From Hitler's birthplace in Austria, the facades altered by the Nazis will disappear
Vienna - All parts of the façade altered by the Nazis will disappear from Adolf Hitler's birthplace in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn. This is part of the winning architectural design for the reconstruction of the controversial building, which Interior Minister Karl Nehammer presented today in Vienna. The reconstruction, after which the building will serve as a police station, is estimated by the APA agency to cost around five million euros (133 million koruna). It is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
"Austria needed a long time to deal with its own history. But now we are on the right track," Nehammer is convinced, noting that there will intentionally be no reminder on the building that Hitler was born here in 1889. Austrian authorities have long feared that the site could become a sort of pilgrimage destination for right-wing radicals.
For this reason, the proposal from the Austrian architectural studio Marte.Marte was successful with the jury, which envisions that the house will not stand out outwardly. "The simplicity of the project was what convinced all of us on the jury," noted its chairman Robert Wimmer today. In the coming years, a pair of smaller new buildings will be added to the original structure.
In the house in the municipality near the German border, Hitler spent the first months of his life. Shortly after the annexation of Austria, that is, the incorporation of the country into Nazi Germany in 1938, the Nazis declared the house a monument. It later functioned as an exhibition hall. In 1952, the property was returned to the Pommer family through restitution, which rented it to the Austrian government from the early 1970s.
Until 2011, protected workshops operated in the building, and in the following years it was empty. Eventually, the Austrian government decided to expropriate it despite the opposition of the Pommer family. As compensation, the state paid around 800,000 euros (21.3 million koruna) after a legal dispute.
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"Austria needed a long time to deal with its own history. But now we are on the right track," Nehammer is convinced, noting that there will intentionally be no reminder on the building that Hitler was born here in 1889. Austrian authorities have long feared that the site could become a sort of pilgrimage destination for right-wing radicals.
For this reason, the proposal from the Austrian architectural studio Marte.Marte was successful with the jury, which envisions that the house will not stand out outwardly. "The simplicity of the project was what convinced all of us on the jury," noted its chairman Robert Wimmer today. In the coming years, a pair of smaller new buildings will be added to the original structure.
In the house in the municipality near the German border, Hitler spent the first months of his life. Shortly after the annexation of Austria, that is, the incorporation of the country into Nazi Germany in 1938, the Nazis declared the house a monument. It later functioned as an exhibition hall. In 1952, the property was returned to the Pommer family through restitution, which rented it to the Austrian government from the early 1970s.
Until 2011, protected workshops operated in the building, and in the following years it was empty. Eventually, the Austrian government decided to expropriate it despite the opposition of the Pommer family. As compensation, the state paid around 800,000 euros (21.3 million koruna) after a legal dispute.
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