http://www.smh.com.au/world/jewish-group-welcomes-hitler-book-plan-20120427-1xq9g.html Jewish group welcomes Hitler book plan April 28, 2012 a.. Germany's Jewish community has welcomed a landmark decision to republish Adolf Hitler's manifesto, Mein Kampf (My Struggle), in the country for the first time since World War II.
The southern state of Bavaria, which holds the rights, has not permitted reprints of the vicious anti-Semitic tract and rambling memoir since the Nazi leader's 1945 suicide. But it said this week it would release an edition with historians' commentary as well as a separate version for schools in 2015, before its copyright runs out at the end of that year, in order to beat commercial publishers to the punch. The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dieter Graumann, called Bavaria's decision ''responsible'' and a ''good idea''. ''If it is going to be released, then I prefer seeing a competent annotated version from the Bavarian state than profit-seekers trying to make money with Nazis,'' he said. ''I would of course prefer it if the book disappeared on a dust heap of contempt, but that will not happen,'' he added, noting that the text was already widely available on the internet. The book is not banned as such in Germany but because of Bavaria's blanket refusal to permit sales of old copies or reprints - even taking potential publishers to court - the decision marks a historic step. Bavarian Finance Minister Markus Soeder said the state aimed to release an edition filled with respected historians' commentary that would be impossible to use as far-right propaganda. ''We want to make clear what nonsense is in there - with, however, catastrophic consequences,'' Dr Soeder said. A spokesman for his ministry said that the state had proceeded extremely Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/jewish-group-welcomes-hitler-book-plan-20120427-1xq9g.html#ixzz1tNeHmdBF -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 677 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message
