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Estate agent puts former Nazi brothel up for sale as ‘fixer upper’

The listing, pictured, highlights the property’s proximity to a kindergarten, school and shops but fails to mention its gruesome wartime past — The listing, pictured, highlights the property’s proximity to a kindergarten, school and shops but fails to mention its gruesome wartime past (Rudolf A. Haunschmied/Wikimedia)

A house in Austria, which operated as a brothel for inmates of the Gusen concentration camp during World War Two, has been put up for sale.
The property was advertised by an estate agent as a "house with a history" without any mention of its horrific past, sparking outrage among local officials and a nearby memorial organisation.
Barbara Glück, director of the Mauthausen memorial, expressed surprise at the listing, and local authorities were reportedly also unaware.
The Gusen camp, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, held over 71,000 people, with at least 35,800 dying from forced labour, starvation, or execution.
The listing highlighted the home’s proximity to a kindergarten and school, further omitting its historical significance, despite interior ministry plans to expand the Gusen memorial.

Outrage in Austria after estate agent puts former Nazi brothel up for sale as ‘fixer upper’ — In full