Hitler’s birthplace house has officially been converted into a police station today.

The Austrian government spent about €20 million to renovate it, hoping it will no longer become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis.
The government has been renting the building long-term since 1972 to prevent it from being used by the far right, then handed it over to a public-benefit institution. After the house was vacant in 2011, the government initiated compulsory acquisition, and in 2017 it was taken into state ownership.
Demolishing it could be seen as erasing history, while turning it into a museum might still attract worshippers, so Austria ultimately改 it into the local police station and the county police command. The exterior walls were painted white, the arched windows were changed to rectangular ones, and a “Police” sign was added at the entrance.
The anti-fascist memorial stone in front of the building has not been removed. It still reads:
“For peace, freedom and democracy. Never again fascism. Millions of dead warn humanity.”