Horst Möller: German Historian Wants New Publication of Hitler's Banned Book
A German historian has called on the Bavarian government to lift a ban on publishing Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," saying that an annotated edition could expose the book as a badly written hate tirade.
In an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Horst Möller, director of the Institute of Contemporary History, said that historians should be given a chance to publish an edition of Hitler's 1924 book.
"All kinds of Nazi incendiary writings have been published in a scientific format, except for 'Mein Kampf,'" said Möller, a history professor at Munich University. "In my opinion, it's not justifiable to prohibit this for a single document out of fear that it might have a negative, symbolic effect."
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In an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Horst Möller, director of the Institute of Contemporary History, said that historians should be given a chance to publish an edition of Hitler's 1924 book.
"All kinds of Nazi incendiary writings have been published in a scientific format, except for 'Mein Kampf,'" said Möller, a history professor at Munich University. "In my opinion, it's not justifiable to prohibit this for a single document out of fear that it might have a negative, symbolic effect."