Austria to use Hitler’s birthplace for police human rights training

House in Braunau am Inn will become police station and training centre after €20m renovation

Austria has announced it will use the house where Adolf Hitler was born to provide human rights training to police officers, in what authorities hope will be the final chapter in a lengthy saga over what to do with the building.

The elegant 17th-century house in Braunau am Inn, near the German border, was bought by the government in 2016 under a compulsory purchase order following a long-running legal battle.