Hitler

Mein Kampf: Complete and Unabridged Fully Annotated

1940réf. 50969New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1940. Eighteenth Printing stated. Hardcover. Fair/No dust jacket present. xxxvi 1003 1 pages. Map. Index. There is some wear and soiling to boards/spine Some hinge weakness noted. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. This edition published by Reynal & Hitchcock by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. The introduction states that "Until now the only version of Mein Kampf in English has been a condensation of the complete book published in 1933 containing less than half of the total text." This was the first complete English translation of Mein Kampf. Passages that had been omitted from other abridged editions have been marked throughout by the publishers with printed black lines. Annotations are as footnotes. . The editorial sponsors were John Chamberlain Sidney B. Fay John Gunther Carlton Hayes Graham Hutton Alvin Johnson William L. Langer Walter Millis Roul de Roussy de Sales and George N. Shuster. Hitler didn't want this book published outside of Germany. Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical and political manifesto by Adolf Hitler the leader of the Nazi Party. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs his political ideology and his future plans for Germany and the world. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. Emil Maurice SS member No. 2 was prominent in early transcription then most of the editing was done by Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess. Hitler began Mein Kampf while imprisoned at Landsberg Prison following his failed coup in Munich in November 1923 and trial in February 1924 for high treason in which he received a sentence of five years in fortress confinement Festungshaft. Although he received many visitors initially he soon devoted himself entirely to the book. As he continued he realized that it would have to be a two-volume work. The governor of the prison noted at the time that "Hitler hopes the book will run into many editions thus enabling him to fulfill his financial obligations and to defray the expenses incurred at the time of his trial. Hitler spent over a year incarcerated and had the first volume published the summer after his release. After slow initial sales the book became a bestseller in Germany following Hitler's rise to power in 1933. After Hitler's death copyright of Mein Kampf along with other Nazi assets was given to the state government of Bavaria which refused to allow any copying or printing of the book in Germany. In 2016 following the expiry of the copyright held by the Bavarian government Mein Kampf was republished in Germany for the first time since 1945. In Mein Kampf Hitler used the main thesis of "the Jewish peril" which posits a Jewish conspiracy to gain world leadership. The narrative describes the process by which he became increasingly antisemitic and militaristic especially during his years in Vienna. He speaks of not having met a Jew until he arrived in Vienna and that at first his attitude was liberal and tolerant. When he first encountered the antisemitic press he says he dismissed it as unworthy of serious consideration. Later he accepted the same antisemitic views which became crucial to his program of national reconstruction of Germany. Mein Kampf has also been studied as a work on political theory. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover

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