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Hitler's birthplace begins new life as a police station

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The building where Adolf Hitler was born has been converted into a police station. Austria's government hopes it will prevent it from serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Hitler's Austrian birthplace to become a police station (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.

  2. BBC News

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

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    The opening follows years of controversy about what to do with the 17th-Century former inn, where the Nazi dictator was born.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Police station opens in Hitler's birth house (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Controversy has surrounded the renovation of the building in Braunau, Austria to this day. The debate points to something larger: the continued need to remember history and confront the Nazi past.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Austria turns Hitler's birthplace into police station (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 is now a police station. Austrian authorities have long sought to prevent it becoming a neo-Nazi pilgrimage site.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Austria turns Adolf Hitler’s birthplace into police station (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Austrian politicians hope the change will prevent neo-Nazis from visiting the building as a place of pilgrimage.

  6. Daily Journal

    Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages (opens Daily Journal)

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    BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria (AP) — Adolf 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.

  7. The Times of Israel

    Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Vienna says it is 'facing up' to its 'terrible heritage'; 'Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us,' reads inscription outside Nazi leader's family home in Braunau am Inn

  8. The Guardian

    Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists (opens The Guardian)

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    Police unit in Braunau am Inn will tackle narcotics trafficking and help prevent people 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 visiting it as…

  9. Breitbart News

    Austria Has Converted Hitler's Birthplace Into a Police Station to Deter Nazi Pilgrims (opens Breitbart News)

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    Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria was officially inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday in an effort to destroy the building's appeal.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Austrian home where Hitler was born reopened as police station (opens Al Jazeera)

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    For decades, neo-Nazis and far-right extremists flocked to the Austrian home where Adolf Hitler.

  11. East Idaho News

    Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station. Here’s why (opens East Idaho News)

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    BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria (AP) — Adolf 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.

  12. The Daily Wire

    Amid Rising Jew Hatred, Austria Remodels Hitler’s Home To Prevent Nazi Pilgrimages (opens The Daily Wire)

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    Austria has opened a police station inside the house where Adolf Hitler was born, transforming the property in an effort to prevent it from becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. The building’s conversion comes as Jewish communities across Europe continue to report high levels of antisemitism and…

  13. Omaha World-Herald

    Hitler's birthplace begins new life as a police station (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    The building where Adolf Hitler was born has been converted into a police station. Austria's government hopes it will prevent it from serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.

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