Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War in 2023

Today is VE (Victory in Europe) Day, which marks the day Germany surrendered its armed forces in 1945 during WWII. More than 140,000 NZers served in that war, and over 11,000 lost their lives. Our World War ll Collection serves as an on-screen remembrance: https://t.co/ka9zg4eYer https://t.co/T1jE3DEOUm

— NZ On Screen (@nzonscreen) May 8, 2023

⚡️Zelensky signs decree making May 9 Europe Day, proposes to celebrate Victory Day on May 8. President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a draft law to the Ukrainian parliament proposing that May 8 be the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 8, 2023

Today is the remembrance day of the Second World War. Too bad "Never Again" didn't work. I wish I could say more, but I'm tired after a sleepless night (drone attack in Kyiv) and thinking about my great-granddads who died during 2WW. Poppies by M.Prymachenko and V.Zaretskyi https://t.co/r9NygLITsB

— Ukrainian Art History (@ukr_arthistory) May 8, 2023