German authorities arrested three teen-agers in connection with the desecration last week of a monument at the Buchenwald concentration camp. The youths, who reportedly confessed to the crime, claim that they had no political motives and that they had been drinking heavily prior to the attack. Authorities say, however, that they are part of a group of youths in the German town of Weimar that has connections to extremist organizations.
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