New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Adolf Hitler's birthplace has been transformed into a police station. A part of US$24 million project, the revamp of this historical structure faced criticism from anti-Nazi groups. Located at the centre of Braunau am Inn town on a narrow shop-lined street, it shares border with Germany.

Landmarks associated with Hitler revive graphic memories of country's Holocaust in which nearly 65,000 Austrian Jews were killed while 130,000 others were forced into exile during Nazi rule. In 1938, Hitler's Germany annexed Austria and kept it under the Nazi regime till 1945.

Born on 20 April 1889, Hitler lived for a short period of his early life in the Austrian house. Since world War 2, there has been a debate over the purpose t...