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After years of controversy, Austria's parliament has passed a law allowing it to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. Owner Gerlinde Pommer had repeatedly refused to sell the building in Braunau am Inn or allow renovations. Mrs Pommer will now be given compensation. But it is still not clear what the government will do with the former guesthouse. The authorities are keen to stop it becoming a draw for neo-Nazis. The parliament's decision puts an end to a long-running row between the government and Mrs Pommer, who is now retired. For many years, the government paid Mrs Pommer a generous rent in an attempt to prevent the three-storey building being used as a site for neo-Nazi tourism.
In the past it was used by a local charity as a day centre and workshop for people with special needs. But the charity was forced to move out several years ago when Mrs Pommer blocked renovations. The building's future has been widely debated, with opinion torn between razing it or changing its use. Some people, including Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka, have said they want it to be knocked down. A panel of historians, who have been asked to advise on the matter, say that would be tantamount to denying Austria's Nazi past.
A number of cultural organisations have stressed that the building is part of the historic city centre and therefore under heritage protection. Hitler was born in a rented room on the top floor of the building, near the Austro-German border, on 20 April 1889. During Nazi rule, the house was transformed into a shrine to Hitler as the town drew in a wave of tourists. But as the Nazis began to lose control in 1944, it was shut up. Locals say it still attracts neo-Nazi sympathisers to Braunau am Inn, despite the efforts of local authorities to prevent this.
Austrian MPs vote to seize Hitler's birthplace house - BBC News
So you don't agree with Adolf's "final solution" then?It should be leveled and built upon. The area can be a memorial park for those who died in the Holocaust or a center for discussion and information about tolerance of all races and religions.
Or maybe just make it a multi-level parking structure.
What did they do with John Wayne Gacy's house?
Do you?So you don't agree with Adolf's "final solution" then?It should be leveled and built upon. The area can be a memorial park for those who died in the Holocaust or a center for discussion and information about tolerance of all races and religions.
Or maybe just make it a multi-level parking structure.
What did they do with John Wayne Gacy's house?
That shows how little you know about Austria. I lived and worked there for 4 years. What you suggest about Austrians is the complete opposite of the truth.The Austrians will probably make it a shrine.
Not from what I have heard about Austria.That shows how little you know about Austria. I lived and worked there for 4 years. What you suggest about Austrians is the complete opposite of the truth.The Austrians will probably make it a shrine.
I asked you first. So answer the question.Do you?
Are you a troll?I asked you first. So answer the question.Do you?
I asked you a question and you in turn bombard me with ad hom's.Are you a troll?I asked you first. So answer the question.Do you?
Not from what I have heard about Austria.That shows how little you know about Austria. I lived and worked there for 4 years. What you suggest about Austrians is the complete opposite of the truth.The Austrians will probably make it a shrine.
It is the European spawning ground for a new neo Nazi movement.
And neo Nazism is very strong in Austria.
To deny this is to deny reality and it removes all your credibility, cats or no cats.
Please do.I asked you a question and you in turn bombard me with ad hom's.Are you a troll?I asked you first. So answer the question.Do you?
Do I need to put you on my ignore list ??
If you cannot give a straight answer to a simple question then you do belong on everybody's ignore list.Please do.I asked you a question and you in turn bombard me with ad hom's.Are you a troll?I asked you first. So answer the question.Do you?
Do I need to put you on my ignore list ??
