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The exclusive edition owned by Adolf Hitler and discovered in his apartment was ultimately sold for $20,655 on Friday in Chesapeake City, Maryland. The book was apparently kept by the Nazi leader for personal purposes.
The book had been found by American soldiers during an inspection of Hitler's apartment in 1945. To confirm its authenticity, eleven US servicemen put their signatures on its flyleaf and since then the book has been kept by the daughter of one of the soldiers.
Organizer of the auction Bill Panagopoulos said that the controversy surrounding the book is not a reason to keep it away.
The most important thing is that we do not repeat the sins of the past, Panagopoulos said.
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In early January, Germany started to sell copies of a heavily annotated version of "Mein Kampf" for the first time in 70 years.
Some teachers even suggested including the book in the school curriculum in order to explain to children what extremism is and to protect them from following radical ideas.
Reader Comments
@adjacent:
Nice catch.
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No literary value, just hate spewed propaganda.
Well I guess, it's signs of the times and the world. Hitlers dream, something he was never able to accomplish. But thanks to the US, his rantings have become a reality. World Hegemony!
Well, maybe, Hitler was full of wishful thinking. Thanks to Russia, there maybe a new way of thinking in the world stage. Diplomacy, cooperation and collaboration. A new model for a new future.
For me it gives some hope.
What's the point of buying a book if you can't read it? Can the Trumpster read German? Surely anyone with firing neurons would see how this looks. I bet there are also a lot of Nazis who are not happy about him 'collecting' their 'sacred' memorabilia.
@HFL:
Ruth is down under.
It can't be helped.
There is a lot of it about.
Many cases (MANY) are much worse than hers.
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MUCH.