Hitler’s Mein Kampf to be republished

The Institute was founded in 1949 to study and analyze the Nazi era.Hitler wrote “Mein Kampf” — German for “my struggle” — in a Bavarian jail after a failed 1923 Nazi uprising.The intention is to set the work in historical context, to show how the murderous dictator wove truth with half-truths and outright lies, and thus to defang any propagandistic effect while revealing Nazism.The notes will include comments condemning Hitler's arguments. Bavaria has banned reprints up until now. "It is also Read more [...]

Bavarian village of Willmering blighted by fatal car crashes solves the problem

Bavarian village suffered five fatal crashes on same road in just ten monthsTurned to miracle worker who claimed drivers were affected by radiationHe hung wooden boxes containing white dishes with poles along roadSince then, there have been no accidents on road for the last seven years By Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline Published: 15:40 GMT, 2 December 2015 | Updated: 02:52 GMT, 3 December 2015 Read more [...]

A new Mein Kampf in German for first time in 70 years

Not since 1945, when the Allies both banned the dubious work and awarded the rights to the state of Bavaria, has Hitler’s manifesto, Mein Kampf , been officially published in German.Bavaria had refused to release it. But under German law, its copyright expires on December 31, the 70th year after the author’s death.That allows a team of historians from a noted centre for the study of Nazism, the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, to publish their new two-volume, 2,000-page edition, Read more [...]

Winter Warm Up: Holiday Train in Tosa

Dan Shafer — December 2, 2015 December 4, 2015 - 05:00 PM Cafe Hollander Cafe Bavariawww.lowlandsgroup.com/Join us as the Holiday Train rolls through Tosa! Cafe Hollander and Cafe Bavaria will be on hand with warm drinks, sweet and savory goodies, games, and more! Before the train festivities, step inside, sit cozy, and enjoy dinner with the family. Cheers to the holiday season! Comments Read more [...]

German Government Sees Far Right Behind Anti-Islam Protests

BERLIN— The German government says far-right extremists are behind offshoots of the anti-Islam group PEGIDA in six of the country's 16 states.   The government says far-right extremists were found to be “steering or influencing” groups in Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Bavaria.   Saxony, where the group calling itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West began staging protests more than a year ago, wasn't Read more [...]

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to return to German bookshelves after 70-year ban

Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf"- German for "my struggle"- in a Bavarian jail after a failed 1923 Nazi uprising. After 70 years in exile, plans are underway in Germany to publish Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" once again.Since the end of World War II, the German state of Bavaria has fiercely enforced its copyright on the autobiographical manifesto, barring any attempt to publish the book. But with Read more [...]

Scholars Unveil New Edition of Hitler’ s ‘Mein Kampf’

Not since 1945, when the Allies both banned the dubious work and awarded the rights to the state of Bavaria, has Hitler’s manifesto, Mein Kampf, been officially published in German. Bavaria had refused to release it. But under German law, its copyright expires on Dec. 31, the 70th year after the author’s death. That allows a team of historians from a noted center for the study of Nazism, the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, to publish their new two-volume, 2,000-page edition, Read more [...]

Hitler’s Mein Kampf to be republished

Authorities in the southern state of Bavaria were handed the copyright by Allied forces after World War II.But the historians who want to republish the text say they have good intentions.The rantings of a madman may not have been of historic interest, had they not become reality, the institute said. Hitler declared ahead of time in a unique way what horrors he would unleash on Europe, Jews and other minorities, and the world."Germany is going to republish Hitler's Mein Kampf". It Read more [...]