Holocaust memorial plaques

A small town in eastern Germany has banned the installation of new 'stumbling stones', the brass plaques embedded in pavements across Europe to mark the last known homes or workplaces of Nazi persecution victims. The decision has drawn widespread criticism, with commentators describing it as a troubling signal about how the Holocaust is remembered in parts of former East Germany.

A German town has decided to ban Stolpersteine, the small brass plaques set into pavements across Europe to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution. Germany's education minister condemned the ban as a "scandal", and the move has drawn criticism as towns across the country continue installing the memorials, which have become one of the world's largest decentralised memorial projects.

A German town has drawn national outrage after far-right groups and local conservatives rallied against plaques commemorating Holocaust victims. Critics say the opposition amounts to an attempt to whitewash Nazi-era crimes and reflects growing acceptance of extremist positions in parts of German local politics. Supporters of the memorial argue such commemorations are essential to confronting Germany's history.