German Town Bans New Holocaust Memorials After Far-Right Push

Local officials in Heidenau have voted to stop placing 'stumbling stones' that honor victims of the Nazi regime, sparking widespread anger.

A small town in eastern Germany has decided to stop placing special memorial plaques for victims of the Holocaust. The town is called Heidenau. The plaques are small, brass blocks that people put into the sidewalk in front of homes where victims of the Nazis once lived. They are called 'Stumbling Stones' or 'Stolpersteine' in German. They are meant to remind people of the neighbors who were taken away and killed during World War II. The decision to ban any new stones was made by the local town council. The vote passed because members of the far-right AfD party and the conservative CDU part…