Ceremony held in Potsdam to mourn WWII A-bombing victims

Japanese and German citizens attend a ceremony in Potsdam, eastern Germany, on June 16, 2015, to mourn victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago. The ceremony was held in front of a building where then U.S. President Harry Truman was staying for the 1945 Potsdam Conference during which he ordered the use of A-bombs against Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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