Call to demolish Adolf Hitler’s house

Austria’s interior minister says he can imagine having the house where Adolf Hitler was born demolished, calling it “the cleanest solution”.

The Austrian government wants to expropriate the house in Braunau am Inn on the German border where the Nazi leader was born in 1889 to ensure that it does not become a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.

The Interior Ministry has rented the house since 1972 to prevent its misuse, sub-letting it to charitable organisations. The building has stood empty since a care centre for adults with disabilities moved out in 2011.