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| + | '''''Mein Kampf''''', meaning "My Struggle" or "My Battle" in German, is the title of a book authored by [[Adolf Hitler]]. Hitler wrote the first edition of the book while imprisoned for his role in the 1923 [[Beer Hall Putsch]], a failed coup attempt. In this book, Hitler tells his life story and lays out his political ideas and philosophy. Among the beliefs that Hitler expressed in his book were the notions of "racial purity" and a "Master Race" of Aryans. When Hitler rose to power in Germany as the head of the National Socialist Workers Party or "[[Nazis]]", his book ''Mein Kampf'' became the "bible" of the Nazis. Hitler as the leader of Germany put his ideas into practice by exterminating millions of non-Aryans and attacking and conquering other nations to expand the homeland to provide more "[[lebensraum]]", or living space, for the Aryans. | ||
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| + | {{cquote|a boring tome that I have never been able to read|||[[Benito Mussolini]] on ''Mein Kampf''.<ref>Smith, Denis Mack. 1983. Mussolini: A Biography. New York: Vintage Books. p172 / London: Paladin, p. 200</ref>}} | ||
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| + | In 2013 it was known that the [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-un]] gave copies of Mein Kampf to his top officials.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/19/nkorea-leader-gives-hitler-mein-kampf-to-officials/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200601.txt English translation of Mein Kampf], from Project Gutenberg Australia | ||
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| + | [[Category:Political Books]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Germany]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Nazism]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Liberal Books]] | ||
Revision as of 21:27, June 27, 2016
Mein Kampf, meaning "My Struggle" or "My Battle" in German, is the title of a book authored by Adolf Hitler. Hitler wrote the first edition of the book while imprisoned for his role in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, a failed coup attempt. In this book, Hitler tells his life story and lays out his political ideas and philosophy. Among the beliefs that Hitler expressed in his book were the notions of "racial purity" and a "Master Race" of Aryans. When Hitler rose to power in Germany as the head of the National Socialist Workers Party or "Nazis", his book Mein Kampf became the "bible" of the Nazis. Hitler as the leader of Germany put his ideas into practice by exterminating millions of non-Aryans and attacking and conquering other nations to expand the homeland to provide more "lebensraum", or living space, for the Aryans.
| “ | a boring tome that I have never been able to read | ” |
| —Benito Mussolini on Mein Kampf.[1] | ||
In 2013 it was known that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave copies of Mein Kampf to his top officials.[2]
References
- English translation of Mein Kampf, from Project Gutenberg Australia
- ↑ Smith, Denis Mack. 1983. Mussolini: A Biography. New York: Vintage Books. p172 / London: Paladin, p. 200
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/06/19/nkorea-leader-gives-hitler-mein-kampf-to-officials/
