Den 8. maj tegnedes en ny geografi i Europa. Vi lagde de totalitære styreformer bag os - visse former for totalitære styreformer - men et andet lige så jernhårdt og mere langvarigt tog halvdelen af Europa som gidsel.
On that 8 May, a new European geography was drawn up; totalitarianism was overcome — at least certain forms of it — but another different kind, although equally iron-fisted and more lasting, took half of Europe hostage.