{
  "id": 9767089,
  "title": "Gedenken an NS-Opfer: Banaszak zu Stolpersteinverbot in Heidenau: „Skandal“",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/gedenken-an-ns-opfer-banaszak-zu-stolpersteinverbot-in-heidenau",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T12:41:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/gedenken-an-ns-opfer-banaszak-zu-stolpersteinverbot-in-heidenau-skandal/100257468.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "In Heidenau, a small town near Dresden, CDU and AfD councillors have been granted permission to prohibit the placement of Stolpersteine, or \"stumbling stones,\" in public spaces. These memorial stones honor victims of the Nazi regime. Felix Banaszak, leader of the Green Party, expressed his outrage at this decision to the German Press Agency. He deemed it a \"scandal\" that CDU and AfD are working together to prevent the installation of these memorials. Banaszak argued that the rationale behind this prohibition, which is that people can walk around the stones, is \"absurd.\" He emphasized that the true strength of Stolpersteine lies in their direct presence in our daily lives, forcing us to pause and reflect on the victims' names and fates. The prohibition, he said, seeks to erase the visible memory of these victims. Banaszak questioned why anyone would seek to remove this physical reminder of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime.",
  "summary": "Ein gemeinsamer Antrag von CDU und AfD stoppt Stolpersteine im sächsischen Heidenau. Für Grünen-Chef Banaszak ist das ein falsches Zeichen zur falschen Zeit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}