The end of WWII marked across Europe
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Country’s across Europe are marking the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The biggest monument in #Prague – National memorial at the Vitkov hill pic.twitter.com/kGwZdqBgHe
— LukasKucera (@LuKucera) March 30, 2014
In the Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka laid a wreath at the Vitkov National Memorial in Prague.
#Authentic #Social-realist #art at #Vitkov Memorial in #Prague. It’s been a lovely sunny Saturday! #VisitCZ pic.twitter.com/Npi1GtVvBl
— Marketa Prague Guide (@CaputRegni) March 4, 2017
In the Polish capital Warsaw a sombre ceremony marked the occasion.
Poland suffered heavily during the war and the subsequent Cold War.
The memorial to the heroes of the Ghetto in Warsaw. pic.twitter.com/KixBdtc6Pq
— Fr Philip Corbett (@pusieana) October 27, 2016
As many as six million Poles died during World War Two.