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Four Germans Arrested in Austria for Nazi Tributes at Hitler's Birthplace

The individuals, including two sisters and their spouses, were detained for performing Nazi salutes and laying roses at the controversial site.

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BRAUNAU AM INN, AUSTRIA - 2017/08/30: In front of Hitlers birthplace there is a stone from a stone-quarry in Mauthausen concentration camp where prisoners had to work. "For peace, freedom and democracy. Never more fascism. Millions of dead warn." is written on it. In a simple yellow house in Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn, where his parents rented a small flat, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889. He later became the worst criminal in the history. In his birthplace in the Austrian town Braunau am Inn they try to forget him. They want to avoid the neo-nazi to make a pilgrimage site from this place. That´s why the state expropriated the building from the owner, Gerlinde Pommer - Angloher, last year, and plan to rebuild it and use it for charitative purposes. (Photo by Jana Cavojska/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Four German nationals were arrested in Braunau am Inn, Austria, for paying tribute to Adolf Hitler by laying white roses and performing Nazi salutes.
  • The arrests occurred on the anniversary of Hitler's birth at his childhood home, which is being converted into a police station to deter neo-Nazi pilgrimages.
  • One of the women claimed the salute was a joke, but police found Nazi-themed messages and images on her cellphone.
  • The group, consisting of two sisters and their partners, faces prosecution for violating Austrian laws against the display of Nazi symbols.
  • The renovation of Hitler's birthplace includes plans for hosting human-rights training courses, aiming to repurpose the site positively.