A German town says no to more small memorials for Nazi victims

A German town says no to more small memorials for Nazi victims

Heidenau council, a town near Dresden in Saxony, voted to ban new Stolpersteine — small brass plaques set in sidewalks, like name tags you pass daily, remembering Nazi victims — on public streets. The town wants remembrance at one memorial site instead. The ban brought outrage and criticism in Germany over daily versus single-spot memory.

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