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Austria to Change Two Streets Named After Nazi Supporters
- On Wednesday, Braunau am Inn council decided to rename two streets in Adolf Hitler’s hometown after a report deemed their Nazi-linked names unconstitutional.
- Decades of controversy over Nazi street names in Braunau, prompted by complaints and a report deeming them unconstitutional, led to last week’s decision to rename two streets in Hitler’s hometown.
- During the confidential vote, 28 officials supported renaming streets after Nazi figures, affecting about 200 households in Braunau am Inn, Austria.
- The Austrian Mauthausen Committee praised the decision as symbolic, noting the revocation of Reiter’s citizenship and the 2016 purchase of Hitler’s birthplace.
- On the horizon is a proposal to honor anti-Nazi figures and repurpose Hitler’s birthplace, reflecting Austria’s ongoing struggle with wartime memory and reconciliation efforts.
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Eighty years after the end of World War II, two streets in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn are being renamed because they refer to Nazis. The border town north of Salzburg is the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. The two streets are named after composer Josef Reiter and entertainer Franz Resl, both members of the Nazi party. In practice, around 200 households will get a new address. The Braunau am Inn city council made the decision, in a secret vo…
The Braunau municipal council voted for the renaming. It is high time that all brown streets got new names
Austria to change two streets named after Nazi supporters - European Jewish Congress
Two streets in Adolf Hitler’s hometown in Austria are to be renamed following longstanding complaints that they commemorate Nazis, officials say. The council of Braunau am Inn made the decision after a “secret vote”, according to local media. It followed a report, commissioned by the local government, which concluded that keeping the names was unconstitutional. The streets are named after composer Josef Reiter and entertainer Franz Resl, both of…
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