Mein Kampf Copyright

Few would have imagined that Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" would again become a bestseller in the 21st century. But that's exactly what happened earlier this year with the expiration of a German state copyright that had been used to prohibit reprinting of the book.

New copies of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will hit bookstores in Germany today for the first time since World War II, unsettling Jewish community leaders as the copyright of the anti-Semitic manifesto expires.

With only two months to go before the copyright of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" expires, debate is raging over whether the anti-Semitic manifesto should again be published in Germany, where all reprints have been halted since the defeat of the Nazis.

"Mein Kampf", Adolf Hitler's manifesto containing autobiographical, anti-Semitic and militaristic screeds, falls out of copyright next year, and already annotated German and French reprints are being prepared, a Paris publisher confirmed today.

Germany wants to uphold an effective post-war ban on the publication of Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" after its copyright comes up for grabs at the end of next year, officials said on Thursday.

The German state of Bavaria said on Tuesday that it is preparing for the expiration in 2015 of the copyright on Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir "Mein Kampf" by supporting the preparation of new editions with critical commentary - including one for students. While "Mein Kampf" isn't actually banned in Germany, Bavaria has over the years used its own...

Few would have imagined that Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" would again become a bestseller in the 21st century. But that's exactly what happened earlier this year with the expiration of a German state copyright that had been used to prohibit reprinting of the book.

New copies of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" will hit bookstores in Germany today for the first time since World War II, unsettling Jewish community leaders as the copyright of the anti-Semitic manifesto expires.

With only two months to go before the copyright of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" expires, debate is raging over whether the anti-Semitic manifesto should again be published in Germany, where all reprints have been halted since the defeat of the Nazis.

"Mein Kampf", Adolf Hitler's manifesto containing autobiographical, anti-Semitic and militaristic screeds, falls out of copyright next year, and already annotated German and French reprints are being prepared, a Paris publisher confirmed today.

Germany wants to uphold an effective post-war ban on the publication of Adolf Hitler's manifesto "Mein Kampf" after its copyright comes up for grabs at the end of next year, officials said on Thursday.

The German state of Bavaria said on Tuesday that it is preparing for the expiration in 2015 of the copyright on Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir "Mein Kampf" by supporting the preparation of new editions with critical commentary - including one for students. While "Mein Kampf" isn't actually banned in Germany, Bavaria has over the years used its own...