Hitler’s childhood home becomes a police station in US$24 million revamp

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Agence France-PresseFebruary 21, 2026 at 07:35 AM

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Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria, has been transformed into a police station after a US$24 million revamp. The Austrian government, aiming to neutralize the site and prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi gathering point, seized the dilapidated building from its private owner in 2016. The decision has evoked mixed reactions from locals, with some expressing concerns that the building could have been used for a more beneficial purpose. Austria, criticized for its historical role in the Holocaust following its annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938, hopes the transformation will discourage extremism. The new police station is now nearing completion.

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