House Hitler was born in up for sale

[Cybach]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8347438.stm

Hitler house sale alarms locals

The sale of Adolf Hitler's family home in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn has triggered concern that it could become a shrine for Nazi sympathisers.

The unassuming house where Hitler was born in 1889 has been put on the market priced at 2.2m euros (£1.9m; $3.3m).

Residents and local politicians fear that the property could fall into the hands of far-right extremists. Braunau's mayor Gerhard Skiba wants to prevent that happening, but the council does not have the funds to buy it. The building is currently used by an organisation helping the disabled and has at various times in its history housed a library, bank and technical institute.

Some historians have suggested turning the building into a museum. However Mr Skiba vigorously opposes the idea, saying it would encourage people from all over the world to visit the site. For the time being, the only reminder of the building's infamous past is a small memorial dedicated to the victims of the Nazis.

So. Do you think there should be legal action undertaken to stop the sale of the property? Or is it irrelevant that there runs the risk that it could be bought by Hitler sympathizers and turned into a shrine. It being the house he was born and raised in.

What do you think should best be done about this sensitive subject? Simply treat it as any other house and allow it to go on the open market? Or disallow it's sale to the public?





PS: On a related note. Hitler's art (He is thought to have produced over 3,400 paintings and drawings in his lifetime) is still selling very well. With one of the more recent auctions in September netting in almost 50,000 in total. One in April netting in near 100,000. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8239997.stm)

[Carlitonia]

You could a lot of money if you bought it and made it into a museum or a hotel.

[Ifreann]

You could a lot of money if you bought it and made it into a museum or a hotel.

You could make a fortune off charging people to vandalise it.

[Buffett and Colbert]

I would think this would be government property. Perhaps making it a "monument" per se wouldn't be the best idea but it's historical significance is great, nonetheless and should be administered by the state for that reason.

That or simply Austria should simply buy it out and never sell it.

[Katganistan]

I'd prefer if some family had the funds to buy it and raise kids in... on the other hand it IS of historical value. Perhaps the town should mobilize the citizenry into donating funds to purchase it if they are so afraid of the use it will be put to...

[Fartsniffage]

Will they accept stolen art and Jew gold for it?

[Klaus Devestatorie]

Demolish it and place a whopping big war memorial to soviet forces in it's place.

[Zwar (Ancient)]

Its someones house, they have just as much right to sell their home as me or you.

[Ifreann]

Will they accept stolen art and Jew gold for it?

.....How much Jew Gold?

[Buffett and Colbert]

By the way, who owns it now?

[Fartsniffage]

Will they accept stolen art and Jew gold for it?

.....How much Jew Gold?

6 kilos, there isn't that much in each filling you know.

[Ifreann]

Demolish it and place a whopping big war memorial to soviet forces in it's place.

Soviet forces? Not holocaust victims?

[Tezdrian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8347438.stm

Hitler house sale alarms locals

The sale of Adolf Hitler's family home in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn has triggered concern that it could become a shrine for Nazi sympathisers.

The unassuming house where Hitler was born in 1889 has been put on the market priced at 2.2m euros (£1.9m; $3.3m).

Residents and local politicians fear that the property could fall into the hands of far-right extremists. Braunau's mayor Gerhard Skiba wants to prevent that happening, but the council does not have the funds to buy it. The building is currently used by an organisation helping the disabled and has at various times in its history housed a library, bank and technical institute.

Some historians have suggested turning the building into a museum. However Mr Skiba vigorously opposes the idea, saying it would encourage people from all over the world to visit the site. For the time being, the only reminder of the building's infamous past is a small memorial dedicated to the victims of the Nazis.

So. Do you think there should be legal action undertaken to stop the sale of the property? Or is it irrelevant that there runs the risk that it could be bought by Hitler sympathizers and turned into a shrine. It being the house he was born and raised in.

What do you think should best be done about this sensitive subject? Simply treat it as any other house and allow it to go on the open market? Or disallow it's sale to the public?





