Posted on 05/07/2020 9:19:58 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Berliners have been given an unprecedented public holiday on Friday, to mark the end of World War Two but also liberation from Nazi rule. Not since reunification has a German city acknowledged 8 May as a day of liberation and some Berliners are unaware of the date's significances.
A street party and several events have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The holiday is one-off and is not being held outside Berlin.
But there are growing calls for a public holiday to be held across Germany.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
75 years late but the BBC certainly needed to check their sources first before reporting this.
Stunde Null!
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