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that the Hitler estate can't sue you for copyright infringement if you publish it yourself and distribute copies.

• chistev 10mo ago
  Interesting that he still has an estate. And thanks for explaining what it means
  • gbear605 10mo ago
    In practice, there was not a Hitler estate - the government of Bavaria (a state in Germany) took ownership of the copyright.
    • fsckboy 10mo ago
      Hitler did have a nephew by blood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston and I guess a few others, but dwindling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_family https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/some-of-hitlers-last-relatives-are-living-secret-lives-on-long-island/ https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/some-of-hitlers-last-relatives...
    • j2kun 10mo ago
      ...did they exercise it?
      • gbear605 10mo ago
        Rather the opposite, they disallowed anyone from printing copies
  • realityking 10mo ago
    Estate is a common law concept. There’s no direct equivalent in German law.