Why Hitler’s birthplace has been turned into a police station

Austria has converted Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau am Inn into a police station, opening the refurbished property Wednesday with Interior Minister Gerhard Karner attending. Officials said the conversion aims to prevent the 17th-century building from becoming a neo-Nazi pilgrimage site while giving it a practical civic function reflecting democratic values. The decision ends decades of debate over the controversial structure near Austria's border with Germany.