Holocaust victims

A small town in eastern Germany has banned the installation of new 'Stolpersteine' — the brass memorial plaques laid in pavements to mark the last homes or workplaces of Jews and other victims of the Holocaust. The decision has drawn widespread criticism and accusations of antisemitism and historical amnesia, with campaigners and commentators condemning the town for turning its back on a memorial tradition now found across Europe.

Local politicians in Heidenau, Germany, have banned the installation of new Stolpersteine — the brass commemorative stones laid to remember victims of the Nazis. According to DW, the move was driven by the AfD with support from the CDU. Critics see it as a troubling signal about how Holocaust remembrance is being handled in parts of eastern Germany.