Caption

The wreaths of all five permanent constitutional bodies lie in front of the sculpture Mother with dead son by Käthe Kollwitz after the silent commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the Neue Wache, the central memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the victims of war and tyranny, Berlin, 8 May 2025

Date

May 08, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ben Kriemann

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BRK25E59_267

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38,6Mb (3,0Mb) / 15,0in x 10,0in / 4500 x 3000 (300dpi)

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