A Letter From The Publisher, May 28, 1945

TIME comes out in Paris on Saturdays now.

When the end came in Germany, many of the fighting men who won that victory were reading about V-E day in TIME'S May 14 issue almost as soon as you were—less than 48 hours after that same issue went on sale in the U.S.

And just four days after Hitler's death G.I.s in France were reading about the end of this great double-crosser in the issue of TIME which had Hitler crossed out on the cover. "Christmas, Mac," said one soldier in Paris when he picked up...

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