The city council in Heidenau, Saxony, has approved a motion by councillors of Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that halts the laying of new Stolpersteine in public space. Thirteen councillors voted in favour, six were against and one abstained. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Stolpersteine are memorial stones commemorating the victims of the Nazi regime. In Heidenau, CDU and AfD councillors joined forces against the further placement of these memorials in the town's streets. Representatives of both parties submitted the motion, and the city council subsequently adopted it. n-tv ↗
The decision means that no new Stolpersteine will be laid in public space in Heidenau in the future. Based on the information available so far, it is not known whether the town plans to create another form of commemoration for the victims of Nazism. Welt ↗
The vote also showed local CDU and AfD councillors acting together on this issue. The motion won a majority even though six members of the city council disagreed with it. One councillor did not take part in the vote and voted neither for nor against the motion. Deutschlandfunk ↗
What happens next will depend on how the decision is applied in practice and on whether an alternative proposal for commemorating people persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime emerges in the town.
Heidenau halts new Stolpersteine with votes from AfD and CDU
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Antrag von AfD und CDU - Stolpersteinverbot im sächsischen Heidenau beschlossen
Deutschlandfunk
| 23:37 24.09.
Antrag von AfD und CDU - Stolpersteinverbot im sächsischen Heidenau beschlossen
Deutschlandfunk
| 22:47 24.09.
"Durchsichtig und schäbig": CDU und AfD beschließen Stolperstein-Verbot im sächsischen Heidenau
n-tv
| 22:04 24.09.
Stolpersteine in Heidenau: AfD und CDU stimmen in Heidenau gegen Verlegung von Stolpersteinen
Die Zeit
| 21:16 24.09.
Mit Stimmen der CDU und AfD: Stadtrat von Heidenau beschließt Stolperstein-Verbot
Tagesspiegel
| 20:40 24.09.
Nach Antrag von AfD und CDU – Heidenau stoppt neue Stolpersteine im öffentlichen Straßenraum
Welt
| 20:26 24.09.
News des Tages: CDU und AfD lehnen in Heidenau Stolpersteine ab, Jürgen Klopp mit DFB-Debüt
Spiegel.de
| 18:09 24.09.
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