Hitler tree on the chopping block

An odd story out of Poland combines the consequences of urban growth, in this case the need to build a new traffic round-a-bout, with a tree planted to honor Adolf Hitler. The mayor of the Polish city plans to chop the tree down, but not everyone in town agrees:

“It was 1942 when the Germans brought a seedling of an oak here and planted it in the center of the town with all honors, an army orchestra and salutes,” said Kazimierz Polak, who was present at the planting ceremony as a child 67 years ago.

“My father told me then that it was Hitler’s birthday and we found out later the seedling had come from Braunau am Inn (in Austria) where Hitler was born,” Polak said.

“It’s a historic curiosity. What is the oak really guilty of? It’s not the tree’s fault that it was planted here to honor the biggest criminal and enemy of Poland.”

Well, whether it stays or goes, the tree is far less offensive than the Hitler suite at this Belgrade hotel.

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