PS: On a related note. Hitler's art (He is thought to have produced over 3,400 paintings and drawings in his lifetime) is still selling very well. With one of the more recent auctions in September netting in almost 50,000 in total. One in April netting in near 100,000. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8239997.stm)

Sell it to whoever buys it. Nazi's are people too.

[Ledzep123]

I would buy it. Then invite every WW2 vet I know to come and watch it burn, and then take the ashes and spread them in the deepest, darkest place I could find. I would then have the foundation of the home dismantled.

And his paintings would be bought and torn apart.

[Ifreann]

I would buy it. Then invite every WW2 vet I know to come and watch it burn, and then take the ashes and spread them in the deepest, darkest place I could find. I would then have the foundation of the home dismantled.

And his paintings would be bought and torn apart.

In b4 the whole street gets burned to the ground by someone trying this.

[Imperialist Reich]

I am so gonna buy it!!!
Then - I will search for Hitler's ghost.

[Lucky Bicycle Works]

This is something we shouldn't give a fuck about.

If neo-Nazis want to buy it and "turn it into a shrine" then let them.

[Buffett and Colbert]

This is something we shouldn't give a fuck about.

If neo-Nazis want to buy it and "turn it into a shrine" then let them.

I would have no objection to neo-Nazi's turning a house into a shrine... except this house holds real historical value.

It should be turned into a tourist destination where little Hitler mugs are sold.

[Risottia]

What do you think should best be done about this sensitive subject? Simply treat it as any other house and allow it to go on the open market? Or disallow it's sale to the public?

Declare it government property. Then raze it, and build a synagogue on it. Damnatio memoriae.

[Fartsniffage]

I would buy it. Then invite every WW2 vet I know to come and watch it burn, and then take the ashes and spread them in the deepest, darkest place I could find. I would then have the foundation of the home dismantled.

And his paintings would be bought and torn apart.

That would be a shame.

We should have historical buildings showing our darkest times, as well as our successes.

[Libertarian Governance]

I'd buy it an burn it down.

[Risottia]

I would buy it. Then invite every WW2 vet I know to come and watch it burn, and then take the ashes and spread them in the deepest, darkest place I could find. I would then have the foundation of the home dismantled.

And his paintings would be bought and torn apart.

That would be a shame.
We should have historical buildings showing our darkest times, as well as our successes.

That would apply to a building that has some architectonical value, or which saw some historical event happening. The birth of a criminal isn't exactly an historical event. The place where those crimes happened is another thing - like, dunno, the Party Hall in Nuernberg, the place where the Wannsee conference was held, the extermination camps, the Reichskanzlerei bunker...

[Dumb Ideologies]

In the name of art, the house should be given to a bunch of mute Neo-Nazis on the condition that they all become permanent Hitler impersonators and go about their daily lives articulating their hatred for the Jews solely through the medium of interpretive dance. The entire house and village would be wired with cameras, and Z-list celebrities and right-wing pundits would be kidnapped and forced by the Hitlers to perform humiliating tasks to avoid a squeaky death from being gassed using helium.

[Ifreann]

In the name of art, the house should be given to a bunch of mute Neo-Nazis on the condition that they all become permanent Hitler impersonators and go about their daily lives articulating their hatred for the Jews solely through the medium of interpretive dance. The entire house and village would be wired with cameras, and Z-list celebrities and right-wing pundits would be kidnapped and forced to perform humiliating tasks to avoid a squeaky death from being gassed using helium.

I declare this to be win

[Fartsniffage]

That would apply to a building that has some architectonical value, or which saw some historical event happening. The birth of a criminal isn't exactly an historical event. The place where those crimes happened is another thing - like, dunno, the Party Hall in Nuernberg, the place where the Wannsee conference was held, the extermination camps, the Reichskanzlerei bunker...

In the UK we have little blue plaques on buildings where famous people, good or bad, were born, lived or died. I don't see why this should be different.