The long awaited announcement, May 8, 1945. France erupted in celebration when the news of the German surrender was heard and printed. It took months to get food supplies and other goods going well again, but it must have been a great relief to know that the worst was over.
Being here, and seeing photos of streets and areas that we know well filled with German soldiers, stores with "Pas de pain" (no bread), "Pas de viande" (no meat), lineups for basics, people being put on trains to be shipped off to camps and German factories made us understand just a little what these people went through for years!
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Very interesting, thanks for posting these pictures. It has been quite amazing to learn along with the kids this spring about what people went through during the war. It's amazing anyone survived the conditions at times!
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