WWII victory 65 years ago was a "liberation for all"

65 years ago today, Nazi Germany surrendered to Allied forces after six years of war that was started by Adolf Hitler. According to German parliament president Norbert Lammert the Allied victory was a "liberation for all," although it may Germans time to acknowledge this.

The Russian Embassy commemorated the day with youth groups and veterans in Berlin visiting memorials to the Red Army fighters, located in the center of the German capital. The opening of a somber new museum in Berlin , Topography of Terror, documented the headquarters of the Nazi regime's most used resources; the SS, Gestapo secret police, and the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).