Jul 22, 2026 7:53 PM EDT
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.
A memorial stone is to remain in place outside the house in Braunau am Inn near the German border with the inscription, "For freedom, democracy and liberty. Never again fascism. Millions of dead remind us."
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Hitler was born in the building on April 20, 1889. His family moved to another residence in Braunau am Inn after only a few months, before settling temporarily in Passau in southern Germany.
