After the scandal about the burial of a Holocaust denier on the former grave of the Jewish scientist Max Friedlaender, the Evangelical Church wants to move the tombstone in Stahnsdorf.
"With the repositioning of the tombstone in a central place in the churchyard, we want to preserve an honorable memory for Max Friedlaender," said the Bishop of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO), Christian Stäblein, on Friday in Berlin.
Stahnsdorf - A memorial with a stele is intended to honor the life and work of Friedlaender.
That is agreed with the descendants.
The Holocaust denier was buried on October 8th in the south-west cemetery Stahnsdorf (Potsdam-Mittelmark district) in Brandenburg in the presence of supporters on Friedlaender's former grave.
That sparked outrage nationwide.
The regional bishop had apologized and announced an examination of whether the urn of the Holocaust denier could be reburied or Friedlaender's tombstone moved.
According to the church, the grave of the Protestant of Jewish origin, who lived from 1852 to 1934, was open for repopulation in 1980.
His listed tombstone is still there.
A date for the reorganization was not initially set.
dpa
