Oh Dear - Sales of Hitler's Mein Kampf soaring

[OwlHoot]

2017-01-03 Germany sees 'overwhelming' sales of Hitler's Mein Kampf

About 85,000 German-language copies of the anti-Semitic Nazi manifesto have been sold. Publisher Andreas Wirsching said "the figures overwhelmed us".

He is director of the Institute of Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich.

At the end of January the IfZ will launch a sixth print run. The book contains critical notes by scholars.

Unlike the Nazi-era editions, the IfZ's Mein Kampf (My Struggle) has a plain white cover - without a picture of Hitler. The swastika and other Nazi symbols are banned in Germany. ..

Allowing millions of immigrants to settle in Germany has been a very foolish provocation.

The Germans never seem to do anything by halves ...

[Flashman]

Paging Darmstadt !!!

[vetran]

Its obviously a lie its in the Daily Fail Beeb.

Just wait until we leave the teat of mother Europe you cretins will be bankrupt unlike me who bought Euro Bonds and moved to Clacton Portugal.

etc.


FTFRemainers.

[darmstadt]

I actually read Mein Kampf while still in school in England as it was in the school library. Presumably it was available in most school libraries which explains the rise of the right in the UK

[Flashman]

I actually read Mein Kampf while still in school in England as it was in the school library. Presumably it was available in most school libraries which explains the rise of the right in the UK

[shaunbhoy]

I actually read Mein Kampf while still in school in England as it was in the school library. Presumably it was available in most school libraries which explains the rise of the right in the UK

Read Mein Kampf in school......check.........moved to Germany........check.
Over to you security services!!

[shaunbhoy]

The Germans never seem to do anything by halves ...

Indeed. Losing 1 World War wasn't enough for them!!

[scooterscot]

Why is this any different to sales of Thachter's or Blair's biography?

[NickFitz]

85,000 copies sold to a population of 80 million - and that's assuming all copies were bought within Germany. Not really "soaring", is it?

[OwlHoot]

85,000 copies sold to a population of 80 million - and that's assuming all copies were bought within Germany. Not really "soaring", is it?

Nope, and I gather it is a newly released annotated edition, which may somewhat account for the increase in sales.

But there's also the canary in the coal mine aspect. "From little acorns" and so on ..