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The link is actually to a censored version of the review which omits the sentence "I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitl
by cypherpunks27ad 4y ago
The link is actually to a censored version of the review which omits the sentence "I should like to put it on record that I have never been able to dislike Hitler."
An uncensored copy of the review which does contain that sentence is here: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600051h.html https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600051h.html
Here is a reference from the NYT to show that yes, he really said this: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/22/opinion/l-orwellian-ambivalence-toward-adolf-hitler-017710.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/22/opinion/l-orwellian-ambiv...
The fact that most of the copies of Orwell's review of Mein Kampf have replaced this sentence with "..." is downright Orwellian.
- dang 4y agoI don't know that it's Orwellian except insofar as it's stupid, and since stupid conventionality was one of Orwell's great themes, it is Orwellian, so you're right. We've belatedly changed the URL now. I wish I'd seen it sooner.