A German Army official laid a wreath at the graves of Jewish soldiers killed during World War I as part of a nationwide day of commemoration in Germany for soldiers killed in action. Wreaths were also laid at the Jewish cemetery in Berlin. Meanwhile, police arrested 16 neo-Nazis between the ages of 15 and 24 who disrupted commemoration ceremonies at a cemetery in the eastern German town of Jena by waving Nazi flags.
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