Polish veterans take part in the German hour of remembrance in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 08 May 2015. - EPA
BERLIN, May 8, 2015 (AFP) - Germany on Friday celebrated its "liberation" from the Nazis 70 years ago, with the speaker of parliament Norbert Lammert hailing the willingness of the country’s neighbours to forgive.
During a joint session of parliament’s two houses attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck, Lammert paid tribute to both Western Allied forces and the Soviet Army "who ended the National Socialist terror regime at unimaginable loss" to their own ranks.
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