Germany Keeps Hitler Out Of Print

The New York Times:

MUNICH -- In Germany, an author is granted an ironclad copyright for 70 years after his death, apparently even if he is subsequently regarded as one of the greatest mass murderers in history and a dark stain on the national character.

Hitler's copyright on "Mein Kampf," in the hands of the Bavarian government since the end of the Nazi regime, has long been used to keep his inflammatory manifesto off the shelves in Germany. But with the expiration date looming in 2015, there is a developing showdown here over the first German publication of the book since the end of World War II.

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Comments

[bleedingheart9]

12:17 AM on 02/10/2010

Looks like the schadenfreude is on the other foot now.
Wie Gehts?

[Oleg1]

01:02 PM on 02/07/2010

The copyright must be extended and only well-researched and scholarly edition allowed, if any.

[siegfried]

11:44 AM on 02/06/2010

I am currrently working my way through "Mein Kampf" on my Kindle. It has long been one of those books that I wanted to have read. It is a difficult book, especially the rants against the Jews, which asert that the Jews are worse than worthless. No evidence is ever offered for this claim. The lack of evidence is no surprise. Hatred is obviously sufficent. Still the narritive parts of the book are interesting. How the Nazis framed the debate during the Wiemer Republic is worth the trouble of reading the book.

[Oleg1]

01:00 PM on 02/07/2010

What;'s even more worthy of understanding is how cowardly German liberals sold out the socialists and communists and enthusiastically supported the NSDAP

[Mahi Joe]

08:09 AM on 02/06/2010

Just out of curiosity I thought I would google Mein Kampf. Mein Kampf, both parts Vol.1 and Vol. 2 is available for free on the internet. They may have kept it off the shelves but not the internet.

[Tulka2]

01:37 AM on 02/06/2010

Fascism. Look it up.

[HB95]

04:26 PM on 02/05/2010

One would think after all this time fear would disappear from reading raw history.

[Fight4Freedom2008]

01:19 PM on 02/05/2010

I wonder what the Pope will say?

[pjaybazaar]

11:56 AM on 02/07/2010

Who cares!