By Alan Hall PUBLISHED: 23:07 EST, 17 December 2013 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 18 December 2013 Citizenship: Adolf Hitler was given honorary citizenship of Dietramszell in Bavaria back in 1933 A small town in Germany has tried and failed to revoke the honorary citizenship awarded to Fuehrer Adolf Hitler back in 1933. The vote by the councillors in the town of  Dietramszell in Bavaria - the state where Nazism was born - is an embarrassment that shows the sneaking admiration that some in Germany continue to harbour for the dictator 68 years after his death in Berlin.
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Vote by the councillors in the town of Dietramszell in Bavaria
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Hitler given honorary citizenship in 1933
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Five towns a month vote to remove Hitler from their books
Thousands upon thousands of communities in Germany fell at Hitler's feet when he became @placeholder and Chancellor, giving him the keys to the city, sending him gifts and making him an honary dignitary.