Hitler’s Austrian birthplace reopens as a police station to deter neo-Nazis
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The building where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, has been converted into a police station to deter neo-Nazi pilgrimages. The inauguration took place on Wednesday, with a memorial stone remaining outside bearing an anti-fascist inscription. The move aims to reduce the site's appeal as a shrine for those who glorify Hitler. It highlights Austria's ongoing efforts to address its Nazi past.
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Building officially inaugurated as a police station
Hitler was born in the building on April 20, 1889.
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The conversion to a police station is intended to destroy the building's appeal as a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
South China Morning Post- Building officially inaugurated as a police station
- Effort to destroy appeal for neo-Nazi glorification
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Loaded language removedAdolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria was officially inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday in an effort to destroy the building’s appeal as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. A memorial stone is to remain in place outside the house in Braunau am Inn near the German border with the inscription: “For freedom, democracy and liberty. Never again fascism.
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The conversion to a police station is intended to destroy the building's appeal as a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
South China Morning PostAdolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria was officially inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday.
South China Morning PostA memorial stone outside the house bears the inscription: 'For freedom, democracy and liberty. Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us'.
South China Morning PostHitler was born in the building on April 20, 1889.
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