Film director says plans to turn Adolf Hitler's Austrian birthplace into a police training centre are just what he would have wanted.
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00:00 Hitler's birthplace continues to be a headache for the authorities in Austria.
00:06 In two months it's set to be turned into a police training facility,
00:10 but a new documentary about the town claims that in doing so,
00:14 it's complying with Hitler's wish that the house be used to house public officials.
00:20 If we make a decision about the house,
00:23 it has to be one that has nothing to do with Adolf Hitler,
00:27 not even the slightest bit with his will.
00:30 Schweiger's film "Who's Afraid of Braunau" will be screened on Tuesday
00:35 in front of the three-storey house in the town.
00:38 The property was expropriated by the government in 2017
00:42 to prevent it becoming a magnet for neo-Nazis.
00:45 A memorial stone outside the property pays tribute to the victims of Nazism.
00:50 (whooshing)