Firewall debate: AfD and CDU vote against relocation of stumbling blocks
City councilors from the CDU and AfD have spoken out against stumbling blocks to commemorate the victims of National Socialism in the city. Their application was approved.
The city of Heidenau in Saxony, Germany, has voted to stop laying Stolpersteine, small memorial stones, to commemorate victims of the Nazi regime. The decision was made with 13 yes votes, 6 no votes, and 1 abstention, following a joint application from AfD and CDU councilors. The stones, which are usually funded by donations, are laid at the last known residence of Nazi victims and bear their names and dates of birth and death on a brass plate.
The city administration had opposed the motion, arguing that the stones' presence in public spaces allows for a broad awareness and direct confrontation with history.
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