German Jews Want ‘Mein Kampf’ Reprinted

Posted by davidagillespie on August 9, 2009

Germany’s Central Council of Jews has taken the unprecedented step of backing a proposal to republish Adolf Hitler’s infamous autobiographical manifesto Mein Kampf, which has been strictly outlawed in the country since the end of the Second World War.

However the southern state of Bavaria, which holds the rights to the book, remains strongly opposed to the idea. “We won’t lift the ban as it may play straight into the hands of the far right,” said a spokesman for the Bavarian government. “Prohibition is highly regarded by Jewish groups and we mean to keep it that way,” he said.

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