'Mein Kampf' on sale again in Germany - Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' is back on sale in Germany amid much c
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[b]'Mein Kampf' on sale again in Germany[/b]
Via [url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/hitler-manifesto-mein-kampf-bookstores-160106122555653.html]Al Jazeera[/url]
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[i]In Nazi Germany, newlyweds received inscribed copies of Mein Kampf on the occasion of their weddings[/i]
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Hitler's anti-Semitic manifesto Mein Kampf will be on sale in Germany on January 8, for the first time since World War II.
In accordance with European law, a copyright expires 70 years after the death of the author, whereupon the published writings are officially in the public domain.
A team of six scholars from the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich led by Christian Hartmann will release 4,000 copies of the now 1,984 page book, which will include 3,700 critical annotations by the historians to demystify Hitler's propaganda.
In the face of controversy over their decision to publish a new version of the book, with critics saying you can't "annotate the devil", the academics arguedthat the world is better off with their version in the mix.
"We are like a bomb disposal unit, rendering relics from the Nazi-era useless," the author told ZDF, a German TV station.
"It's 90 years since the book was written, so it has lost its power to influence people," Hartmann commented further on the Heute current affairs show.
"Specific topics covered in it are forgotten in history," Hartmann said. "We now have a critical reference to the book, which will work internationally."[/quote]
Can't say I'm surprised, unfortunately...