German president pays tribute to WWI German POWs

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (2nd from R) observes a moment of silence after placing flowers at a monument marking a camp for German prisoners of war captured during World War I; in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2011. Some 1,000 German soldiers were imprisoned between 1917 and 1920 at the camp after being captured in China by the Japanese military.

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