The three-year-old pictures were published in today's edition of the mass circulation daily "Bild."
"Bild" quotes Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung as saying his administration "cannot tolerate such behavior by German soldiers."
Jung reportedly said the troops would be prosecuted if the pictures proved to be genuine.
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