{"id":36821,"date":"2023-06-20T16:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36821"},"modified":"2023-06-17T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T16:33:23","slug":"austria-to-use-hitlers-birthplace-for-police-human-rights-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36821","title":{"rendered":"Austria to use Hitler\u2019s birthplace for police human rights training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18971999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-36822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Stadtplatz_Braunau_am_Inn_Commons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>The house in Braunau am Inn where Adolf Hitler was born will become police station and training centre after \u20ac20m renovation.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18971999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stadtamt Braunau am Inn<\/a> &#8211; CC BY-SA 3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Austria has announced it will use the house where Adolf Hitler was born to provide human rights training to police officers, in what authorities hope will be the final chapter in a lengthy saga over what to do with the building.<\/p>\n<p>The elegant 17th-century house in Braunau-Am-Inn, near the German border, was bought by the government in 2016 under a compulsory purchase order after a long-running legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>Hitler was born in a rented room on the top floor of the house in 1889.<\/p>\n<p>Development to turn it into a training centre incorporating a police station, expected to cost about \u20ac20m, will begin in the autumn, according to authorities\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The house is due to open as a police station and training centre in 2026. A memorial stone in front of the house, engraved with the words \u201cFor peace, freedom and democracy \u2013 never again fascism \u2013 remembering the deaths of millions\u201d is to remain in place\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/24\/austria-to-use-hitler-birthplace-braunau-am-inn-for-police-human-rights-training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The house in Braunau am Inn where Adolf Hitler was born will become police station and training centre after \u20ac20m renovation. image: for illustration &#8211; by Stadtamt Braunau am Inn &#8211; CC BY-SA 3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36824,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36821\/revisions\/36824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}