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Monday, April 18, 2016

German tourist town of Tegernsee finally strips Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship


The German tourist town of Tegernsee has stripped Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship after 83 years. 

Hitler’s honour was revoked by Conservative mayor Johannes Hagn and the 16 town councillors.

Hagn said: ‘It took so long because we didn’t actually know if he was still on the books as an honorary citizen and it turned out he was. 

'We thought the honour had died off with him but that turned out not to be the case so we had to officially expunge him from the books.’ Continue ...

An official 1933 portrait of Adolf Hitler. The German tourist town of Tegernsee has stripped Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship after 83 years
An official 1933 portrait of Adolf Hitler. The German tourist town of Tegernsee has stripped Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship after 83 years

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