US Edition80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers
- In May 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered after intense fighting in Berlin, culminating in the military capitulation signed in Reims and Berlin.
- This surrender followed the Battle of Berlin, where Soviet troops encircled the city on April 25 and faced severe street fights until German forces capitulated on May 2.
- Berlin was left largely in ruins with extensive bomb damage, yet infrastructure such as sewerage was repaired relatively quickly despite persistent hardships like damaged schools and destroyed buildings.
- The conclusion of the war in Europe is commemorated in the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst’s preserved hall, where director Jörg Morré highlighted that Germany’s surrender was officially signed, marking the end of World War II on the continent.
- Postwar Berlin was divided into Allied sectors, later split into two German states, and after reunification in 1990, Berlin was restored as Germany’s capital with visible scars of its wartime past.
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Independent EspañolBerlin still shows scars 80 years after key battle that sealed the Nazi defeat
The center of Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense struggle for the capital in May 1945.
Germany's War Graves Spark Controversy
Eighty years after World War II ended in Europe, Germany continues to recover and rebury its fallen soldiers, leading to controversy. The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission) leads these efforts, aiming to provide dignified burials for the war dead. However, the organization’s work has ignited debates over how Germany remembers its past, especially amid the rise of more right-wing movements across the nation. In…
80 years later, search still on for WWII fallen
HALBE, Germany — In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black coffins, and German soldiers lowered them respectfully into a large,…
German burials of Nazi remains stir controversy over national memory
World War II ended 80 years ago this Thursday, but the remains of German soldiers are still being found across Europe today. As Germany's far-right AfD party rallies behind a broader effort to reframe national memory, the discoveries – and the German commission in charge of providing “dignified” burials for them – are reigniting questions around remembrance.
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