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Can a building outrun its past? Austria is putting that to the test

22 July 2026 · in 80 words

Can a building outrun its past? Austria is putting that to the test

The Braunau am Inn building where Hitler was born officially opened to police officers on Wednesday, following a 2017 compulsory purchase. A stone block outside warning against fascism remains, but the country's main Holocaust survivor group says the project tries to hide history. His parents took the family elsewhere in 1889 after living at the property for only a few weeks.

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