{"id":186785,"date":"2026-05-08T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:03:22","slug":"european-diplomats-in-minsk-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186785\/","title":{"rendered":"European diplomats in Minsk pay tribute to victims of World War II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 8, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> European diplomats paid tribute to those fallen during the Second World War at Soviet soldiers\u2019 mass grave in Minsk, the German embassy said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Germany marked May 8 as Liberation Day, a state holiday, from 1950 to 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMay 8 as liberation day became the core of common German identity,\u201d the embassy said. \u201cBut we don\u2019t celebrate today\u2019s May 8 with peaceful confidence because we feel that freedom is not a grandiose end of history. Freedom is not guaranteed at all times. That is why we no longer question ourselves whether May 8 was liberation. An answer to that question was given, and it remains correct. But we should ask ourselves how to remain free,\u201d the post says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German Instrument of Surrender was signed late at night on May 8, 1945 in Berlin. In Central Europe, it was still May 8. But in Moscow, because of the time difference, it was already after midnight \u2014 therefore May 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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