German town sparks outrage as far-right and conservatives rally against Holocaust memorial plaques

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FILE - Relatives pose for a photograph holding a palm-sized brass Holocaust plaque in German reading, "Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941 in Kowno/Kaunas Fort IX," by artist Gunter Demnig prior to the placing of the so called, "Stolperstein," or "Stumbling Blocks," in front of her former home in Berlin, Germany, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)