Remembrance of Nazi victims: Banaszak on Stolperstein ban in Heidenau: "Scandal"
A joint motion by the CDU and AfD is stopping stumbling blocks in Heidenau, Saxony. For Green Party leader Banaszak, this is the wrong signal at the wrong time.
Grünen leader Felix Banaszak has expressed outrage over a move by CDU and AfD in Heidenau, Saxony, to stop laying Stolpersteine in public spaces. The parties' proposal, which was approved by a majority, claims that many people find this form of remembrance for National Socialist victims inappropriate. Instead, they suggest that memorials be located on the city's North Cemetery, where they cannot be directly trodden on.
Banaszak described the justification that people might walk on the Stolpersteine as "absurd", saying that their strength lies in incorporating the victims' names and fates into everyday life.
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