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German town bans Stolpersteine memorials to Nazi victims
Original: German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
A German town has banned the installation of Stolpersteine, the small brass plaques set into pavements across Europe to commemorate victims of Nazi persecution. Germany's education minister has sharply criticised the move, calling it a "scandal". The memorial project, initiated by artist Gunter Demnig, has placed tens of thousands of stones in front of victims' former homes, and the ban has sparked national debate about how Germany remembers its past.
Why now: The ban touches a nerve in Germany's ongoing debate over memory culture and Holocaust remembrance.
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- German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims · BBC News
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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