Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of WW2

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  The representative of the German High Command and government signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German land,

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  sea and air forces in Europe.

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  The 8th of May, 1945, was a day of rejoicing in Britain, the United States and many other countries.

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  Germany had surrendered, and for Europe at least, World War Two was over.

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  Here in London, people celebrated with bunting, bonfires and street parties.

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  Yet it was not a day of joy for everyone.

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  For the vanquished Germans, May 1945, marked the end of bombings and of Nazi rule.

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  But it was also a time of deprivation and chaos, fear and soul searching.

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  Millions of ethnic Germans from areas now in Poland and Russia had fled from the advancing Soviet forces, the Red Army.

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