Gunter Demnig

Artist and initiator of the Stolpersteine project

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Born: October 27, 1947, Berlin

Education: Berlin University of the Arts, Kunsthochschule Kassel, University of Kassel

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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German town of Heidenau votes to ban new Holocaust 'stumbling stones'

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As of September 2026: Sharpened his criticism, saying the CDU should 'perhaps drop the C' from its name

Heidenau's town council voted 13-6 this week to reject new Stolpersteine, the brass plaques set into German sidewalks to name victims of Nazi persecution. The motion, backed by the far-right AfD and the center-right CDU, directs future remembrance to the Nordfriedhof cemetery instead of the town's streets.

Updated Sep 27