to a milkshake. and that's my 1st memory as to where we sat down at a table like that. successes in india happens to, to i in florida. and then i remember that, well, the industrial from there were 5 of us and we were trying to communicate with hand movements and in german and english. yeah, it's got, doesn't like them. uh,

just let me see. sure. i'm slag within that with those these lennox attacks while the guns rianne and his friends made a great effort to distance themselves from this. and we got in touch with the local newspaper with your thoughts and plaza, telling me in my her couldn't that. that's when we really got into more regular contact and then see if a couldn't talk. smith under kept the mice, then i got tv get then move on. and with most of the negative thoughts were connected to the situation in syria with this kind of feeling of helplessness button. how could i hope for a new life here, while the situation in my 1st home country was dramatically deteriorating again and again, you learn new things, discover new things to improve your qualifications and all the while things were getting dramatically worse for your parents, friends and families, that you put someone dramatically your, the one who has survived from others, formerly up to see if i'm able to have

a good time for them to mention that in. but also of course, i really missed my homeland, especially the people who i grew up with this. after all, i lived there for 20 years. i deeply want to somehow reestablish my connection with that place of helping them both in the office to in front of the impulse that says, look at us, let us on plus 400 us. you know, of course, you have to be lucky to find such a dedicated social environmental then where you have people you can turn to when things go wrong. other, it's not just the day to day things, but emotional problems you want to discuss and sometimes need help with the is this more i can be able to cope with that isn't just my own achievement. and it's also because of the healthy support network. i have to fill out what i saw, big bags, and are you planning on moving back to the bag and

a new book here. we're going to training lisa, we're about to go since finishing is very good stuff. so the only include the good jobs. okay. even though is that kind of the problem is, i don't know what a good shot is. and then come by the old invited to homo. the passenger turned up with refugees, $66.00 or 7 syrians and asked if he could bring them along. some of the step was no problem involved with his evil health contain ha, ha ha. yeah, that was the very 1st social connection i made so. so i think it's this house as well. so you get to know is society well and gloves? one thing is, this stuff didn't count and can as live valued to get together after training more than the training itself. and now it's just us the same instead of go by one.

although i have to admit this, they speak less german and more sway being able to express as the money as i will also. but learning that dialect is also essential for day to day life. as far as us is that for the be that is what was your 1st to when he said he'd stand for man as of just a moment or so. yeah, and my 1st reaction was re on forget it. you too young to inexperienced enough and we weren't sure if us those time was too conservative when somebody, if it's for, for all. but he was the head of our sports club for years after he arrived in germany, it was already heading the biggest departments in the sports club and then other ones. and he showed us most, i've already designed the homepage and we said, wow, that's really well done. and we knew we and had

a good chat and then it was clear. and so of course there were one or 2 instances of rejection. and how dare you play, but he always responded confidently. and there was never a problem either can civil ends without using his father and all kinds of the stuff. this lovely tool, which may sound the english leading the trouble of this fool jump southern. but after high school, i enrolled at university to study finance and banking management. when the war started 2 and a half years later, uh, everything turned on its had the admissions for the eliza pain gates. i had no idea where i was going. and gradually the security situation got worse. so and i had to ask myself, what will i do now? i'm and the happiest mission, it's finally i decided to drop out instead of suppressing them

each boss from 16 i had been exempt from conscription because i've been studying abroad since then. i wasn't the most one done. so. mean at some point i would have to join the army just kind of, but that was not an option for me and has, since i'm in controls and also the final cobra from few. so there was this little group of 4 students. we couldn't see a future now. so the threat of military draft was the main reason for us to say that's enough to help cool. let's leave the country. it's just, you know, for less than the sun. so i'll click on store. syrians couldn't even get visas for jordan back then bonnie: and as a judge to um, one most neighboring countries, i stopped issuing them. my hands bought this car stopped. the astonish

advisor bought the vehicle and it's okay of them. but amazingly, it was somehow possible to get to turkey. you didn't need a visa. we booked flights and fluted turkey. and it's all kinds of problems. i find these uh for the friend of mine and the group had contact with the smuggler. all your thoughts? well, this had informed me of we were kind of have to told what would happen on the hudson dimas off, and then we were very uneasy funded by other funds at the time we had no alternative. i've done that simple. so the, so we decided to risk it to pull them up. also my again, we have seen the quotes for pixar masks and full time. we got into the boat shortly before midnight. and what was wrong from sending it was a boat for $15.00 to $20.00 people and most cost of joke. okay. the but in total in

