Is Mein Kampf still copyrighted?
Reprinting the anti-Semitic book was banned after WW2 by Bavaria’s regional government, which held the copyright. The copyright has now expired and Munich’s Institute of Contemporary History is to publish a new edition. New versions are expected in many countries.
How long is Hitler’s Mein Kampf?
2,000 pages
The annotated edition of Mein Kampf was published in Germany in January 2016 and sold out within hours on Amazon’s German site. The two-volume edition included about 3,500 notes, and was almost 2,000 pages long.
When was Mein Kampf published in the UK?
The first English translation of Mein Kampf was an abridgment by Edgar Dugdale, who started work on it in 1931, at the prompting of his wife Blanche. When he learned that the London publishing firm of Hurst & Blackett had secured the rights to publish an abridgment in the United Kingdom, he offered it gratis in April 1933.
What is the main idea of the book Mein Kampf?
The majority of the work involves Hitler’s discussion of the German people’s difficult times after the First World War, his political theories and his organization of the Nazi Party, as well as many attacks against his enemies which makes it a very interesting and moving story. Hitler’s own words answer the question “why?”.
Is Mein Kampf a bad translation?
Mein Kampf: A Translation Controversy, written by Michael Ford, points to some of these flaws and offers corrections. While the book seemingly acts as an advertisement for his own translation, Ford still succeeds in amending a majority of Manheim’s inaccuracies.
What slurs does Manheim use to make Mein Kampf more offensive?
On page 57, Manheim is guilty again, where “little Jew ( Jüdlein )” is replaced by “kike,” and the translator had the audacity to include the original German in the footnote. He just couldn’t help but expose himself. These slurs are implemented in an attempt to make Mein Kampf appear more offensive to the average, unaware reader.