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- 1Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust 'stumbling blocks'●Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’
A small town in eastern Germany has banned the installation of new 'stumbling blocks' — brass memorial plaques set into pavements marking the last known homes or workplaces of Jews and other Nazi victims. The decision has drawn widespread outrage across Germany, with critics calling it a troubling signal about attitudes toward Holocaust remembrance in parts of the former East Germany.
- 2New exhibition examines Britain's knowledge of the Holocaust●Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
A new exhibition in Britain is examining what the British government knew about the Holocaust while it was happening during the Second World War. The show confronts the uncomfortable truth that officials received evidence of Nazi persecution and mass murder as it unfolded, prompting reflection on why more was not done and how Britain remembers that history today.