(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAY 8 - "We were liberated on May 8, 1945," and "even today, 80 years later, our deepest gratitude goes to the Allied soldiers and the European resistance movements who, with all their strength and many sacrifices, defeated the Nazi regime; we will not forget it," said Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Federal President, at the ceremony commemorating the war's end in the Bundestag. Steinmeier continued, "Our gratitude goes to the Americans, the English, the French, and all those who fought alongside them against the National Socialist terror. We also know how much the Red Army, Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, and everyone else who fought there contributed. At least 13 million soldiers and twice as many civilians died. The Red Army liberated Auschwitz." (ANSA).