DARMSTADT -- On their way west from France, the U.S. Army liberated numerous towns in the spring of 1945 and cleared the path for the end of World War II.
Eighty years later, the Lord Mayor of the City of Darmstadt, Hanno Benz, alongside U.S. Deputy Consul General, Jennifer Dewitt Walsh and the Commander of the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden, Col. Troy G. Danderson, commemorated Darmstadt’s day of liberation on March 25, 1945.
On the Luisenplatz directly in front of the Darmstadt town hall, Lord Mayor Benz hosted an observance ceremony, with journalists and spectators gathering around three flagpoles that displayed the American, German and the City of Darmstadt flags.
“March 25, 1945, marked a turning point in history and...
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