A group of artists has erected a Holocaust memorial outside the home of a nationalist politician who suggested Germany should end the decades-long tradition of acknowledging and atoning for its Nazi past. The concrete blocks are modeled after those at the country's main memorial in Berlin to the six millions Jews killed by Nazi Germany. Hoecke, who heads the nationalist AfD's caucus in the Thuringia state assembly, caused uproar in January when he described the Holocaust memorial in Berlin as a "monument of shame." The 45-year-old told an audience in Dresden that Germany's "stupid policy" of tackling its Nazi past was paralyzing the country and called for a "180-degree turn." Lea Rosh, a journalist and activist who was instrumental in lobbying for the Berlin Holocaust memorial, welcomed the stunt.

Source: ABC News November 22, 2017 11:48 UTC