Mein kampf how many copies sold

But the term "best-seller" does not necessarily mean very much. A quarter of all books sold in Germany are bought in the run-up to Christmas. At other times of the year it is possible to top listings with relatively few sales. Mein Kampf My Struggle is an expensive academic text, and is being bought by libraries, schools and history academics.

For a German non-fiction book sales of 85, are not bad. But the figures don't indicate a runaway hit. The current biggest non-fiction seller is The Hidden Life of Trees, a book about the ecosystem of woodland, which has sold half a million copies so far. Read Damien's analysis in full here. After Nazi Germany was defeated in , the Allied forces handed the copyright to the state of Bavaria.

Under German law copyright lasts for 70 years. While the Bavarian regional government held the copyright, reprinting of the book was banned.

But the copyright expired a year ago. Mr Wirsching said he favoured "clever" teachers using the IfZ edition in the classroom. He warned against "repeating the absurd s discussion, when people said 'it was all Hitler's fault'. He said the IfZ had obtained solid legal advice before republishing the book on a limited scale.

Volume Two of Mein Kampf, focusing on national socialism, was published in Sales of the complete work remained mediocre throughout the s. Its popularity reached the point where it became a ritual to give a newly married couple a copy. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! On July 18, , the year-old actress Rebecca Schaeffer is murdered at her Los Angeles home by Robert John Bardo, a mentally unstable man who had been stalking her.

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It was banned by the Allies at the end of the war. Hitler wrote most of the first, highly autobiographical, volume while incarcerated in Landsberg prison after his failed Munich coup attempt in After his release, he wrote much of the second volume at his mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden. A bestseller after he became chancellor in , Mein Kampf had by sold 12 million copies and been translated into 18 languages. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription.

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