Adolf Hitler’s notorious Mein Kampf (My Struggle), a manifesto pretending to be an autobiography, has long been banned from German bookshelves “out of a responsibility and respect for the victims of the Holocaust.”
They should let it be read so all will know what a crackpot ol'Adi really was
But 83 years after it was first published, some Germans argue it should be made available again in order to drain it of whatever power it might still have.
A debate over the book is slowly growing in Germany, in part because Mein Kampf’s copyright, held by the state of Bavaria, will expire in 2015.
Then the book will enter the public domain, and anyone will be able to reprint the text. Academics and officials who fear that a flood of new editions may be abused by far-right extremists are now demanding that a carefully researched and critical edition of the 800-page tome be prepared as a way to demystify it.
It should be pointed out though that the nutcase did contribute one small thing positive to society ... he helped design the 'People's Car' or as it is known the Volkswagon (referred to affectionately as 'the Beetle'), ok, so maybe that is a poor example of a positive thing to contribute to society.
He did set the bar for hatred so damned low that even today's neo-nazi types have a hard time going under the bar - but some manage, anyway.
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