Germans feel “gratitude” for the Nazi defeat that ended World War II in Europe 75 years ago, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a landmark commemoration speech on Friday.
“Today, we Germans are allowed to say: the day of liberation is a day of gratitude!” Steinmeier said at a solemn Berlin ceremony.
The May 8 anniversary of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is a one-off public holiday in Berlin this year, although events have been scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
