Posted on Aug 7, 2019
A Long Legal Battle Over Hitler's Birth Home In Austria Ends
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For generations, Gerlinde Pommer's family has owned the yellow, three-story structure in Braunau am Inn, a small medieval town near Austria's border with Germany.
And for years, she has been locked in a dispute with the Austrian government over ownership of the property — which is the home where Adolf Hitler was born. A major sticking point was over how much money Pommer, who inherited the controversial building, should be compensated.
The Austrian government has long deliberated on what should be done with the building — whether it should be razed to prevent it from becoming a shrine to neo-Nazis, a move that could lead to criticism that Austria is destroying part of its dark past.
A stone memorial to Holocaust victims sits in front of the building, as NPR has reported. "For peace, freedom and democracy," the inscription reads. "Never again fascism. Millions dead are a warning."
The dispute started in 2012, after Pommer refused to greenlight requests for renovations. In 2016, the government began an attempt to seize the vacant property. At the time, the Interior Ministry spokesperson said the state would offer compensation to the owner of the building.
And for years, she has been locked in a dispute with the Austrian government over ownership of the property — which is the home where Adolf Hitler was born. A major sticking point was over how much money Pommer, who inherited the controversial building, should be compensated.
The Austrian government has long deliberated on what should be done with the building — whether it should be razed to prevent it from becoming a shrine to neo-Nazis, a move that could lead to criticism that Austria is destroying part of its dark past.
A stone memorial to Holocaust victims sits in front of the building, as NPR has reported. "For peace, freedom and democracy," the inscription reads. "Never again fascism. Millions dead are a warning."
The dispute started in 2012, after Pommer refused to greenlight requests for renovations. In 2016, the government began an attempt to seize the vacant property. At the time, the Interior Ministry spokesperson said the state would offer compensation to the owner of the building.
A Long Legal Battle Over Hitler's Birth Home In Austria Ends
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I'd heard some stuff about the whole thing, not the effort to have had in blown up or the American defense of it during WW2, though...I'd known there was a big eminent domain thing over it, though...the point is, though, fine, great, it's to be used in part for education, thrilling...I just can't even remotely imagine who'd actually want to visit the place except out of morbid curiosity, ya know? I mean, that's just the thought going through my mind, I guess, though it's still a good historical catch, at any rate, certainly....
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