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Why ‘Mein Kampf’ Is a Must-Read Now

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Now in the public domain, Hitler’s infamous book has been republished in a scholarly edition. It’s time to confront it head on.

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One of the welcome developments of the new year is the republication in Germany, for the first time since World War II, of—yes, gulp—Mein Kampf.

Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto was re-released in a new, highly annotated academic edition, in German.

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