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- Heidenau town council approved a motion rejecting future Stolpersteine plaques.
- The motion received backing from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
- Council members voted to shift commemorations to the northern cemetery memorial.
- Jewish regional head Charlotte Knobloch said she is appalled a democratic party supported the extremist AfD.
- AfD currently leads national polls ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU.
