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Hitler's Mein Kampf Becomes Surprise Bestseller in Germany

Previously subject to a complete ban in Germany, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has sold 85,000 copies since a “critical version” of the semi-autobiographical book was released in January last year.

A year on from the release of an annotated “critical edition” of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, the book has become a surprise bestseller, Germany's Institute of Contemporary History (IfZ) said on Tuesday. “So far we have sold 85,000 books. The sixth edition will be released at the end of January. These figures have really overwhelmed us, nobody could have expected it,” the institute's director Andreas Wirsching told the Tagesspiegel newspaper.