Austria’s Ministry of the Interior plans to convert Adolf Hitler’s childhood home into a police station, The Guardian reported. The move is intended to discourage the building from becoming a site for pilgrimage for Hitler’s fans.
Hitler was born in 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in what was once part of Austria-Hungary. He lived there with his family for only a few years before they moved to Passau, Germany.
The structure in which the future Nazi dictator was born is now a nondescript, pastel building that in no way stands out from its surroundings in the town. Indeed, the only thing that calls attention to its history is a small stone monument in front.
“For Peace, Freedom and Democracy. Never Again Fascism. Millions of Dead Remind [us],” the inscription reads, according to a translation from German via Google Translate.
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