Austria opens police station at Hitler birthplace to deter neo-Nazi tourists
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It is hoped opening of unit tackling narcotics trafficking will deter people from 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 a pilgrimage site.
Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in a rented flat in the centre of Braunau am Inn and spent the first weeks of his life there.
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