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Austria to place police precinct in Hitler's birthplace

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AP Berlin
Last Updated : Nov 20 2019 | 4:00 PM IST

Austrian authorities say the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 will become a police precinct, ending years of uncertainty over the building that's become a pilgrimage site for people who glorify the Nazi dictator.

Interior Minister Wolfgang Peschorn said late Tuesday that the "the future use of the house by the police should send an unmistakable signal that this building will forever be removed from the commemoration of national socialism."

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First Published: Nov 20 2019 | 4:00 PM IST

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