A Long Legal Battle Over Hitler's Birth Home In Austria Ends
Austria's top court says Gerlinde Pommer should receive $908,000 from the government in exchange for the property. "Part of the house should be used for educational purposes," a local historian says.
by Sasha Ingber
Aug 06, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 3:08 p.m. ET
For generations, Gerlinde Pommer's family has owned the yellow, three-story structure in Braunau am Inn, a small medieval town near Austria's border with Germany.
And for years, she has been locked in a dispute with the Austrian government over ownership of the property â which is the home where Adolf Hitler was born. A major sticking
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