Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ excerpts banned in Germany

Society - 26 January 2012, Thursday 13:20

GERMANY (QHA) - A British publisher Peter McGee has been banned by the Munich court from printing excerpts from Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Germany because it breaches copyright laws, Ria Novosti reported referring to the Focus magazine.
According to information, McGee planned to publish excerpts from Hitler’s book accompanied with commentaries as a supplement to his weekly newspaper.
However, the Finance Ministry of Bavaria filed a lawsuit banning the publication of these materials saying that it breaches the copyrights to the book held by the state of Bavaria.
McGee’s intentions to publish excerpts from Hitler’s book caused mixed reactions in Germany. The publisher had previously said that he just wanted to give the public an opportunity to critically examine the original text of Hitler's work.
Mein Kampf, written by Hitler after he was jailed in a failed putsch in Bavaria in 1923, is currently banned in Germany. It is widely available, however, on nationalist websites based outside Germany.

 
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