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20. Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage „Schwieriges Erbe“
19 Jahre nach dem „Unerwünschten Erbe“ 1992
Braunau am Inn, Kultur im Gugg, 23.- 25. September 2011
Birthplaces of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin mull heritage
AFP September 20, 2011
A woman holds a picture of victims killed under Joseph Stalin's regime during a memorial ceremony held in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on June 22, 2011. Representatives from the birthplaces of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Stalin will meet at the weekend in Austria to discuss the heritage of their towns.
Photograph by: YURIY DYACHYSHYN, AFP/Getty Images
VIENNA - Representatives from the birthplaces of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Josef Stalin will meet at the weekend in Austria to discuss the heritage of their towns, an organiser said Tuesday.
Saturday's meeting in the town of Branau in Upper Austria, where Hitler was born, will also draw representatives from Gori in Georgia — Stalin's birthplace — and Predappio, Mussolini's native town in Italy.
Predappio's mayor Giorgio Frassineti said the towns should be "on the frontline of democracy," despite remaining pilgrimage spots for neo-Nazis.
Organiser Andreas Maislinger said he had a plan to convert the building where Hitler was born — which had then been a small boarding house — into a "House of Responsibility" where meetings and discussions can be held.
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