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Hitler's birthplace seizure backed by Austrian court
Source: BBC
Hitler's birthplace seizure backed by Austrian court
30 June 2017 Europe
Austria's Constitutional Court has ruled that the state was right to expropriate Adolf Hitler's birthplace, which will be remodelled and used by a disabilities charity.
Former owner Gerlinde Pommer had appealed against parliament's vote in December to seize the property.
The court said expropriation would help ensure that the building, in Braunau am Inn, did not become a neo-Nazi shrine.
The authorities plan to transform it, to erase its associations with Hitler.
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30 June 2017 Europe
Austria's Constitutional Court has ruled that the state was right to expropriate Adolf Hitler's birthplace, which will be remodelled and used by a disabilities charity.
Former owner Gerlinde Pommer had appealed against parliament's vote in December to seize the property.
The court said expropriation would help ensure that the building, in Braunau am Inn, did not become a neo-Nazi shrine.
The authorities plan to transform it, to erase its associations with Hitler.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40454525