Berlin's battle scars linger 75 years after Nazi defeat

Bullet holes and traces caused by shrapnel from the Battle of Berlin in World War Two are seen on the facade of a bunker, now used as exhibition space of Christian Boros' collection of contemporary art, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2020. Picture taken April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has been forced to cancel public events to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe but Berliners need no ceremonies to remember their downfall - the scars of war are all around them.

Facades in the centre are disfigured by bullet holes and shell damage, a reminder that Hitler's Third Reich ended in devastating defeat, not the liberation it is hailed as today.