These public honorings of people who committed horrific atrocities during World War II persist despite Germany’s strict laws against displaying Nazi flags or other symbols, and even though many of its major cities have over the past two decades commissioned reports aimed at rooting out inappropriate honorings of [NSDAP] members and others with racist or antisemitic pasts. Most are in the former West Germany.

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For a look specifically at Italy, see here.

ETA: retitled to be clearer.