Clashes erupted Saturday between German rightists and leftists over an exhibit in Cologne that depicts members of the German army committing atrocities during World War II. Police said 26 people were arrested during the protest and counterprotest. The exhibit, which has traveled throughout Germany since it first opened in 1997, has been the target of numerous protests, some of them violent.
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