Decision in the city council: Outrage over ban on stumbling stones in Heidenau
In Saxon Heidenau, no more stumbling blocks are to be laid at the request of the CDU and AfD. Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch speaks of a "completely wrong path". And not just she does.
The city council of Heidenau in Saxony has passed a motion to stop laying Stolpersteine, small brass plaques commemorating victims of the Nazi regime, in public streets. The decision, proposed by the AfD and CDU, has sparked nationwide criticism, with many arguing that it erases the memory of Jewish victims. Israel's ambassador Ron Prosor expressed shame, while Holocaust survivor and community leader Charlotte Knobloch described the move as a "completely wrong path".
The plaques, which have been laid in many European countries since the 1990s, will instead be located on the city's Nordfriedhof cemetery.
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