After decades of debate, the so-called "house of evil" is set to become a police station. Residents of Braunau, the Austrian town where Adolf Hitler was born, voice irritation over what appears to them an unfortunate repurposing of the building.
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00:00 "House of Evil" - that's what some people in Austria call the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.
00:06 It stood empty for many years.
00:09 Now a police station is set to move in.
00:11 Building work should start within days.
00:14 A decision not welcomed by everyone, because it is seen as an attempt to end debate about
00:19 the place.
00:20 "In my opinion, it is a sign of fear that a police station is being established here.
00:28 Because people are afraid that neo-Nazis could cause trouble here and think they could be
00:33 prevented by a permanent presence of police.
00:39 It is a defensive move, not an offensive one."
00:42 In the past, the building was used by a charity for people with disabilities.
00:47 Then in 2016, the Austrian government requisitioned the house, saying it wanted to tear it down.
00:53 Then it decided to convert it into a police station, saying it wanted to stop it becoming
00:57 a neo-Nazi shrine.
00:59 Residents in the town of Braunau would have preferred a different solution.
01:03 "I am somewhat undecided.
01:06 There used to be a social aid office here, where I did my civil service.
01:10 There would probably be a better solution, a social institution."
01:14 "I have thought a lot about this issue and think that using it for another social or
01:23 cultural institution would have been better.
01:26 So I am not really in favor of a police station.
01:33 I would have preferred it if they had left it as it was.
01:36 It did not harm anyone and could have housed social aid institutions once again."
01:45 To complicate matters even more, an old newspaper article has emerged that says Hitler himself
01:50 wanted his birthplace to be converted into an administrative building.
01:55 However some say it now looks like the Austrian government might be inadvertently fulfilling
02:00 Hitler's own wish.
02:02 Vienna wanted to end the debate about the "house of evil".
02:05 Instead, it's very much alive.
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