Sandego.net – A decision in the eastern German town of Heidenau to block additional Holocaust memorial plaques has prompted sharp criticism from Jewish representatives, artists and political opponents. The town council near Dresden, in the state of Saxony, approved a proposal preventing further installation of Stolpersteine, the small brass markers placed at locations connected to people persecuted by the Nazis.

Stolpersteine, commonly translated as “stumbling blocks,” are embedded in pavements outside former homes or workplaces. Each 10-centimetre brass cube records details of an individual victim, typically including a name, deportation date and place of death. Their purpose is to bring remembrance out of museums and cemeteries and into ordinary streets.…