Tourists stand in front of a painting next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, May 1, 2005. The huge 180-degree painting was put in place for the commemorations of the end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945, and gives an impression of the situation at the end of the war there.
Carmen Lesage from France stands on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau, May 1, 2005, in commemoration of her husband, Ernest Lesage, who perished there after his deportation. A ceremony marked the 60th anniversary of the camp's liberation by the U.S. Army nine days before the end of World War II.
Amateur actors reenact on April 25, 2005, the World War II linkup between Soviet and American Forces in Strehla near Torgau, eastern Germany. The actors were commemorating the meeting of Soviet and American forces at the Elbe River 60 years ago, in the first linkup of the allies who were poised on the threshold of victory over the Nazis.
Russian World War II veteran Alexander Nogachyov, 79, looks on during a ceremony, marking the official burial of the remains of 269 Soviet soldiers and officers killed during a fierce World War II battle in the village of Semyonovskoye, 106 miles west of Moscow, May 5, 2005. Veterans, priests, officers and relatives gathered for the ceremony to officially bury the remains.
An Israeli man observes a moment of silence beside his car as sirens mark the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, May 5, 2005. Israel marks its annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust of World War II.
A reproduction of an Israeli police file showing data and fingerprints of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, that has been moved to the archives of Yad Vashem, the Israel Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem, May 3, 2005. The decision to move Eichmann's prints and police mugshot coincided with the recent opening of a new museum wing at Yad Vashem and the 60th anniversary of the Nazi's World War II defeat in 1945.
Timofey Leonov, 88, a World War II veteran, smiles as he takes part in the communist rally outside of the Presidential building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, May 5, 2005. Ukraine's Communists are protesting against the Ukrainian government's plans to give anti-Soviet partisans the same recognition offered to World War II veterans.
Members of the crowd listen during a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Denmark at the end of World War II at the war memorial in Copenhagen May 4, 2005. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen formally apologized during the ceremony for Denmark's having sent 19 Jews back to Nazi Germany during the war.
Riot police officers patrol the Red Square in Moscow May 3, 2005. Authorities have toughened security measures in Moscow ahead of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, center, talks to Canadian World War II veterans after a ceremony at the war cemetery in the eastern Dutch town of Groesbeek May 3, 2005, in honor of Canadian soldiers who died during the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945, 60 years ago. Dutch Princess Margriet stands behind Clarkson.
World War II veteran Eugenio Perez Fernandez sits as others stand at attention while listening to the national anthem in Mexico City, Mexico, May 2, 2005. Survivors of the 201st air squadron that fought in the battle to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese during World War II were honored.
Italian Carabinieri honor guards, right, and a U.S. Army soldier, left, look on near a laurel wreath on display as Italian and U.S. officials join veterans at a cemetery in Nettuno, near Rome, May 2, 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
U.S. war veteran Dale King of Everett, Wash., listens during a ceremony to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the World War II. in Cheb, North Bohemia, Czech Republic, April 30, 2005.
A group of Japanese trade union members hold union flags at the annual May Day rally in Tokyo April 29, 2005. Marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, some 37,000 workers rallied to oppose any kind of war.
A group of Japanese trade union members raise clenched fists and chant slogans at the climax of the annual May Day rally in Tokyo April 29, 2005. Marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, some 37,000 workers rallied to oppose any kind of war.
Municipal workers create huge signs for celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Allies' World War II victory in Europe, Moscow, April 28, 2005. Dozens of world leaders, including President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, are scheduled to attend the ceremonies.
Newlyweds Yevgeny Isakov, 22, right, and Olga, 22, walk towards a World War II memorial to lay flowers on an obelisk commemorating victims and veterans of the war in April 9, 2005. Sixty years or nearly three generations after the defeat of the Nazi Germany, the memories of the Great Patriotic War, as it is called there, are still alive for Russians.
An unidentified woman shouts slogans in Milan's Duomo Square April 25, 2005 on the occasion of Italy's Liberation Day, marking the 53rd anniversary of the uprising of partisans, backed by Allied armies, against the Nazi and Fascist powers at the end of World War II.
People gather in Milan's Duomo Square, Italy, on the occasion of the Liberation Day celebrations, April 25, 2005. Italians traditionally celebrate April 25 as the date in which a partisan uprising in Northern Italy 60 years ago helped usher the end of World War II in Italy.
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, left, is embraced by an unidentified veteran partisan in Milan's Duomo square, Italy, on the occasion of the Liberation Day celebrations, April 25, 2005.