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COMPOSITE: In this digital composite image a comparison has been made showing people walking past the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on July, 20, 1945 (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective along Budapester Strasse on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) *** ARCHIVE BLACK AND WHITE *** BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 20, 1945: The ruins of the famous Tauenzien Strasse (editor's note: this is an error in the original caption, the street is actually Budapester Strasse) and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, following Hitler's defeat in World War II. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images)*** MODERN DAY COLOR *** BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 2, 2015: People and traffic pass along Budapester Strasse as the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II, stands behind on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Europe, Russia and the former Allied powers will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory over Nazi Germany on May 8-9. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

COMPOSITE: In this digital composite image a comparison has been made showing people walking past the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on July, 20, 1945 (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images) and a view from the same perspective along Budapester Strasse on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) *** ARCHIVE BLACK AND WHITE ***  BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 20, 1945: The ruins of the famous Tauenzien Strasse (editor's note: this is an error in the original caption, the street is actually Budapester Strasse) and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, following Hitler's defeat in World War II. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images)*** MODERN DAY COLOR *** BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 2, 2015: People and traffic pass along Budapester Strasse as the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II, stands behind on May 2, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Europe, Russia and the former Allied powers will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory over Nazi Germany on May 8-9.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)