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- 1Munich to lead Germany's bid for future Olympic Games▼Munich secures Germany’s bid to host 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympics | Daily Sabah
Munich has been chosen as Germany's candidate city to host the Olympic Games, with the bid targeting 2036, 2040 or 2044. The German Olympic Sports Confederation's decision puts Munich forward for one of three future summer Games. A 2036 Games in Germany would carry historical weight, arriving a century after the 1936 Berlin Olympics held under the Nazi regime.
- 2AfD move against Stolpersteine Nazi victim memorials sparks anger●AfD bans the "Stolpersteine" memorials to the victims of the Nazis. We're not a Nazi party, whines the AfD while doing v
Germany's far-right AfD has moved to ban Stolpersteine, the small brass memorials embedded in pavements across Germany and Europe commemorating victims of the Nazis. Critics say the party is attempting to erase the memory of Nazi crimes while simultaneously insisting it is not a Nazi party, and the contradiction is drawing sharp condemnation and widespread discussion.
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Local politicians in Heidenau, Germany, have banned the installation of new Stolpersteine — the brass commemorative stones laid to remember victims of the Nazis. According to DW, the move was driven by the AfD with support from the CDU. Critics see it as a troubling signal about how Holocaust remembrance is being handled in parts of eastern Germany.