So I was reading my biography on Hitler, and dad walks in.

He's like "oh your reading Mein Kampf?" and I was like "yes, it's a biography on Hitler" and he was like "That book has been banned in many libraries. It's very contriversial." and I was like "Oh wow."

I was just wondering what it is thats contraversial, and should I still read it?

TY for reading!

Just read it and find out. ITs not very long, and is, IIRC, fairly straightforards, even if Hitler was a nutter.

So I was reading my biography on Hitler, and dad walks in.

He's like "oh your reading Mein Kampf?" and I was like "yes, it's a biography on Hitler"

Here's a brief summery about it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf

Just so you know, it is not "a biography on Hitler". It is Hitlers autobiography! He wrote it himself while in prison. It's more or less crap, the mans mind is all over the place. He can barely form a coherent thought. Good luck reading it, I wasn't able to get through it.

Yeah, it's basically Hitler's philosophy that inspired the rise of the Third Reich. It's a good thing to know about.

Yeah, it's basically Hitler's philosophy that inspired the rise of the Third Reich. It's a good thing to know about.

Damn you for stealing my words.

I think you'll find that 'words*' are very much in the public domain, sisyphus.


*Certain combinations of them may be copyrighted. Plus anything that begins with 'Mc'.

It is not an autobiography really either, but a political manifesto. When he wrote it he hadn't accomplished much, so there was no point in writting an autobiography...

Just read it and find out. ITs not very long,

It is pretty long, I think over 600 pages...Originally published in 2 volumes, so....

Here is a picture of the original at page 335, so although it might not be Harry Potter length, it is not a quick read either:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MeinKampf1933EditionJewishCommunity.jpg

P.S.: I don't think babydoll actually held it in her tiny hands, otherwise she wouldn't say or ask such questions...

So I was reading my biography on Hitler, and dad walks in.

He's like "oh your reading Mein Kampf?" and I was like "yes, it's a biography on Hitler" and he was like "That book has been banned in many libraries. It's very contriversial." and I was like "Oh wow."

I was just wondering what it is thats contraversial, and should I still read it?

TY for reading!

Koennen Sie Duetch sprechen?
Das Buch ich weiss nicht genug uber zu sagen warum!
Veillicht wenn ich habe deise Buch gelesen ich kann sprechen und geben eine anwortet!

Hitler ist eine schmutzige ferkel arsch! Ja, das denke ich!

Hitler ist eine schmutzige ferkel arsch! Ja, das denke ich!

Eine schmutzige ferkel arsch? Das ist :puke: nicht schon. Ich brauche nicht zu denken uber die Arsch vom Hitler...ewwww!

Und das Buch? Ich weiss nicht?

Wo ist der schonste Arsch?
Der nicht Hitler Arsch?
Die schonste Frauen Arsch?

Hast du eine schone arsch???;)

You could have tried adding some grammar.. (well for obvious reasons I won't comment on spelling).

I think you'll find that 'words*' are very much in the public domain, sisyphus.


*Certain combinations of them may be copyrighted. Plus anything that begins with 'Mc'.


Words? You mean like...... Red? Is that how you read?

Mein kampf, BTW, is a pretty large book, expounding his ideas and thoughts as to why he began his task in the beginning; at least that was my idea of the whole thing.

It inspires one to imagine what the book was about and such,
and in the process ones parent may be inadvertantly [reinspired] to take the book from you as it provokes evil.

:shrug:

Ie. "The legend of Hitler"
Ie. "The menace of Hitler returns."

Ie. "Don't read this book because Hitler wrote in it!"

Line of thought.

I didn't find it much different than the Bible. Good guys vs bad guys...same old shit.

This is off topic, but who gets the royalties for mein kampf?

It all goes into an anonymous Swiss bank account.

ok, ok - I made that up. It's probably true though. :(

This is off topic, but who gets the royalties for mein kampf?

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/28/bookend/bookend.html

Hitler ist eine schmutzige ferkel arsch! Ja, das denke ich!

Seine Mutti hat ihn geliebt. Lieber als Ferkel koennte man Dreckschwein sagen.Arschloch kann man auch sagen.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/28/bookend/bookend.html

:( I have to be a member and log in. Can you copy/paste what it says please??

It all goes into an anonymous Swiss bank account.

ok, ok - I made that up. It's probably true though. :(

Hitler is alive and well in Argentina.

''Mein Kampf'' still sells its regular 3,000 copies a year in Britain. All royalties are channeled through the Curtis Brown agency, which does not take a commission but passes the money on to a suitable charity. When the agency first tried to find a recipient for the money, the West German Government refused it, and so did all Jewish charities based in Germany, regarding the royalties as tainted. Who now receives the money? Curtis Brown declines to say. As the agency explains, ''If the name of the charity who receives the money were made public, they'd immediately have to announce they could no longer take it.''

In America, the book has been continuously in print with Houghton Mifflin since its original publication. Until the United States entered the war, royalties were sent directly to Eher Verlag; then, under the Trading With the Enemy Act, they were paid to the State Department. In 1979 Houghton Mifflin was allowed to stop paying any royalties. By then the United States Government had received over $90,000.

This is off topic, but who gets the royalties for mein kampf?

The publisher gets it.

