Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker

Travellers connected an intercity bid successful Austria were startled connected Sunday erstwhile a signaling of an Adolf Hitler code was played connected board.

Instead of the mean announcements, a assemblage could besides beryllium heard shouting "Heil Hitler" and "Sieg Heil" implicit the train's talker system.

The relation said determination had been respective specified incidents successful caller days.

One rider connected the Bregenz-Vienna work told the BBC that everyone connected the bid was "completely shocked".

David Stoegmueller, a Green Party MP, said the code by the Nazi German person was played implicit the intercom soon earlier the train, an OEBB Railjet 661, arrived successful Vienna.

"We heard 2 episodes," helium said. "First determination was 30 seconds of a Hitler speech, and past I heard 'Sieg Heil'."

Mr Stoegmueller said the bid unit were incapable to halt the signaling and were incapable to marque their ain announcements. "One unit subordinate was truly upset," helium added.

In a connection sent to the BBC, Austrian Railways (OEBB) said: "We intelligibly region ourselves from the content.

"We tin presently presume that the announcements were made by radical straight connected the bid via intercoms. We person reported the substance to the police," the OEBB said.

It is understood that complaints person been filed against 2 people.

Mr Stoegmueller said helium had received an email from a antheral who was connected the bid with an aged woman who was a attraction campy survivor. "She was crying," helium said.

He said different rider remarked that erstwhile different countries had method problems, it progressive the aerial conditioning breaking down.

"In Austria, the method occupation is Hitler."

Hitler was calved successful Austria, but emigrated to Germany successful 1913 arsenic a young man.