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Berlin veterans watch victory parade on big screen

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Veterans in Berlin watched the Moscow Victory Parade to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on a big screen the city centre.

Veterans in Berlin watched the Moscow Victory Parade to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on a big screen the city centre.

The event was organized by the World Congress of Russian Jewry and held near a memorial to Soviet soldiers. Hundreds of veterans attended the event wearing military decorations.

Celebrations will continue with a concert from the Russian opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya and a conference on the history of Victory Day.

Head of the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin Mikhail Vladimir said around 500 Soviet war veterans and former prisoners of concentration and labor camps live in Germany.

BERLIN, May 9 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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