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After 75 Years, Hitler's "Mein Kampf" Will Be Re-Printed In Germany

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Times, they are a'changing. For the first time in 75 years, according to multiple reports, CBS News reports, a new edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will be bound for sale in bookstores in Germany. While the book, long known as "the Nazi bible," is widely available in the U.S. and much of the English-speaking world, it was for years banned from being reprinted in Germany over fears it would reignite the passions that plunged the country into World War II. Still, amid rising anti-semitism across Europe and a surge in nationalism, the timing is odd and as the head of Munich's Jewish community exclaimed, "this book is most evil."

 

As CBS News reports, researchers are on track to finish roughly 4,000 annotations and historical notes to accompany a new German-language edition of Hitler’s manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” to be published in January 2016...

The book has long been known as "the Nazi bible," and was for years banned from being reprinted in Germany over fears it would reignite the passions that plunged the country into World War II.

 

Times change, however, and it now appears a new edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will be bound for sale in bookstores in Germany for the first time in 75 years, according to multiple reports.

 

The state of Bavaria has owned the German copyright to the book and has legally blocked attempts to print it, reports The Washington Post. In December, however, the copyright expires.

 

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Hitler wrote the book - its English translation is "My Struggle" - after he was jailed in the aftermath of the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. After the Nazis rose to power in the 1930s, the book became a best-seller that made Hitler rich. Copies of it were given free to every German soldier and newlywed couple, bolstering circulation that reached around 10 million copies.

 

Germany is one of the few countries to ban the reprinting of the book, while also tightly regulating its sale. "Mein Kampf" is widely available in the U.S. and much of the English-speaking world, as well as some of the Bundesrepublik's neighbors.

 

Regardless, many are wary of letting Germans freely find copies of the book again, especially amid the growing anti-Semitism they are struggling to tamp down.

 

"This book is most evil; it is the worst anti-Semitic pamphlet and a guidebook for the Holocaust," Charlotte Knobloch, head of the Jewish community in Munich, told Time magazine.

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The push from historians to release the book in a controlled way has been underway for some time. Many have argued that by not allowing its free release, it has given rise to lots of myths about the rambling and highly subjective tome from the Nazi leader.

 

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Thu, 02/26/2015 - 05:31 | 5830538 Clarabell
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Wow, reading the comments on this post takes me back to the old Zero Hedge. About a year ago they stated banning anyone who even mentioned the word Jew. I wonder what's changed. Whether you agreed or disagree, free speech is always the best thing. "Je suis Zero Hedge"!!

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 05:34 | 5830540 russwinter
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What was it that Hitler was actually saying? Not so crazy in many respects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0L66zGVM0

 

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 06:56 | 5830583 Keyboard Kommando
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Ever read the Talmud?!? Talk about Nazis!

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 08:59 | 5830696 3rivers
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this book must be really something in German... it convinced everyday folks of it's "logic" and can still do that almost 100 years later.... but didn't the German Workers Party have quite a few anti-semetic members even while little Adolf was just starting to try to make a go at it as an "artist"? he was rabid anti-communist though.   

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 09:11 | 5830744 D. G. Neree
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I believe Mein Kampf is still a bestseller in Islamic countries

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 10:14 | 5830971 d edwards
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Hitler/0baMao: exact same mindset.

Thu, 02/26/2015 - 10:25 | 5831032 Farmer Joe in B...
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Couldn't agree more. 

Herr Obama's re-election in 2012 inspired me to start reading up on Hitler and the Third Reich.  Some of the parallels to america's "democracy" of today are scary.

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