Adolf Hitler's honorary citizenship of an Austrian town has been cancelled - 66 years after it was originally granted.
Wizard's Note: And its about #%@$ing time!
The small town of Haslach in Upper Austria was the last Austrian town to have kept the honorary status for Hitler.
It was granted in March 1938 and finally scrapped this week when the town's council decided unanimously to strip Hitler of his honorary status.
Mayor Norbert Leitner from the Social Democratic Party said: "This was a democratic cleansing act, and more than necessary."
His predecessors had believed the honorary status had automatically been eradicated with Hitler's death and therefore never declared it officially void. The mayor acted after finding it was still valid.
In Germany the town of Bitterfeld in Sachsen-Anhalt is the only one still with Adolf Hitler on their list of honorary citizens.
*Ananova
Wizard's Note: And its about #%@$ing time!
The small town of Haslach in Upper Austria was the last Austrian town to have kept the honorary status for Hitler.
It was granted in March 1938 and finally scrapped this week when the town's council decided unanimously to strip Hitler of his honorary status.
Mayor Norbert Leitner from the Social Democratic Party said: "This was a democratic cleansing act, and more than necessary."
His predecessors had believed the honorary status had automatically been eradicated with Hitler's death and therefore never declared it officially void. The mayor acted after finding it was still valid.
In Germany the town of Bitterfeld in Sachsen-Anhalt is the only one still with Adolf Hitler on their list of honorary citizens.
*Ananova
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