The Hitler Bell in Austria is causing a lot of controversy. Still hanging in Wolfpassing village, the government’s decision to keep the bell up has drawn international concern.
The bell has been there for quite some time. It was first erected in 1939 and pays homage to Hitler’s 1938 takeover of Austria. The castle, where the bell hangs, is located about 60 miles east of Vienna. According to official reports, the bell remained undiscovered for over 70 years, though, many people disagree.
Carvings on the bell refer to Hitler as “the unifier and Fuehrer of all Germans” and further claims that Hitler saved Austria “from the yoke of suppression by foreign elements and brought it home into the Great-German Reich.”
If that wasn’t controversial enough, the reason the bell still hangs is because of a government decree. Nazi propoganda is actually illegal, however, the government has declared the bell a historical monument.
This may change, though. For one reason, the castle where the bell presides is now under new management. This, too, has seen the government draw criticism.
Reinhold Mitterlehner, Economic Minister, says “the agency overseeing the sale was not aware of the inscription and the bell up to now was neither publicly displayed nor generally accessible."
A spokesman for the sale says that it is impossible to search every square centimeter of the estate.
So how is it that the bell went unnoticed for over 70 years? The local government has failed to comment on how they missed this discovery for over seven decades. Locals are calling for the bell to be removed immediately.
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