Bavarian town council revokes Adolf Hitler's honorary citizenship

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Bavarian town council revokes Adolf Hitler's honorary citizenship

18 December 2013

Councillors nullify honours bestowed on Adolf Hitler and the president who appointed him, Paul von Hindenburg, in 1933

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A Bavarian town council has voted unanimously to strip Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship bestowed 80 years ago, after an outcry prompted by its decision last week not to adopt a resolution denouncing the 1933 decision.

The issue came up after an archivist discovered documents showing that Hitler and the president who appointed him, Paul von Hindenburg, had been given honorary citizenship of Dietramszell.

The council deadlocked in an 8-8 vote last week on the resolution, with councillors voting against, saying it was not up to them to rewrite history.

But the town administrator, Thomas Gerg, said on Wednesday the full council had voted 21-0 on Tuesday to adopt the resolution and nullify the honour bestowed on both men after hearing impassioned testimony from a woman who lost members of her family in the Holocaust.

Source: The Guardian UK