SEX....and consequences

A very sexy EuroQuest this week, but not without something to think about! Read on....

Segment 1 - Red Light District Still Black (content advisory)
RNs Dutch Affairs Editor Saskia van Reenen looks at the reality of legalized prostitution in the Netherlands. The assumption was that legalization would benefit the prostitutes get them better, safer working conditions.
But according to prostitutes organization The Red Thread, shady, semi-legal "escort bureaus" are now taking the place of the legalized brothels, and sex workers are no better off than they were before.

Segment 2 - Forced Prostitution in Germany
At the time of the world cup there were fears that as many as 40,000 sex slaves would be trafficked to Germany to take advantage of the event. Mike Mühlberger reports that the International Organization found it was impossible to put an exact figure on trafficking.

Segment 3 - Feminist Porn in Berlin (content advisory)
Some feminists argue that women actually like porn, that is why some female industry insiders are getting behind the camera - to reclaim their positions in front of it.Cinnamon Nippard reports from the first Porn Film Festival held in Berlin.

Segment 4 - The Emotional Consequences of Terminating an Abnormal Fetus
A Dutch report concludes that parents who decide to terminate their pregnancy because of a serious birth defect of the fetus often experience serious feelings of doubt, failure and guilt. Barry Thorne investigates the trauma of the medical abortion of a much-wanted child.

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Back to Belsen Part 2

This week, Berthe Meijer and 70 other Dutch Bergen Belsen survivors return to the remains of the camp to inaugaurate a memorial plaque that some feel comes decades too late. Plus, a mini integration theme with a look at Dublin's ever increasing Polish population and a story of how Italy is integrating its Chinese community.


Segment 1 - Back to Belsen Part 2
Berthe Meijer is a holocaust survivor. Last week she told us how, in 1943, in Nazi occupied Holland, she, her sister, mother and father were rounded up by the Nazi’s and sent to Camp Westerbork in the Netherlands and then on to Bergen Belsen in Germany where she would spend the rest of the war. Last month, 61 years later, she and 69 other Dutch survivors returned to the site of the camp to inaugurate a new Dutch memorial. Today Berthe is going back to Belsen.

Segment 2 - Warsaw on the Liffey: Polish Immigrants in Ireland
When the EU took in ten new members in 2004, Ireland was one of only three countries to open its borders right away to workers from these states. Since then, about a quarter of a million immigrants flooded into an Irish population of only about four million. Perro de Jong tried to find out what has become of the newest Irish residents.

Segment 3 - Chinese Integrate to Italy
Dany Mitzman saw first hand how an organization based in the small town of Carpi, near Modena, has been running a project for contacting and legalizing Chinese businesses.

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Back to Belsen Part 1

Something different this week. Most of the program is devoted to a woman named Berthe Meijer. Berte is a holocaust survivor. In 1943, in Nazi occupied Holland, she, her sister, mother and father were rounded up by the Nazi’s and sent to Camp Westerbork in the Netherlands and then onto Bergen Belsen in Germany where she would spend the rest of the war. When the Russian Army freed her in 1945, she was just 7 years old. Berte tells her story. It is the story of the horrors of the holocaust, told through the eyes of child. Next week Berte, along with 70 other survivors, return to Belsen for the first time in 61 years, to inaugurate a new Dutch memorial.

Segment 2 - Lithuanian School of Yiddish
The University of Vilnius’s Yiddish Institute was the first Yiddish center of higher learning to be established in post-Holocaust Eastern Europe. It is working to preserve and further the East European Jewish language and culture. Sabina Casagrande went for a visit.

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The Far Out Far Right

At right, Jean Marie le Pen is running for President of France again. Does the far right candidate stand a chance of winning, or at least upsetting the election like he did last time? No one knows of course, but sometimes it seems like all of Europe is rushing rightwards. We discuss in this week's show.

Segment 1 - After French Law and Pamuk’s Win, Turkey Lurches to the Right
Turkey correspondent Dorian Jones discusses with Jonathan Groubert how Orhan Pamuks Nobel Prize win and the new French bill making it illegal to suggest that Turkey did NOT commit the genocide of a million Armenians have made Turkeys politics lurch to the right.

Segment 2 - How Far Out Are the Dutch Far Right?
Jonathan and Hague correspondent Andy Clark discuss the bevy of colorful characters populating the new Dutch right as they compete for seats in next Dutch parliamentary elections.

He of the Mozart hair. At left, far right policitian Geert Wilders will try to take his and even more parliamentary seats in this month's Dutch elections.

Segment 3 - Why the Extreme Right Wing Is So Popular in Flanders
The extreme right wing party Vlaams Belang or Flemish interest partyregularly gets over 30% of the Flemish electorate voting for them. Jonathan and Belgian political commentator Stefan Walrave discuss their success.

Segment 4 - Jean Marie Le Pen Ready for French Election
RFI reporter Hannah Godfrey asks if National Front leader, Jean Marie Le Pen, can succeed in the next French election.

Segment 5 - A Musical Look at Reforming the UN (not available in Newshole Version)
Our Barry Thorne has been hearing some very different music about what direction the UN should be going in.

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