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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Continued from Page 16 in a rate waiting for her russian liberators in d i Iai ets rewarded with rape. A the russians rampaged said Ryan suicides k Olace everywhere. In the Pankow District alone Xides were recorded within three weeks it of them women. One woman fished out of Driver had tied two shopping bags filled full of a. Koto her arms and grasping a baby under each m had jumped  women were killed if the fused some were killed  others were Eft in the position they had been raped their Heads battered  an estimated 100,000 civilians Are killed from the Fin Tina in Berlin. Another 20,000 fall from heart sacks 6,000 from suicide. At least 100,000 russians die. No one knows the number of German soldiers slain. April 28 preparing to leave Italy Benito Mussolini and his mistress Are captured by italian partisans. They Are shot and hanged by their heels. April 29 Hitler marries his mistress Eva Braun. April 30 not much of a honeymoon. On the afternoon of this Day with russian tanks a half mile away and a last meal of Spaghetti in his belly Adolf Hitler shoots himself with a pistol. Is col. Otto Gunsche hurrying into Hitler s room sees the dead fihrer s face covered with blood. Mrs. Hitler shoes neatly placed at the end of the Couch having taken cyanide Dies with her eyes wide open.  evil god is dead. The bodies Are carried into the courtyard and doused in gasoline. Hitler s Valet will say he took the twist of paper bearing the flame that set the bodies afire. Hitler s chauffeur will say he could t get away from the smell even Back in the Bunker. His supreme Leader his Fuhrer the heart of nazi darkness smelled like Bacon  the race is All Over but not the shouting. Never in the history of warfare have so Many men moved so fast. Eisenhower sends a terse message to the combined chiefs of staff the Mission of this Allied Force was fulfilled at 0241local time May 7, 1945." Germany quits were the words covering a half Page in the stars and stripes on May 8. Historians tallying up the results noted that world War i ended with a declaration by an Allied commander that Germany was not broken in a military sense and must be granted terms it could accept. After four years and four months that War ended with 24 German divisions still on French soil. Hitler used it As a rallying cry later the undefeated More than 70,000 germans Laid Down their arms in surrender on the Day Berlin fell to the russians. German army sold out by cowardly politicians. This time after five years and eight months the european phase of world Slaughter ii ended with Allied armies in Complete occupation of virtually the entire bleeding and broken Reich. The unconditional surrender of our enemies was the signal for the greatest outburst of Joy in the history of Mankind said Churchill in Triumph and tragedy. The Earth moved in London and new York and Jimmy Cannon a stars and stripes correspondent saw How it was in Paris. We Rode around the City in a jeep on be Day. They danced in the streets and musicians moved through the crowds and the girls piled into the vehicle and sat on the Hood and Clung to the sides of it. It was the gayest town i be Ever seen. The people were the happiest i be Ever known. And i believed there would never be another  file photo col. Gen. Paul Stumpf on behalf of the Luftwaffe As successor to Hermann Goering was among the signatories of an unconditional surrender document in the presence of Allied leaders Early on May 9,1945, in Berlin. The ceremony ratified the surrender of germans to Allied leaders in reims France two Days earlier. Stars and stripes bookstores stars and stripes bookstores _ a. Mem. F you la save $5 on this perfect gift for Mother s Day regular Price $19.95 our Price $14.95 3 the Pillsbury Cookbook will be the Cookbook Shell love to use for herself and the whole family. Save $5 off the original Price of $19.95 for this All purpose Cookbook featuring More than 1 ,200 recipes. Inside this Cookbook Shell also find nutritional information including fiber and cholesterol ideas for microwaving and grilling and much More. The discounted Price for the Pillsbury Cookbook is Only $14.95 at your stars and stripes shopping Center Bookstore. You la find stars and stripes bookstores Well stocked with numerous paperbacks magazines and hardcover books All discounted for you. Customer savings already total More than $910,000 in fiscal 1990. Stop in and save at your stars and stripes Bookstore today stars and stripes bookstores serving those serving Over Here. 30 Nom Cdo o o30 m a Stu  a stars a ainu Tab   us a y stars and stripes Book ores stars and stripes bookstores. K4��e Toon the stars and stripes Page 17sunday, May 6, 1990 stripes  
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