Gerhard Skiba
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Gerhard Skiba of the Austrian Social Democratic Party was elected mayor of the city of Braunau am Inn in 1989. He got internationally known by setting up a memorial stone for the victims of Fascism in front of the house where Adolf Hitler was born. In 1992 representatives from Bautzen, Mauthausen, Wunsiedel and other towns with an “unwelcome heritage” followed his invitation for the 1st Braunau Contemporary History Days.