Hitler’s Austrian birthplace converted to police station in bid to deter Neo-Nazi pilgrims

The building in Braunau am Inn officially reopened on July 22, 2026.

Austria made a compulsory purchase in 2017 and announced in 2019 it would be remodelled and turned into a police station.

Even before the conversion, the only sign of its historical significance was a rock on the pavement from the Mauthausen concentration camp with the inscription "Never again fascism" that does not mention Hitler.

Controversy has surrounded the renovation of the building in Braunau, Austria to this day.