Hitler's birthplace in Braunau am Inn in Austria was recently empty. Now it should get a new benefit - with a deterrent effect for neo-Nazis.
- Adolf Hitler's birthplace is in Braunau am Inn in Austria . It was empty last.
- Now it is to be converted into a public building .
- Nazi sympathizers are still visiting the place - the new function is said to have a deterrent effect on them.
Braunau am Inn - Adolf Hitler's birthplace in the Austrian city of Braunau am Inn is to become a police station . As the responsible department head of the Ministry of the Interior, Hermann Feiner, told journalists in Vienna on Tuesday, the renovation is intended to "neutralize the entire place". Interior Minister Karl Nehammer added that the renovation would open a "new chapter" in the history of this historically contaminated place. The plans were first announced in November.
Hitler's birthplace in Brauau: remodeling costs five million euros
The renovation is expected to cost around five million euros and be completed in early 2023. The design prevailed in a competition against eleven other submissions, the winner was the Austrian architecture firm Marte.Marte.
Hitler's birthplace in Braunau.
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The later German Chancellor and dictator Hitler was born on April 20, 1899 in the yellow corner house in the city on the German border. In 2016, the building fell to the Ministry of the Interior in the course of expropriation. The heir was awarded compensation of 810,000 euros in 2019. Hitler spent only a short time in the house , but in the past it has always attracted Nazi sympathizers from all over the world.
Hitler's birthplace: Original structures should largely be preserved
The building had previously been used as a school and by life coaching, but has been vacant since 2011 due to a dispute with the owner. Nehammer welcomed the future use as a police station . After all, the police are ultimately a guarantee of democracy.
After the renovation, the building will have two pointed gables, but most of the original structures should be preserved. The plaque outside the building is to be removed and exhibited in a museum .
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