BERLIN (AP) — A Bavarian town council has voted unanimously to strip Adolf Hitler of honorary citizenship bestowed 80 years ago, after an outcry prompted by their decision last week not to adopt a resolution denouncing the 1933 decision.

The issue came up after an archivist discovered documents showing both Hitler and the president who appointed him, Paul von Hindenburg, had been given honorary citizenship of Dietramszell.

The council deadlocked in an 8-8 vote last week on the resolution, with councilors voting against saying it was not up to them to rewrite history.

But town administrator Thomas Gerg said Wednesday the full council voted 21-0 on Tuesday to adopt the resolution and nullify the honor bestowed on both men after hearing impassioned testimony from a woman who lost family in the Holocaust.

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• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: Adolf Hitler at the patio of the Berghof, wearing civil clothes, sitting in a basket-chair and reading files. Photography, around 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• circa 1940: Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat at Obersalzberg, above Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. This chalet or ‘Berghof’ was destroyed in 1953, lest it become a shrine to Hitler. Original Publication: From ‘Germany Awakes’ by Heinrich Hoffmann. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: The Berghof (formerly house Wachenfeld) in its original state, before the modification in 1936, in front of the house a flag with fylfot. Photography, around 1934. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring in Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden in Bavaria (where Hitler has his Eagle’s nest), 1930s (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: The Berghof with its two finished drive-ups. Photography, around 1939. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: View from below at the Berghof. Photography, around 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: Adolf Hitler at the window of a train leaving Berchtesgaden. Photography, around 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: Adolf Hitler wearing a uniform with a little girl wearing a traditional costume, in the background the Berghof. Photography, around 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• The Berghof of Adolf Hitler at the Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden: View from above at the snow covered Berghof in winter. Photography, around 1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

• Exhibitions of Nazi history in Documentation Centre Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

• A file picture taken on 10 January 2005 shows the new built luxury hotel at the Obersalzberg mountain near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany. The Interncontinental hotel, constructed at the historic site of German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Alps residence, provoqued a controversial discussion between historians and tourism agents. (JOHANNES SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

• Visitors inspect the lobby of the new built luxury hotel at the Obersalzberg mountain near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, during an open day 27 February 2005. (TIMM SCHAMBERGER/AFP/Getty Images)

• Visitors inspect the so-called President Suite of the new built luxury hotel at the Obersalzberg mountain near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, during an open day 27 February 2005. (TIMM SCHAMBERGER/AFP/Getty Images)

• Visitors inspect the new built luxury hotel at the Obersalzberg mountain near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, during an open day 27 February 2005. (TIMM SCHAMBERGER/AFP/Getty Images)

• A file picture taken on 10 January 2005 shows the new built luxury hotel at the Obersalzberg mountain near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany. (JOHANNES SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)