THE INSIDER: Mein Kampf a bestseller again
Hitler’s anti-Semitic manifesto gains attention as a study of the causes and consequences of totalitarian ideologies
The first reprint of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Germany since the Second World War has proved a surprise bestseller, heading for its sixth print run, its publisher said this week. The Institute of Contemporary History of Munich said about 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 institute said 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 reports that the institute initially planned to print only 4,000 copies but boosted production immediately based on intense demand. The two-volume work had figured on the nonfiction bestseller list in Der Spiegel magazine over much of 2016, and even topped the list for two weeks in April.The institute also organised a successful series of presentations and debates about Mein Kampf across Germany and in other...
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