front of there were $49.00 of us topic on for that was the 1st scary moment to ask a. so that's, that's about cause it's safe because they show that to this night. of course not pulse. since i learned about at some point and you reached the point of no return on august the 5th and we were told that we'd have to get rid of everything that wasn't absolutely essential because they had to reduced cargo wait in the process. you guys have about this distance, this looks up to the multi man animal. and also i realized that the backpack i was carrying with all my things, my reminders of homes i could do. but it wasn't actually that important. this was about survival. it was cold. no, it was a night in november and at some point the waves got

a lot bigger bar to screw up. glass begins, the water started to flow into the boat to united so season on. and you get scared dog to comes to the 1st you vs. what's going through your mind? so what does it feel like to drowning? the guy's beginning and then all the mothers and children started screaming and frame. so basically the basement is supposed to heist until we reach the island of les post. i think those were the hardest a moments of my life. felix, inside the seems to me on was just let me talk to you the

1st month. i know for what does that kind of experience due to a person who isn't knocking 9 this deal? in retrospect, i think that experience ended up being a huge help some virus him of the does your certificate lawfulness. but as of a guy when things kept going wrong here later in all aspects of my life, difficulties kept cropping up with accommodation, my job, and socially, as much as it's an devious elements. whenever i thought about that experience i do, when i went through that night investment, everything here looks like a walk in the park. let's have to. so let's see, i can talk about the tax, the

no, not close to find. and soon i'm not usually a big fan of suits. i much prefer jeans and the white shirt, the in san middleton by spun the so giving us a lot of sense and 10 minutes we'll get the results. and of course, if it goes my way, it will be a major life change that i hack. envelope is all right on top and tasted in the end us as a class and i hope that it works out for me on this evening. so. so mr. table, you can see on instagram,

who's following this to strauss and mr. table. it's really interesting the all, it's great to little place like house is clear about what we want. we want to go. this is, these are 2 very different people. so i have 2 people who are both very searchable . ok, it's time now for the election results. and so to begin, the 1st swing goes to our voters with a turnout of 68.39 percent we have to invalid balance is $1359.00 is valid, valid devices of the 753 votes were from mr. re i noticed you have a mr. marco strauss had 591 votes and, and mr. mathias, 515. both have michael as follows from from the united 60 bank gives mr. re, i know she have a 55.41 percent of the balance, not so we fingerprints to come off the

port of us and we are citizens. it is of course, difficult to say something at the moment like this when words fail, you talked to hospital time has set an example sites, an example for the whole of germany. and so one of the simple people, the photos on an example of tolerance, openness and a good cooperation with us. so i take my hand off to you, so i'm really speechless. but

the thing i'm pretty much done because you always, wherever you're living in this problem, under only losing certain cycles with your own people and getting a distorted picture of the well. but this is totally fantastic. a tougher savage as of this evening, so far as almost life is so crazy as a full is even beyond those 7 years ago, i was in the refugee shelter. and today, i'm the mere boy to scroll down by itself. it's amazing. doesn't fantastic hold on as long as it's hard to describe talents of his 5, the additional into all of the buddies for holding the match

to buckler place there over joy. he's that side by not getting tired spice because on the top of the house he says, since i was little i was special. i bet every mother says banzai's funding. on the other hand, she says on those moans like come close to the incredible dedication to a welcoming culture in germany is what made this possible. like it's talking about the site into the and help me if i'm to the house navigate most of the floyd, it's a bubble my time with re on gave me hope and according to the me told me, is that the joy of seeing someone who started out with such miserable conditions and then made so much of it on them on the front of the n. o is then that is 250

a month to see someone who in the beginning was a foreigner, becomes someone in whom you put your hope for change. that's why i think it as a versa, as best i was kind of kind of pushing you couldn't have gone based on the history even man. so it's like when your child grows up and when you see young people growing up and then you see, look, they've made something of themselves. all this fits us. solve i, it's my 1st day on the job. i have not been officially sworn in yet just for the visual that i'm going to start official business today. so let's see how it goes. i think it's going to be exciting. i really hate this has this focus kind of do you know how to tie a tile?

