Hitler’s Birthplace Reopens After Drastic Changes to Curb Neo-Nazi Presence

Adolf Hitler’s birthplace is now a police station, Austria’s interior ministry announced on Wednesday, in what is an attempt to deter Nazi sympathizers from paying homage to the dictator. The 17th-century building in the small town of Braunau am Inn, near the German border, had undergone a three-year renovation process, in part to remove any lingering Nazi influence. “The future use of the house by the police should send an unmistakable signal that the role of this building as a memorial to the Nazis has been permanently revoked,” Wolfgang Peschorn, Austria’s interior minister, said in a statement. Over the years,…