Standing together in fellowship on a former battlefield: on 22 September 1984 Federal Chancellor Kohl (r.) and President Mitterrand commemorate those who died in both World Wars in a ceremony at Verdun.

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Standing together in fellowship on a former battlefield: on 22 September 1984 Federal Chancellor Kohl (r.) and President Mitterrand commemorate those who died in both World Wars in a ceremony at Verdun.

Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President François Mitterrand stand hand-in-hand before memorial wreaths.

A sign of reconciliation on a former battlefield: on 22 September 1984 Federal Chancellor Kohl (r.) and President Mitterrand commemorate those who died in both World Wars in a ceremony at Verdun.

Photo: Federal Government/Schulze-Vorberg

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