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Adolf Hitler Birthplace Expropriation - Fight for Higher Compensation
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Adolf Hitler's birthplace, where he was born on 20 April 1889, is located in the Upper Austrian town of Braunau am Inn and is a listed town house. After years of dispute, the Austrian Parliament passed a law on the expropriation of the previous owner, so that the building became the property of the Republic of Austria. According to "Salzburger Nachrichten", a ruling by the Regional Court of Ried im Innkreis now awards the owner in excess of 1.5 million euros, instead of the 310,000 euros previously awarded.

![Adolf Hitler Birthplace Expropriation - Supposed to be worth 1.5 million euros<small>© Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Ledl [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]</small>](https://www.vindobona.org/images/text/hitler-birthplace-braunau-big.jpg)
![Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau with swastika flag in 1934<small>© Wikimedia Commons / Friedrich Weiler [Public Domain]</small>](https://www.vindobona.org/images/gallery/61458/gallery_news61458_image1-big.jpg)
The house where Adolf Hitler was born, with the address Salzburger Vorstadt 15, is listed as a town house because of its 17th century building substance and its importance as a Biedermeier house in the context of the old town of Braunau.
The former brewery inn with outbuildings and rented apartments, a cultural centre of his party under Adolf Hitler, is not used by the Republic…
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