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Today marks VE day, commemorating the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Lee Miller knew all too well that victory did not signal a knee-jerk reaction back to peace and abundance; that the wounds wrought by conflict would take an age to mend.

In a letter to her editor, Lee acknowledged the struggle in writing a piece on liberation: 'If I could find faith in the performance of liberation I might be able to whip something into a shape which would curl a streamer or wave a flag, but the pattern of liberation isn't very decorative.'

Nonetheless, Lee's finished article on 'the rediscovery of Freedom' began with quiet, if profound observations:

'What is Liberty? It is the little things, added up to equal freedom instead of despair. It is the columns of evacuees leaving the front...it's the cinema for no purpose, it's the group in the street, laughing; it's trusting your friends and your family; or a newcomer because he has an honest face...'

Here, Lee is photographed by her friend and fellow war correspondent David E. Scherman, being interviewed in Paris.

📷Lee Miller being interviewed, Paris, France 1944 by David E. Scherman © Lee Miller Archives, England 2026. All rights reserved.



VE Day 2026 will be observed on Friday, May 8, commemorating the end of World War II in Europe.

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