BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s Bavaria state signaled 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. Amid a debate over academic freedom and a back and forth over whether to pursue the project, Bavaria indicated that it would not try to stop a historical institute from bringing out a version of the book with scholars’ commentary. But the southern state stressed Read more [...]

The state owns the copyright for the book and had blocked all attempts to publish a new German language edition because of fears that it would encourage a resurgence of the far right. However, the copyright, which transferred to the state of Bavaria after the Nazi party’s publishing house Eher Verlag was liquidated in 1945, expires next year.Plans to republish the book with an academic commentary early in 2016 were approved in 2012, but last December the idea was blocked following complaints from Read more [...]

Published: 23 Jan 2014 07:53 GMT+01:00Updated: 23 Jan 2014 07:53 GMT+01:00 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. Square reverts to Hitler name on Google Maps (10 Jan 14) Town Read more [...]

In a statement, prosecutors from the southern city of Munich said they had carried out raids on two tax authorities in Bavaria following a complaint from Hoeness, who caused a sensation in Germany last year with his confession of tax evasion. After reporting himself to the authorities in January, Hoeness was later forced to go public with his admission of not paying taxes on assets stashed in a secret Swiss bank account after journalists gained access to a document meant only for internal use Read more [...]