What to do with Hitler's birth house in Braunau ?

[Frodo]

Tear it down completely, and build a holocaust memorial museum in its place. 

[Donerail]

Some sort of memorial or museum. I doubt people would want to say they live in the Hitler House.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Some sort of memorial or museum. I doubt people would want to say they live in the Hitler House.

There has to be someone who does.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, but do you want such a person living there?

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

What about all of the normal and decent people who were also born in this house over the last 300 years?

[politicus]

People not smart enough to code their post properly should be banned.

[ingemann]

Some sort of memorial or museum. I doubt people would want to say they live in the Hitler House.

I wouldn't care, if the rent was affordable and the facilities up to date, I would not care who had lived in the house before.

[J. J.]

I have two ideas, one practical and the other ironic:

1. Find some eccentric rich person who collects WWII memorabilia and sell it to him.
2. See if Israel might like to open an embassy in it.

Yes, Dibble's second idea, or a museum for Jewish culture.

I think it would be appropriate, and deliciously ironic.

[Spanish Moss]

Tear it down and make it a memorial to the victims of fascism.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Of course one thing to remember is that the issue is, presumably, the site rather than the building. As in, even if you razed the place to the ground there would still be a problem, so to speak.

[Simfan34]

Obviously dig down to the bedrock and eject the offending earth into space. Take an Israeli hill and put its earth into the resultant hole.

[Tender Branson]

It looks like 7 people on here like this idea:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-mk-wants-to-buy-hitlers-first-home-so-he-can-destroy-it

[Romney/Pawlenty2012]

Don't Tear this home down just let it stand 

[Orion0]

Tear it down and leave the land barren.

Let us tear a 500 year old house down because we don't like a guy born in it. Afterward we can have a nice little public book burning.

It's actually crazy though, to think that tearing it down would solve anything. The house has historical value so should be preserved. A museum to fascist resistance, or something else that would change the intent of the building from habitation to remembrance would be preferable. Apartments standing on the same site seems like a counter-productive plan, the nature of the site remains without any educational/memorial aspect. You'd still have people coming to the site for the same reasons, might as well educate them at the same time.

[Lincoln Republican]

Demolish it.  Period.

[politicus]

Demolish it.  Period.

Destroying a beautiful old house because of one of its former inhabitants is the height of stupidity and lack of respect for cultural values.

[2952-0-0]

I'd turn it into a completely normal townhouse indistinguishable from any other house other than a small plaque commemorating a notorious former tenant. The past should be remembered but not dwelt upon.

[Lincoln Republican]

Demolish it.  Period.

Destroying a beautiful old house because of one of its former inhabitants is the height of stupidity and lack of respect for cultural values.

I disagree.  It is the birthplace of one of the most evil minds in the history of the world.

It is probably a shrine to Nazis, so I say, simply demolish it.

[AkSaber]

Why tear it down? It wasn't the house which committed mass murder.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Demolish it.  Period.

Destroying a beautiful old house because of one of its former inhabitants is the height of stupidity and lack of respect for cultural values.

I disagree.  It is the birthplace of one of the most evil minds in the history of the world.

It is probably a shrine to Nazis, so I say, simply demolish it.

I'm with Winfield here. With the symbolic value it has, tearing it down is the best solution.

[Tender Branson]

A solution has now been agreed on:

The building will be completely renovated and in the lower section of the house, the "Volkshilfe" - which is an institution that provides social services for people will open a branch - while in the upper floors the "Volkshochschule" (something like a community college, adult education center) will establish studying rooms for adults and seminar & presentation rooms.

So, those who voted for "option 2" are closest to reality ...

[politicus]

A solution has now been agreed on:

The building will be completely renovated and in the lower section of the house, the "Volkshilfe" - which is an institution that provides social services for people will open a branch - while in the upper floors the "Volkshochschule" (something like a community college, adult education center) will establish studying rooms for adults and seminar & presentation rooms.

So, those who voted for "option 2" are closest to reality ...

Good to hear common sense prevailed over the "symbolism" crowd.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A solution has now been agreed on:

The building will be completely renovated and in the lower section of the house, the "Volkshilfe" - which is an institution that provides social services for people will open a branch - while in the upper floors the "Volkshochschule" (something like a community college, adult education center) will establish studying rooms for adults and seminar & presentation rooms.

So, those who voted for "option 2" are closest to reality ...

I still think it should be made into a memorial/Jewish cultural center in honor of the victims of Hitler, but I am glad the building is going to stand.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

I still think it should be made into a memorial/Jewish cultural center in honor of the victims of Hitler, but I am glad the building is going to stand.

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Good to hear common sense prevailed over the "symbolism" crowd.

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[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Tear it down completely, and build a holocaust memorial museum in its place. 

There's too many of those.