birthplace

Hitler’s birthplace in Austria to become police precinct

Austrian authorities spent years trying to purchase the home in an attempt to prevent it from becoming a shrine.

By Marcy Oster November 20, 2019 8:59 am

52 congressmen ask government to list Israel as birthplace of Jerusalem natives

The letter asks the Trump administration to reverse the longstanding policy of requiring Americans born in Jerusalem to list the city with no country as their place of birth on their passport and other official documents.

May 7, 2017 9:06 am

Austrian lawmakers vote to seize home where Adolf Hitler was born

The town of Braunau and the Austrian government have been trying to buy the house at Number 15 Salzburger Vorstadt Street, which is listed as a historical landmark, for decades.

December 15, 2016 10:50 am