Hitler’s Mein Kampf will be republished
December 2, 2015
MUNICH: Adolf Hitler’s political manifesto Mein Kampf with critical notes by scholars is to be published next month – for the first time since the end of WWII.
The Institute of Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich says it will print up to 4,000 copies with some 3,500 notes. IfZ director Andreas Wirsching says the text with expert comments will “shatter the myth” surrounding the book. But the move has been criticised by Jewish groups, who argue that Nazi works should never be republished. However, German officials have said they will limit public access to the text amid fears that this could stir neo-Nazi sentiment.
Mein Kampf (My Struggle) was originally printed in 1925 – eight years before Hitler came to power.