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Hitler’s thoughts on everything from eugenics and race theory to syphilis and the movies, continues to attract a morbid fascination and remains a bestseller in several countries.It is the number one bestselling Second World War memoir and the fourth bestselling book on German history on Amazon’s UK website.
But while it sold in translation around the world publication of the original German text was blocked by the German authorities for 70 years — until last year.
So dangerous was the book considered that copies in the Bavarian state library were kept in a “poison cabinet” and readers had to be specially vetted before they were allowed access.Mein Kampf was never officially banned in Germany. Instead publication was prevented by the Bavarian state government, which held the copyright.
That copyright expired a year ago and the Institute for Contemporary History, an academic publisher, brought out a new academic edition with extensive annotations criticising Hitler’s racist ideology.
Originally only 4,000 copies were printed, but sales far exceeded expectations and the publisher has had to order a sixth print run.
While the German authorities agreed to publication for academic purposes, the Bavarian justice ministry has vowed to prosecute anyone who tries to publish the text without critical annot
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