Catalogue question 153 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What happened on 8 May 1945?
- the death of Adolf Hitler
- the start of the building of the Berlin Wall
- the election of Konrad Adenauer as Federal Chancellor
- the end of the Second World War in Europe Correct
Why — for every option
- A — Hitler had already died by suicide on 30 April 1945, eight days before the surrender.
- B — The building of the wall only began in 1961, sixteen years later.
- C — Adenauer was only elected the first Federal Chancellor in 1949, four years later.
- D — Correct: on 8 May 1945, the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht took effect, ending the Second World War in Europe.
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