no, no idea. i think i better leave it. it's okay without the journalist a nice view. click off with a view to the potential new village center or golf central. now some, but i think it's 2, there are a few places where some pictures will go up. yeah. but so here for example, it's all the and in that corner. oh, that's nice and such a nice greeting, typically a capital device. so mister man,

how does that seal office of clock? oh, i've been asking myself that too. um yeah, i got, well, it's a totally new situation. yeah. and you have to get used to the new title 9 to didn't give a good a the full size of the stuff like what are you looking forward to most of everything assessment stuff. i guess those haven't about lies and course those came out. but when i ran for this post, one of the big issues for many residents here was why us those time doesn't have any place where people across generations can meet. well, there used to be lots of restaurants today. there are none, and i guess gone and there's basically nowhere for people to mask off now. and then there's too much and then is the soonest mind the front as the for the good. and if i follow my dream is this concept, it's not a complete concept yet for the thought. i could imagine something here that you could call a new modern village center on this stuff sent home. then 2 of us with apartments

for senior citizens on and on and meeting places for everyone who either side on both the time of this of course was because of the that's a long way off to go outside the local council. have to decide on the other the other does just need to go for not personally, my inclination would be to involve the residents early so their ideas can be incorporated. it's not just about what the mayor thinks would be good or the counsel and then what else? i think it would be a great project to sell me assistance. and that's please go. first question, upkeep valencia on entity from full was actually that was clear to me even before the election. the politicians make the promises and then end up making compromise, as mentioned. so that's why i tried to convey this vision to people. these up is and these visions, our goals we should work on together. right. and so the hello. hello.

yes, may offer my congratulations. thank you. congratulations. i'm very pleased to have him a, a here in my solemn, i don't know how i heard you on the radio. you're being praised all over the place already. do you live in aust, assigned to guessing it will be yvonne kado until we were just passing by the future village center. biggest golf send. which me so much search. then when i 1st became self employed, it was really nice. it was lively. there was a cafe next to then me, then a bookshop level and then up there. what's it called? one of those editors show this minute. it comes with the counselors now, why don't i need a little advocacy to not get to know some kind of a to come off and i was, that was great. and now i always go to his offices, or maybe you'll change that tom and let's see, you know, you know and can do miracles, but i'd really like it all. smoke me. fine. yeah,

this young 9, it donna this year we have a lady and we are honoring her for 10 voluntary blood donations and get this a coach bennett, that's a sponsor that's pulling it's our own town. council member, mrs. pitts. i'm pleased to that you've come now for 10 donations for can you get a lovely 10 by 10, a lot of spend so the was i'm next, the dogs or the phone, but a so next on the agenda is something a bit more interesting. i suppose i could have fits about the way child care costs are being calculated differently as part of parental contributions, with spa nipples, owners, and just got flies done. and sir some of the phone, and it hasn't been easy to make a decision in this 1st week. of officer smith is to deal with this the kansas to

miss that will be holding. that's what convinced me to vote in favor of raising it . this. the top is the fact that we have the most significant wage increase in the history of the public sector. this year to this open session, vince this has and as of plus the same, come out some flip side, almost 10.5 percent more pay for kindergarten teachers. and i said this at the same time we need to operate sustainably. so that's often about view thomas for 4th 4th seasons and they'll be a button, but it won't happen straight away. we'll wait until the end of the year in the office for the at the same time. it is not pleasant news for parents, especially since there are already some who are unhappy with the municipalities, performance regarding child care in mind and this, this kind of as for the compliments it through. yes, compromises are part of politics. it's and local politics groups and it's part of

being human. so making compromises benchmark the sports and the caught soon nice. i don't like the word integration because it's become connected to certain cliches. this emma default. it's always the idea that we have a group of people who are under development and who we want to integrate into our system team into the last one. on one of them. the idea is that they learn the language off and on to here. and we give them jobs like butcher baker, beck or cleaner one of the high naples. so that is kind from y'all's bus out of school and that's fine. i respect all of those jobs. i listen to from the other issue. i missed him and i don't always want to be seen in this context. so you become integrated, you've learned something useful, those concepts and now you can do a trade and a $100.00. no, that's not what i want. i can't do it to me. so i have no practical skills to say,

i see my talents elsewhere. you can find at some point, i decided i want to be there. the now that's integration is an influx, or is it something else of the? yeah it's, that's a caught in mind that the bombs, yes, i'm sitting in my warm office while many residents are outside, busy getting ready for our festival tomorrow. the ones, the 1st she's in the office, the various local bands will be offering musical accompaniment and entertainment items on the 1st, on this and no other than the new mayor will be tapping the barrel woman tomorrow at 3 pm. come to us to sign on saturday. or sunday, it'll be worth it. not as long as this buttons. are you worried about tapping the barrel? no, i'm not. not holding back. so and now, when it comes, carter more more. carrie on the floor. oh this

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