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The city of Heidenau, in the eastern centre of Germany, approved a motion by the extreme right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) banning the planned installation of Stolpersteine, these cobbles of memory paying tribute to the victims of Nazism. A decision that provokes an outcry.
The far right (AfD) has never been so strong in Germany since 1945. What analysis of the two victories in the AfD for fifteen days? Is she the first opposition force overseas? Can Friedrich Merz hold? What does the far left victory in Berlin also say? Let's talk with Hélène Miard-Delacroix, professor at the Sorbonne, specialist in contemporary Germany and author of "Heritage Enemies. A Franco-German dialogue" (Fayard, 2021) and Hans Stark, professor of contemporary German civilization at Sorbonne University.
