German official blasts right-wing politician’s Holocaust remark

Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, on Wednesday blasted remarks by a prominent member of the German right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who suggested that Germany should end its decades-long tradition of acknowledging and atoning for its Nazi past. Bjoern Hoecke also criticized the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, saying, “We Germans, our people, are the…