75 to 80 years ago, trains in Germany sent people to gas chambers.

And now at that moment, 2015, trains arrived in Germany where Germans would embrace refugees.

It's been 70 years since the D-Day invasion brought about the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.

It's also been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which despite lingering divisions between East and West, left Germany with a resurgent economy, making it the most prosperous

in Europe. But in recent years, German politics, too, have grown fractious. Moderate politicians

like Chancellor Angela Merkel are having to fend off a new, though not unfamiliar, political

force, intent on reviving that us versus them way of thinking, something that's growing

all across the continent.

Hello and welcome to G0 World. I'm Ian Bremmer. This is the place to hear extended interviews

with world leaders, newsmakers, and experts that I feature on my public television show each

and every week. And today, I'm going to examine the ultimate cautionary tale about what

happens when rising nationalism and

signs of a troubled economy combine. Modern-day Germany, like many countries, is again experiencing

both. Far-right political parties are growing in influence, blaming immigrants for their

country's woes, and even calling on fellow Germans to reconsider their own atonement for Nazi crimes.

And who better to help me out than a man who was once considered Germany's chancellor

in waiting? I'm talking about none other than former defense minister, Carl Theodore

Zuck Gutenberg. Let's get to it.

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Delight of you with Carl Theodore Zuckerberg, Former Minister of Economy, former Minister of Defense of Germany.

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