A bar owner in the town where Hitler was born has banned guests from speaking anything other than German. According to Austrian media a Croatian speaking lady was told by a waitress at the Bar-Silica in Hitler’s home town of Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria that she had to speak German in the bar […]
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Mayor stole to fund gambling habit
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The former mayor in Braunau, Upper Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler is to appear in court after taking money from locals to fund his gambling addiction. Ex-mayor Gerhard Skiba is accused of borrowing almost half a million euros from locals claiming it was for relatives of his abroad who are having financial difficulties, and […]
The Mayor of Adolf Hitler’s home says he doesn’t want the building where the dictator was born to be turned into a memorial because the Fuhrer “only lived there for three years anyway”. Mayor Hannes Waidbacher from the conservative People’s party (OVP) said that instead he was keen to see the property that was previously […]
Hitler youth film for schools
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A controversial new film entitled “Hitler’s youth” – Hitlers Jugend – is set to be shown in Austrian schools in a bid to help youngsters learn of the dangers of allowing themselves to be led astray politically. Produced by the young Salzburg filmmaker Lydia Schiffkorn it used extensive archive footage and also spoke to people […]
Soldier suspended over swastika flag
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An Austrian soldier faces a trial for buying flags showing banned Nazi era signs and slogans while participating in an international peacekeeping mission. A spokesman for the defence ministry said today (Tues) a colleague of the militiaman informed superiors when he showed the items to him while on patrol at the Golan Heights in Syria. […]
Hundreds of people including Oscar winner Branko Lustig will gather at the birthplace of Adolf Hitler this weekend to discuss the town’s difficult heritage and ways of fighting xenophobic ways of thinking. Historians, artists and politicians like Social Democratic (SPÖ) Parliamentary President Barbara Prammer are set to attend the Days of Contemporary History 2011 in […]
Jail term for praising Hitler
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A man from Lower Austria has been sentenced to prison for glorifying the Third Reich. The 54-year-old was found guilty of breaching Austria’s anti-Nazi propaganda law. He was ordered to spend six months behind bars, with another 12 months on suspension. The verdict – issued by a court in Wiener Neustadt yesterday (Tues) – is […]
The birthplace of Adolf Hitler is showing more and more effort in critically reviewing its dark legacy. A majority of residents of Braunau are confronted with the town’s connection to the Third Reich leader who committed suicide shortly before the end of World War Two (WWII). A study by sociologist Judith Forstner reveals that four […]
A leading right-winger from Austria has caused a stir by accusing a journalist from his home country of “fouling his own nest” by posing a question about Adolf Hitler in Strasbourg, France.Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Heinz-Christian Strache travelled to the city to meet French politician Marie Le Pen, head of the Front National (FN) party, […]
Another town has stripped Adolf Hitler of his citizen of honour title, it emerged today (Tues).Wolfgang Mair, the Peoples Party (ÖVP) mayor of Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria, announced that the decision was made unanimously by all Town Hall delegates yesterday. Mair added that all of the towns councillors wanted to disassociate themselves […]