A new, annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf will go on sale in Germany for the first time in 70 years from Saturday after the copyright expires. The copyright was previously owned by the state of Bavaria - which has banned the book over fears of exploitation by far-right and neo-Nazi groups - but it will expire on New Year's Day and anyone will be able to reproduce it. In a bid to counter any far right groups using the book to promote their agenda, four academics from the Read more [...]

In 1882 the American journalist and writer Lew Vanderpoole requested an audience of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), because he needed the king’s help for the settlement of a complicated heritage. The interview was business-like, until King Ludwig noticed an article about Edgar Allan Poe among the many papers on the table, an article that Vanderpoole was writing for a French magazine. The king suddenly became excited, and with shining eyes he turned to Vanderpoole: “Is it a personal Read more [...]

By mid-January 2016, bookstores all over Germany will start selling new edition copies of Hitler's controversial political treatise, "Mein Kampf". The new publication currently sparked debates on whether it will be a useful educational tool as per its intended use, or a bad idea in general.This will be the first time Germany has published Mein Kampf since Hitler's death in 1945, at a time when the country is still sensitive of its Nazi regime and Holocaust past. The release of this new edition Read more [...]