“The 8th of May was a day of liberation. It liberated all of us from the inhumanity and tyranny of the National Socialist regime.”
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Richard von Weizsaecker
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About Richard von Weizsaecker
Politician
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German
Richard von Weizsäcker was a prominent German statesman who served as the sixth President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he previously served as the Governing Mayor of West...
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