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bassguy252
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Hitler’s hometown revokes honorary citizenship
VIENNA - The Austrian town of Braunau, Adolf Hitler’s birthplace, has revoked the Nazi dictator’s honorary citizenship — even if he never actually was awarded one.
The town council voted unanimously late on Thursday to strip Hitler of any honours he may have received and which did not expire automatically when he died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker in 1945.
“Although no archival evidence could be found for the city of Braunau am Inn’s awarding Adolf Hitler honorary citizenship, the awarding of honorary citizenship to Adolf Hitler is symbolically and as a precaution revoked and repealed,” the council said in a statement cited by the Austria Press Agency.
The community of Ranshofen, where Hitler was born, made him an honorary citizen in 1933. Ranshofen was incorporated into Braunau in 1939.
Braunau also revoked Hitler’s right of residence awarded in 1938, the year Nazi Germany annexed Austria. A debate still smoulders over to what extent Austrians welcomed or resisted becoming part of the German empire.
Many towns in Austria made Hitler an honorary citizen when he was in power, and a media uproar is prompting many to now reverse course.
The town of Amstetten revoked his honorary citizenship in May, triggering a furore when two council members of the right-wing Freedom Party abstained, contending that the vote was unnecessary because the title ended with Hitler’s death.
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The Opponent
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Why bring it up now? Did someone remind them that they harbored a dictator that one time?
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Sehkmaenzo
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This reminds me of when people are lined up, and someone says "if you volunteer, take a step forward!" and someone takes a step backward. It was funny in the 70's ( citation needed), but now it just makes you look like an ass.
It's like Braunau only spawns assholes or something 
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HardcoreGamer4Ever
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SoldierHawk
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Wait I'm confused--ridiculous timing aside, how can he be an HONORARY citizen of the place he was BORN? Last I checked, being born somewhere made you "a citizen," period.
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Teralyx
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He has bad news every day. He's dead.
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Drew Linky
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Whoever said it before, I agree; why are they bothering with it now?
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Slayer1
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I suddenly want to sing "Springtime for Hitler" now
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Rydog
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and a media uproar is prompting many to now reverse course.
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The reason why.
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Drew Linky
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and a media uproar is prompting many to now reverse course.
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The reason why. |
A media uproar over what?
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JoshWoodzy
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Probably because a few towns still consider him an honorary member. Then the media was like "Hey town, that sucks!" and town was like "Oh yeah, dude was a dick!"
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Klimbatize
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| Drew Linky wrote: |
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and a media uproar is prompting many to now reverse course.
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The reason why. |
A media uproar over what? |
You realize Hitler was an evil guy, right? I'm beginning to wonder...
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Blackout
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Alowishus
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My Two Cents:
Who Cares? This is just trivial.
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bassguy252
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yeah!! take that Hitler!!
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Slayer1
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I guess the biggest Hitler of all... was this town.
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Drew Linky
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| You realize Hitler was an evil guy, right? I'm beginning to wonder... |
I had a point, but then I stopped caring again.
What I was going for was why are they just now pushing for this? Shouldn't they have done it sooner, if they hadn't tried already? And the uproar, what caused that? I know Hitler is evil, but... I can't see why they would just instantly change their prerogative to getting his citizenship revoked. Did they uncover something new about him or something?
In short, what the fuck brought their attention back to him in the first place?
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bassguy252
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Obviously the 100 greatest hitlers list
it had a greater impact then Syd anticipated
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