And he now clutched at Roosevelt’s death with the demented fury of the addict who has stumbled upon a cache of his favourite drug by chance. The Fuehrer’s world had been crumbling all around him, unrelentingly, as he lay holed up in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery. The death, on April 12, 1945, of President Roosevelt was for Adolf Hitler his last shot of adrenaline. In Russia, Victory Day is celebrated on May 9, because of the time difference. Marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe, or VE Day, the day Nazi Germany signed the instrument of surrender, bringing a formal end to World War Two in Europe.
