Police station opens at Hitler's birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link

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- NYT World·1d agoHitler’s Birthplace in Austria Is Now a Police Station
The government repurposed the 17th-century building in hopes of preventing the site from becoming an attraction for Nazi sympathizers.
Read at NYT World → - Guardian AU Headlines·1d agoAustria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists
It is hoped opening of unit tackling narcotics trafficking will deter people from visiting it as pilgrimage site Austria has opened a police station in the birthplace of Adolf Hitler in an attempt to “neutralise” its toxic legacy, after years of debate over how to stop neo-Nazis…
Read at Guardian AU Headlines → - Express Tribune World·1d agoHitler's birthplace begins new life as a police station
Austria's government hopes that the conversion will prevent it from serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis
Read at Express Tribune World → - Sky News Home·1d agoHitler’s birthplace reopens as police station to deter neo-Nazis
The building Adolf Hitler was born in has been converted into a police station, in a bid by the Austrian government to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
Read at Sky News Home → - Independent World·1d agoHouse where Hitler was born becomes police station to deter neo-Nazi visitors
The aim was to ‘prevent any association’ with the dictator
Read at Independent World → - The Print World·1d agoHitler’s birthplace begins new life as a police station
By Francois Murphy BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria, July 22 (Reuters) - The building Adolf Hitler was born in near the Austrian border with Germany officially begins a new life as a police station on
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