b_179_129_16777215_00_images_DEU130827AA001.jpegBERLIN — Austria announced Tuesday it would take over and possibly destroy the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent right-wing extremists from using it as a pilgrimage site.

"The decision is necessary because Austria would like to prevent this house from becoming a 'cult site' for neo-Nazis in any way. It has been used repeatedly for this in the past, when people gathered there to shout (Nazi) slogans," Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said.

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