Med freden, eller i det mindste med fredsafslutningen, den 8. maj, var der nogle politiske ledere, der proklamerede, at frihedens flag vajede i hele Europa, men i dag er vi nødt til at indrømme, at krigsafslutningen dengang kun betød fred og frihed for halvdelen af kontinentet.
With the peace, or at least with the end of the war, on that 8 May, certain political leaders proclaimed that the flag of freedom was flying over the whole of Europe, but today we must acknowledge that, at that point, the end of the war only brought peace and freedom to half of the continent.