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Everyone should read Mein Kampf, a book which set out Hitler's world view and one which as we know had dreadful consequences affecting every person on this plan
by vixen99 11y ago
Everyone should read Mein Kampf, a book which set out Hitler's world view and one which as we know had dreadful consequences affecting every person on this planet.
- dang 11y agoThis recent interview with a scholar of Mein Kampf is one of the best things I've heard on NPR in years. Fascinating from start to finish, way more than I expected. http://www.npr.org/2016/01/14/463028807/the-failed-coup-that-led-to-hitlers-mein-kampf http://www.npr.org/2016/01/14/463028807/the-failed-coup-that...
- jacquesm 11y agoAnd now even non scholars in Germany are allowed to read the book. http://forward.com/news/328950/mein-kampf-no-longer-banned-in-germany-now-what/ http://forward.com/news/328950/mein-kampf-no-longer-banned-i...
- cronjobber 11y agoIt was banned by applying copyright law, so Germans could legally buy and sell existing copies. From a comment by a book dealer I understood that supply reliably exceeded demand.
- dang 11y agoThat was the occasion for the interview and they go into it at the end.