Police academy: New film sparks controversy over Hitler's birthplace

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)