An Austrian court has ordered the government to pay the owner of the house where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million) over a compulsory-purchase row, the BBC reported on Thursday.
Ried im Innkreis district court said the state must substantially increase the amount it paid for the house in nearby Braunau am Inn, "taking into account the particular feature that the main building was the birthplace of Adolf Hitler", the local Oberösterreichische Nachrichten newspaper reported.
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