Renovation of Nazi ally's Kosovo house causes ire

People walk past the former house of Xhafer Deva, the late politician who was an interior minister in a Nazi collaborationist regime during World War II, in Mitrovica, Kosovo, February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Laura Hasani

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - The renovation of a house in Kosovo that belonged to a minister in a pro-Nazi government during World War Two has prompted an outcry, with Germany warning of historical "whitewashing" and the European Union and United Nations halting the project.

The three floor red brick house in Mitrovica, built in the 1930s by Austrian architects, was the home of Xhafer Deva, who served as interior minister in the pro-German government in 1943 and 1944.