New edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf is an instant sellout
Considering the prospect of 10 MILLION people flooding into Germany in 2016, perhaps it's timely that Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf went on sale again, for the first time since World War II.
Will the recent rape-wave of invaders in places like Cologne cause the German people to rethink some of the claims of the most demonized man in history? What kind of country has Germany become? What kind of political leadership does Germany they have today?
One thing is for sure, Hitler and the National Socialists would have never allowed millions of foreigners invade their land in the way that traitor Merkel has. They certainly wouldn’t have tolerated them sexually assaulting German women. They would have done something about it.
However, the newly released Mein Kampf has some 3,500 annotations!! Utterly ridiculous. That means there is more pages of annotations than from Hitler himself. They have increased an 800-page book to 2000 pages!
You see, they don't consider you adult enough to make up your own mind and read the words for yourself. Someone might be swept up by the “lies and propaganda” as opposed to the truth, accuracy and non-propaganda of the modern “educated” people, that are writing the annotations – without a SHRED of propaganda or lies, of course.
You are not allowed to read the words from the man himself. You'll have to let the "expert" tell you what to think about the book and his thoughts, even just as a historic document it's too “dangerous” from someone to read it themselves.
Just read this, from the Daily Mail article:
"Germany's main Jewish group, the Central Council of Jews, said it has no objections to the critical edition but strongly supports ongoing efforts to prevent any new “Mein Kampf” without annotations. Its president, Josef Schuster, said he hopes the critical edition will “contribute to debunking Hitler's inhuman ideology and counteracting anti-Semitism."
Exactly, that means that the "corrections" throughout the book are there to steer you in the right direction and guide you through the book in order to "deconstruct and put into context Hitler's writing," just in case, so you don't stray away from the intention to "demystify the 800-page rant" as the Daily Mail article continues.
You see as they write in the article, Hitler made “countless claims, lies and assertions,” but today we NOW KNOW the truth. The progress we have made has turned the West and Europe into such a better place, which is safer for women, more honest and beautiful, upholding European tradition and values. Wholesome family values are all around us being encouraged in our media driven world. Yeah right.
Despite this ridiculous attempt at destroying your ability to read a text for yourself, without being told with annotations what the establishment thinks you should think about the book, it immediately sold out. If you buy this copy why don't you annotate the annotations or get your hands on a copy free from counter-spin, so that you can make up your own mind. Keep in mind in Europe, thinking for yourself and coming up to your own conclusions can land you in prison. That’s how liberated the West has become.
Here is the full story from Daily Mail:
Adolf Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf was an instant sellout when it hit bookstores in Germany for the first time since the Second World War.
More than 15,000 advance orders were placed, despite the initial print of 4,000 copies, with one copy even put up for resale on Amazon.de for €9,999.99 (£7,521.43).
Mein Kampf, which means My Struggle, returned into the public domain on January 1.
A copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf - A Critical Edition stands on a display table in a bookshop in Munich, Germany
A 1941 edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' ('My Struggle') lies at the library of the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum)
Ian Kershaw, a Briton who is a leading biographer of Hitler, joined Friday's book presentation and said it was 'high time for a rigorously academic edition of Mein Kampf' to be made available.
'For years, I have considered the lifting of the ban on publication long overdue,' Kershaw said.
'Censorship is almost always pointless in the long term in a free society, and only contributes to creating a negative myth, making a forbidden text more mysterious and awakening an inevitable fascination with the inaccessible.'
Germany's main Jewish group, the Central Council of Jews, said it has no objections to the critical edition but strongly supports ongoing efforts to prevent any new 'Mein Kampf' without annotations. Its president, Josef Schuster, said he hopes the critical edition will 'contribute to debunking Hitler's inhuman ideology and counteracting anti-Semitism.'
Copies of a 2,000-page, two-volume annotated version of Mein Kampf will go on sale on January 9 after three years of labour by scholars at Munich's Institute for Contemporary History.
The new version, which will cost 59 euros (£43), has some 3,500 annotations.
Authors argue that the critical edition will serve to 'deconstruct and put into context Hitler's writing' with the aim to demystify the 800-page rant.
The annotated version looks at key historical questions, the institute said, including: 'How were his theses conceived? What objectives did he have? And most important: which counterarguments do we have, given our knowledge today of the countless claims, lies and assertions of Hitler?'
Jewish community in Germany criticised the decision to reprint the anti-Semitic book, questioning whether it was necessary to propagate the inflammatory text again
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said 'it would be best to leave 'Mein Kampf' where it belongs: the poison cabinet of history'
Education Minister Johanna Wanka has argued that such a version should be introduced to all classrooms across Germany, saying it would serve to ensure that 'Hitler's comments do not remain unchallenged'.
'Pupils will have questions and it is only right that these can be addressed in classes,' she said.
But the Jewish community in Germany criticised the decision to reprint the anti-Semitic book, questioning whether it was necessary to propagate the inflammatory text again.
Charlotte Knobloch, leader of the Jewish community in Munich, said she could not imagine seeing 'Mein Kampf' in shop windows.
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, told AFP that not only would 'Holocaust survivors be offended by the sale of the anti-Semitic work in bookstores again', but that he also failed to see a need for a critical edition.
'Unlike other works that truly deserve to be republished as annotated editions, 'Mein Kampf' does not,' he said, arguing that academics and historians already have easy access to the text.
First edition of Mein Kampf signed by Adolf Hitler. The Nazi dictator wrote the book in 1924 while he was in jail in Bavaria for treason after his failed coup
Versions of the book will also hit bookstands in France, causing an outcry in the Jewish community there
Roger Cukierman, the president of the council of Jewish institutions, called the planned French reprints 'a disaster'
A German edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle) is pictured at the Berlin Central and Regional Library
And even though it should be studied and German students taught about the devastating impact it had, Lauder said 'the idea that to do so requires an annotated edition with thousands of pages of text is nonsense.'
'Now, it would be best to leave 'Mein Kampf' where it belongs: the poison cabinet of history.'
Versions of the book will also hit bookstands in France, causing an outcry in the Jewish community there.
Roger Cukierman, the president of the council of Jewish institutions, called the planned French reprints 'a disaster'.
'Such horror can already be found on the internet. What would happen if Mein Kampf also becomes bedside reading?' he said.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
