Austria turns Hitler's birthplace into police station

Deutsche Welle: DW.com - Culture & Lifestyle Austria 22 July 2026, 09:08 UTC 1d ago

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.

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