Austria
Austria to tear down Adolf Hitler's place of birth in Braunau am Inn
Leaders in Vienna have announced they will tear down and convert the house where Adolf Hitler was born, which had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. The structure is to be "architecturally rearranged," they said.
Österreich Hitler-Haus in Braunau am Inn (picture alliance/AA/E. Vlasopoulos)
"The Hitler house will be torn down. The foundation can remain but a new building will be erected," Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka told the national daily, "Die Presse." The building would be used by a charity or local authorities, he added.
"In any case, there shall be no connection with Adolf Hitler because otherwise this legacy around the house will persist," Sobotka said.
The decision was made based on a recommendation by a 13-member committee which decided the fate of the building, in a northern Austrian town called Braunau am Inn, just a stone's throw from the border to the German state of Bavaria.
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