I couldn't get through it either. Verbose dementia is tedious.

Deutschland Deautschland über alles!!!

So much missinformation on this website...

This is off topic, but who gets the royalties for mein kampf?

The copyright has ran out long time ago. You can read Mein Kampf online. For books the copyright is around 70 years or so (or when the author dies +50 years I think)....

Now I stopped reading it when he said he didn't cut down that cherrytree. I knew it was a lie, so I throw away the book...

I was just wondering what it is thats contraversial, and should I still read it?

Should you still read it? Should you still read it?!

If people sweep a historical document under the rug on the basis of controversy, and encourage you not to read it, then you know full well that's your cue to proceed and read the book. If books are being banned and shunned, then there is obviously somebody who doesn't want you reading them for whatever reason.

He's like "oh your reading Mein Kampf?" and I was like "yes, it's a biography on Hitler" and he was like "That book has been banned in many libraries. It's very contriversial." and I was like "Oh wow."
Fascinating.

Ich hatte ein mal versuched da durch zu kommen, aber nach ne kurze zeit hatte Ich das wieder weg gelegt. Don't need 600 pages to say "I'm insane, but I've got a knack for propaganda and charisma".

If people sweep a historical document under the rug on the basis of controversy,

You didn't have the Bible in your mind, did you?

To understand evil, one must understand the mind behind it.
I have to go find that book now..

To understand evil, one must understand the mind behind it.
.

'To understand Evil, one must become Evil'

w00t. I actually have an excuse to do evil now. Yay!.

w00t. I actually have an excuse to do evil now. Yay!.

Darky ?

I have to go find that book now..

It is at your fingertips:

http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/

w00t. I actually have an excuse to do evil now. Yay!.

I think it's ok as long as you say "it's in the name of peace"..lol

If you read it you might understand Hitler and his friends had legitimate concerns which led them down the path they took.

If it was really unintelligible nutterness it would never have been banned.

So I was reading my biography on Hitler, and dad walks in.

He's like "oh your reading Mein Kampf?" and I was like "yes, it's a biography on Hitler" and he was like "That book has been banned in many libraries. It's very contriversial." and I was like "Oh wow."

I was just wondering what it is thats contraversial, and should I still read it?

TY for reading!

It's not just a biography. It's filled with his own world view, which is sick, and incites to violence and hate, to say the least.

Should you still read it? Should you still read it?!

If people sweep a historical document under the rug on the basis of controversy, and encourage you not to read it, then you know full well that's your cue to proceed and read the book. If books are being banned and shunned, then there is obviously somebody who doesn't want you reading them for whatever reason.

like zionists trying to take over the world :roflmao:

It's not just a biography. It's filled with his own world view, which is sick, and incites to violence and hate, to say the least.

If it rings true with people then the results are bad for other people. You can't have a minority mistreat a majority without the majority eventually getting wise and lashing out against the misjustice. South Africa and Nazi Germany both illustrate this simple truth.

You should read it if:

You are a skinhead
You do a lot of speed (like Hitler did)
You like the words Mein Kampf

If you dont want to read it you can get the hard cover and use both hands to slam it into your head. Basically it gives the same effect as reading it.

You should read it if:

You are a skinhead
You do a lot of speed (like Hitler did)
You like the words Mein Kampf

If you dont want to read it you can get the hard cover and use both hands to slam it into your head. Basically it gives the same effect as reading it.

Which of your choices qualify you to give such advice John99?

The last one. He has, many times, slammed it hard into his head.

You can't have a minority mistreat a majority without the majority eventually getting wise and lashing out against the misjustice. South Africa and Nazi Germany both illustrate this simple truth.
True. Nazi Germany mistreated the rest of Europe (of which Germans are a minority). Europe lashed back.

True. Nazi Germany mistreated the rest of Europe (of which Germans are a minority). Europe lashed back.

Are we reading from the same history books? America, Asia, and Britain lashed back. Spain and Italy were on Hitler's side and the fate of France and Poland were foregone conclusions. Hitler had Europe nailed down tight.

That the Ayran (Indo-European) people will conqueror the Earth. People still like it on the ********** forums.

Hitler had Europe nailed down tight.
Sure, he kept them down for a while. But when the nails were pulled out the countries who had been nailed weren't happy. Germany ended up occupied in four pieces, and since Hitler had used the ethnic Germans outside of Germany, e.g. in the Sudetenland as an excuse for German invasion, millions of ethnic Germans outside of Germany unfortunately also reaped the consequences of his actions. Which is why there are relatively few ethnic Germans still in those areas.

Sure, he kept them down for a while. But when the nails were pulled out the countries who had been nailed weren't happy. Germany ended up occupied in four pieces, and since Hitler had used the ethnic Germans outside of Germany, e.g. in the Sudetenland as an excuse for German invasion, millions of ethnic Germans outside of Germany unfortunately also reaped the consequences of his actions. Which is why there are relatively few ethnic Germans still in those areas.

The US was never attacked by Nazi Germany. If the US had stayed out of it I suspect Hitler would have had a united eastern front and an easy time with north Africa. The US was drawn into a war against Hitler. It proved to be Germany's undoing.

Russia beat the Nazis.

Hitler didn't pay much attention to the Russians, in his struggling.