German, French versions of 'Mein Kampf' as copyright ends
October 14, 2015 19:46
"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.
The book -- whose title means "My Struggle" in German -- originally came out in two volumes in 1925 and 1926, but was banned in Germany after Hitler and the Nazis were defeated in World War II.
No French reprint has been made since 1934. Various translated English versions, however, have been made and are widely available online through retailers such as Amazon.
But now the copyright on the work, held by the Bavarian State, is due to expire at the end of this year -- 70 years after the death of its infamous author.
Fayard, a French publishing company, said in a statement it was going ahead with an annotated French print, after pondering on it for the past four years.
"The publication of this book central to the history of the 20th century will be accompanied by a critical analysis established by a scientific committee of French and foreign historians," Fayard said in a statement.
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