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Should 8 May be a public holiday in Germany?

VE Day, Liberation Day or no special day?

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Katja Hoyer
May 10, 2026
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Ruins of the Reichstag in Berlin, 1945. Img: Imperial War Museum, BU 8573, Public Domain.

“Isn’t it strange how many Germans still refer to the ‘former’ GDR?” asked the historian Richard J. Evans as w…

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