There has been outrage after a small town in eastern Germany banned the installation of new Holocaust memorial plaques that mark the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of Nazi persecution.‘Stolpersteine,’ meaning ‘stumbling blocks’, are found across Germany, as well as in other European countries, and are intended as a daily reminder of Nazi atrocities.The motion was proposed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who argued that passersby are “walking over or even stepping onto the names of the victims.” On Thursday, the city council of Heidenau, a...
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