Thus author Uwe Timm experienced the end of World War II 80 years ago: "Then the GIs came and thundered at the door"

When the Second World War ended 80 years ago, the writer Uwe Timm is five years old. In an interview with ntv.de he shares his memories of bomb attacks and the days after the liberation. And he says what he thinks of the plans to make Germany wary again.

Annemarie Kargl-Liebmann was 15 years old when the Nazi regime collapsed in May 1945. 80 years later, she recalled the end of the war.

The Prime Minister has been speaking quite intensely these days about the anniversary of the end of World War II. Only one thing is certain from his speeches. He is fully promoting the narrative about World War II, as we have been taught since elementary school history classes until 1989 and many times after that.

The 92-year-old Erika Pazdera remembers the 89th May 1945 in the PZ podcast "Weiter gedanken"

Only a few days after May 8, 1945 British allies reach the island. The sylters hoist white flags at their houses. Hotels and guesthouses are confiscated as accommodation, swastikas are removed.

"He wants more than the war with these people... they have seen horrible things, suffered terrible losses, and one can learn from them..." 80 years to the day since the Second World War ended in Europe, a new book is being published which has the memories of some of the Welsh who were there.