# AfD, CDU ban new Holocaust ‘stumbling stones’ in Heidenau

https://mins.news/en/item/74132

- DW, 2026-09-25 14:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/afd-cdu-ban-new-holocaust-stumbling-stones-in-heidenau/a-79433919?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The eastern German town of Heidenau has banned new Stolpersteine memorial plaques on public streets after the center-right CDU and far-right AfD voted together. Activists, politicians and Holocaust victims’ representatives condemned the move, while artist Gunter Demnig said remembrance must remain visible where victims once lived.

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