Austria turns Hitler's first home into police station, a move opposed by Holocaust survivors group
Austria has converted Adolf Hitler's birth house in Braunau am Inn into a police station to prevent the site from becoming a neo-Nazi pilgrimage destination. The decision has faced some opposition, but local officials believe it is the most effective way to strip the building of its historical mystique.
After years of debate about the large, traditional terraced house in the town of Braunau am Inn, which was in private ownership and had housed a charity for handicapped people, Austria made a compulsory purchase in 2017. The government announced in 2019 it would be remodelled and turned into a police station, with work beginning in 2023.
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