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Today in history: How did Germany's 'most dangerous book' come into existence?

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:16:46 +0200

Published on July 18th, 1925, Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' has been described as unreadable but also one of the most powerful and dangerous books of all time. What sparked its publication?

South German theatre probed over promising free seats for swastika wearers

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:25:49 +0200

A probe has been launched after a theatre in Baden-Württemberg promised free entry to spectators who wear a swastika to a play named after Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' becomes German bestseller year after reprint

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:19:48 +0100

It has been one year since Adolf Hitler's book could once again be printed in Germany after 70 years off the shelves. Now it has swiftly become a bestseller.

Hitler's copy of 'Mein Kampf' sells for $20,655

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:55:43 +0100

A copy of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" owned by the Nazi leader and found in his Munich apartment sold for $20,655 (€18,300) in the United States on Friday, an auction house said.

'Mein Kampf' sells out as publisher rushes to print more

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:01:25 +0100

The publisher of a new critical edition of Mein Kampf has said that more copies of the Adolf Hitler manifesto will have to be printed due to enormous demand.

Angst as 'Mein Kampf' hits German bookstores

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 10:21:36 +0100

New copies of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will hit bookstores in Germany on Friday for the first time since the Second World War, unsettling Jewish community leaders as the copyright of the anti-Semitic manifesto expires.

Storm in Israel as Hitler book is published again

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:16:09 +0100

The controversy over the upcoming re-publication of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany is having particular resonance in Israel, where memories of the Holocaust run deep and the book remains taboo.

German teachers want 'Mein Kampf' on syllabus

Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:49:44 +0100

The German teachers' association (Deutschen Lehrerverbandes) says an annotated edition of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" should be taught in senior high school to help "inoculate" teenagers against political extremism.

Jewish leaders give okay to 'Mein Kampf' release

Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:20:07 +0100

The Central Council of Jews in Germany said Wednesday it does not object to the publication of a critical, scientifically-annotated version of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" scheduled for January.

Hitler's words to return to German bookshops

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:53:51 +0100

For the first time since the Second World War, Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will be printed in Germany in January as an annotated edition, the institute publishing it said Tuesday.

'Unique' copy of Mein Kampf up for auction

Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:49:18 +0200

A signed copy of Hitler's political treatise Mein Kampf, which he gifted to a fellow inmate from his time in prison in the mid 1920s, is to go on sale in Los Angeles.

Academics to republish Mein Kampf in 2016

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:39:04 +0100

Researchers at the Munich Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) plan to publish an annotated edition of Adolf Hitler's infamous book “Mein Kampf" [My Struggle] after its copyright runs out this year.

Germany mulls lifting 'Mein Kampf' ban

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:08:00 +0200

Reprinting or selling Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is illegal in Germany, but with the copyright term on the 90-year-old book set to run out next year, lawmakers are mulling whether to ban or reprint the highly controversial work.

Annotated 'Mein Kampf' set for publication

Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:53:00 +0100

Bavaria signalled on Wednesday it would not seek to prevent the publication of an annotated version of Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" in an apparent about-face.

Jews welcome first post-war 'Mein Kampf'

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:28:00 +0200

Germany's Jewish community on Wednesday welcomed a landmark decision to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" for the first time since World War II, in an annotated edition.

Munich court stops 'Mein Kampf' reprint

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:33:00 +0100

A German court has banned a British publisher from printing extracts of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf," upholding a ruling that doing so would break copyright laws.

Print Mein Kampf to fight neo-Nazi extremism

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:18:00 +0100

The proposed publication of Hitler's Mein Kampf in Germany has sparked outrage and worries it would give voice to neo-Nazis. But The Local’s Moises Mendoza argues it is time for the country to fight extremism by supporting free speech.

Publisher backs down on Mein Kampf plans

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:15:00 +0100

A British publisher has backtracked on plans to sell excerpts of Mein Kampf in Germany in the face of strong public pressure and a court ruling forbidding it’s publication.

Mein Kampf headed for German newsstands

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0100

British publisher Peter McGee says he plans to publish excerpts from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and sell them in Germany.

Signed copy of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' up for auction

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0200

A signed, early edition of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" is expected to sell for up to 20,000 pounds (€23,000) when it goes under the hammer in Britain Thursday, auctioneers said.