Christian escapes by swimming across the border, but leaves Heidi behind. Rüdiger is suddenly presented with a new option.

Herbert Grönemeyer's song "Zeit, dass sich was dreht" was the official anthem for the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany.

Stauffenberg begins to consider whether to attempt the assassination of Hitler on his own.

German poems and songs often use rhyming couplets. But what is exactly is a rhyming couplet?

Eva explains the function of the temporal conjunctions als, wenn, während, seitdem, bis, bevor, nachdem and sobald in helping us order occurrences in time.

German pop legend Nena performs "Nur geträumt," one of her later hits.

Shooting stars may be good luck, but so is having good friends.

Christian considers a dangerous escape plan.

Heino, the king of Schlager music, performs the song "Junge," written by the German band Die Ärzte, who meant the lyrics ironically. Heino, apparently, does not!

Reinhard Mey is a prominent German singer-songwriter working primarily in Germany and in France, where he is known as Frédérik Mey.

Melanie goes to her interview and is asked about her education and skills in marketing.

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg recruits Axel von dem Bussche, a young captain haunted by Nazi atrocities he has witnessed, as Hitler's so-called "European Fortress" begins to crumble.

Antilopen Gang is a German hip hop group from Düsseldorf and Aachen. It consists of the rappers Koljah, Panik Panzer and Danger Dan. The song "Enkeltrick" ("Grandson's Scam") shows them carrying out a scam on an old woman.

Students in Karlsruhe talk about what they do for the environment in their daily lives.

Jo has opened up a store, but needs a bit of help deciding where things go.