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Mein kampf /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German Publication details: Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1943.Description: xxi, 694 p. 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780395925034
  • 9788172241643
  • 817224164X
  • 9781682042335
Other title:
  • My struggle
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 923.143
LOC classification:
  • DD247.H5 A322
Summary: The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the "betrayal" of Germany in World War I, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. It also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the "Aryan" race. The few outside the Nazi party who read it dismissed it as nonsense, not believing that anyone could--or would--carry out its radical, terrorist programs. As Hitler and the Nazis gained power, first party members and then the general public were pressured to buy the book. By the time Hitler became chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, the book stood atop the German bestseller lists. Had the book been taken seriously when it was first published, perhaps the 20th century would have been very different. Beyond the anger, hatred, bigotry, and self-aggrandizing, Mein Kampf is saddled with tortured prose, meandering narrative, and tangled metaphors (one person was described as "a thorn in the eyes of venal officials"). That said, it is an incredibly important book. It is foolish to think that the Holocaust could not happen again, especially if World War II and its horrors are forgotten. As an Amazon.com reader has pointed out, "If you want to learn about why the Holocaust happened, you can't avoid reading the words of the man who was most responsible for it happening." Mein Kampf, therefore, must be read as a reminder that evil can all too easily grow.
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Standard Loan Calispel Valley Library Adult Nonfiction Calispel Valley Library Book 920 HITLER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v.1 1 Available 30001100212069
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"In the pages of Mein Kampf Hitler presented the world with his dark vision for the future. Years would pass before he attained the power to realize that vision, but Mein Kampf 's existence denies the free world the excuse of ignorance. We dismissed him as a madman and we ignored his wretched book; the result was a tragedy of unprecedented proportions. This is yet another lesson to take from Mein Kampf : the lesson of vigilance and responsibility, of not closing our eyes to the evil around us."--From the introduction by Abraham Foxman

The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician, the first volume of Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume, which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood, the "betrayal" of Germany in World War I, the desire for revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the German people, and the means by which the National Socialist party can gain power. It also includes Hitler's racist agenda and his glorification of the "Aryan" race. The few outside the Nazi party who read it dismissed it as nonsense, not believing that anyone could--or would--carry out its radical, terrorist programs. As Hitler and the Nazis gained power, first party members and then the general public were pressured to buy the book. By the time Hitler became chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, the book stood atop the German bestseller lists. Had the book been taken seriously when it was first published, perhaps the 20th century would have been very different. Beyond the anger, hatred, bigotry, and self-aggrandizing, Mein Kampf is saddled with tortured prose, meandering narrative, and tangled metaphors (one person was described as "a thorn in the eyes of venal officials"). That said, it is an incredibly important book. It is foolish to think that the Holocaust could not happen again, especially if World War II and its horrors are forgotten. As an Amazon.com reader has pointed out, "If you want to learn about why the Holocaust happened, you can't avoid reading the words of the man who was most responsible for it happening." Mein Kampf, therefore, must be read as a reminder that evil can all too easily grow.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Translator's Note (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xv)
  • Volume 1 A Reckoning
  • I. In the House of My Parents (p. 3)
  • II. Years of Study and Suffering in Vienna (p. 19)
  • III. General Political Considerations Based on My Vienna Period (p. 66)
  • IV. Munich (p. 126)
  • V. The World War (p. 157)
  • VI. War Propaganda (p. 176)
  • VII. The Revolution (p. 187)
  • VIII. The Beginning of My Political Activity (p. 207)
  • IX. The 'German Workers' Party' (p. 217)
  • X. Causes of the Collapse (p. 225)
  • XI. Nation and Race (p. 284)
  • XII. The First Period of Development of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (p. 330)
  • Volume 2 The National Socialist Movement
  • I. Philosophy and Party (p. 373)
  • II. The State (p. 386)
  • III. Subjects and Citizens (p. 438)
  • IV. Personality and the Conception of the Folkish State (p. 442)
  • V. Philosophy and Organization (p. 452)
  • VI. The Struggle of the Early Period -- the Significance of the Spoken Word (p. 463)
  • VII. The Struggle with the Red Front (p. 480)
  • VIII. The Strong Man Is Mightiest Alone (p. 508)
  • IX. Basic Ideas Regarding the Meaning and Organization of the SA (p. 518)
  • X. Federalism as a Mask (p. 554)
  • XI. Propaganda and Organization (p. 579)
  • XII. The Trade-Union Question (p. 596)
  • XIII. German Alliance Policy after the War (p. 607)
  • XIV. Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy (p. 641)
  • XV. The Right of Emergency Defense (p. 668)
  • Conclusion (p. 688)
  • Index (p. 689)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Konrad Heiden (1901-1966), a German-American journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi eras, was best known for his biographies of Adolf Hitler.

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