Backlash as German Town Bans Memorials to Nazi Victims
The council said relatives of Holocaust victims find the plaques inappropriate, while critics called the move a setback for remembrance.
- On Thursday, the local council in Heidenau, near Dresden, voted to ban Stolpersteine—brass Holocaust memorial plaques—from public roads, a motion supported by the AfD and Christian Democrats .
- More than 130,000 Stolpersteine exist across 33 countries, serving as a decentralized memorial to victims of the Nazi regime, though the project has faced controversy with cities like Munich restricting installations.
- Israeli ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor stated that relegating Jewish remembrance to cemeteries makes victims 'invisible once again,' while German Education Minister Karin Prien called the ban 'a scandal.'
- This cross-party vote in Heidenau demonstrates the weakening 'firewall' between mainstream parties and the anti-immigration AfD, as Germany's policy against cooperating with the far right faces increasing pressure.
- AfD figures have increasingly called for changes to Germany's culture of remembrance, emphasizing German suffering during World War II, which critics argue aligns with efforts to downplay the country's Nazi past.
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"Stumbling blocks" in memory of the victims of Nazism were forbidden to be installed in the German city of Heidenau, writes Tagesschau
"Stumbling blocks" in memory of the victims of Nazism were forbidden to be installed in the German city of Heidenau, writes Tagesschau.The initiative was put forward by deputies from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), the...
The decision by the town of Heidenau in Saxony to ban the installation of street stones dedicated to Nazi victims has been widely criticized in Germany, writes the BBC.
A small town in eastern Germany has touched off a fight over how the country remembers the Holocaust. The council in Heidenau, near Dresden, voted Thursday to block any new "Stolpersteine"—small brass "stumbling stone" plates set into sidewalks to mark the last thing in homes of people walled or persecuted...
By Sebastian Shukla and Sophie Tanno, CNN There was great indignation in Germany after a small town in the east banned the installation of new Holocaust commemorative plaques pointing to the last known residence or workplace of Jews and other victims of genocide.The Stolpersteine—term meaning “stones with which
The city council of Heidenau (Saxony) has banned the installation of “stumbling blocks” — plaques in memory of the victims of Nazism. Representatives of Alternative for Germany proposed to introduce a ban. The initiative was also supported by other deputies, including from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Deutsche Welle reports.
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