Braunau am Inn Alois Hitler, his third wife Klara, their son Adolf, and his elder half siblings Alois Jr. and Angela. In April 1934, the Passau ' published a commemorative article, marking the room where Hitler was born. In April 1938, Braunau renamed ', and its town plaza "", but the building itself remained a , with a sign advertising beer on tap. After Hitler's personal secretary Martin Bormann purchased the house where Hitler was born for the Nazi Party, it became a cult centre containing an art gallery and a public library. Occupied by US troops at the end of World War
Slovaks in Austria Slovaks in Austria Slovaks in Austria have a history dating back to the early centuries of the Common Era. Currently, there are 35,326 Slovaks in Austria as of 2016. Large communities of Slovaks can be found in Vienna and Lower Austria, with a smaller community in Styria. Between the fifth and ninth centuries AD, Slovaks controlled the eastern part of what is now considered Lower Austria, where many ethnic Slovaks still remain. From the 1880s the 1890s, around 230,000 Czechs and Slovaks emigrated to Austria proper, mainly for construction work and other menial labor jobs in the larger cities, particularly