FRANCE-GERMANY-WWI-CENTENARY-COMMEMORATION
French President Francois Hollande (C-L) and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck (C-R) hold each other's hands during a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the WWI Hartmannswillerkopf National Monument, or Vieil Armand, in Wattwiller, northeastern France, on August 3, 2014, marking the centenary of Germany's declaration of war to France. 100 years to the day since Germany's declaration of war to France, Presidents François Hollande and Joachim Gauck laid on August 3 the foundation stone of a French-German historical memorial in Hartmannswillerkopf, the sole remnant of the Vosges front, a WWI unsung battlefield were 20,000 to 30,000 French and German soldiers lost their lives, turned into a symbol of reconciliation. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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