“This is a transparent and despicable attempt to drive Nazi victims in Heidenau out of the city once again and dispose of them where, according to the AfD, their memory has belonged a long time ago — at the cemetery,” said Christoph Heubner, executive vice-president of the International Auschwitz Committee. Felix Banaszak, co-leader of Germany’s Green Party, described the CDU’s cooperation with the AfD as “a scandal”. He said that, amid the rise of right-wing extremism, everything must be done “to keep alive the memories of those who were persecuted and killed.” The vote has also drawn criticism from Gunter...
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