Hitler lookalike arrested in Austria Published duration 13 February 2017

image copyright Heute.at image caption The arrested man had been seen having his photograph taken outside the house in Braunau am Inn in which Hitler was born

A Hitler lookalike has been arrested in Austria on charges of glorifying the Nazi era, local officials say.

The 25-year-old man reportedly calls himself Harald Hitler.

The man, sporting a side parting and a trademark moustache, had been seen having his photograph taken outside the house in Braunau am Inn in which Adolf Hitler was born.

The lookalike had recently moved to the town on the German border, police spokesman David Furtner told the BBC.

image caption Adolf Hitler moved from Austria to Germany in 1913

Mr Furtner said this was not a joke or a piece of performance art.

"The young man knows exactly what he is doing," the police spokesman said.

He said the man had also been spotted in Vienna and Graz.

Glorifying the Nazi era is a crime in Austria.

image copyright AFP image caption The house in Braunau where Hitler was born in 1889

Hitler was born in a rented room on the top floor of the building on 20 April 1889.

During Nazi rule, the house was transformed into a shrine to Hitler as the town drew in a wave of tourists.