Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ selling out in Germany

The first reprint of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” in Germany since World War II has proved a surprise bestseller, heading for its sixth print run, its publisher says Tuesday.

The Institute of Contemporary History of Munich (IfZ) says around 85,000 copies of the new annotated version of the Nazi leader’s anti-Semitic manifesto had flown off the shelves since its release last January.

However, the respected institute says that far from promoting far-right ideology, the publication had enriched a debate on the renewed rise of “authoritarian political views” in contemporary Western society.

AFP

A German edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' ('My Struggle') at the Berlin Central and Regional Library (Zentrale Landesbibliothek, ZLB) in Berlin, Germany, December 7, 2015 (AFP/Tobias Schwarz)
A German edition of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ (‘My Struggle’) at the Berlin Central and Regional Library (Zentrale Landesbibliothek, ZLB) in Berlin, Germany, December 7, 2015 (AFP/Tobias Schwarz)

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