April 1945 the 2nd world war in europe was drawing to an end in berlin. Germanys defeat was inevitable the fighting exceptionally fierce. The world was beginning to grasp the unprecedented scale of the conflict. More than 50000000 people lost their lives no warhead ever claimed so many casualties military and civilian. Soldiers of the victorious allied forces discovered the concentration camps. In germany american troops were so appalled by what they found they brought civilians from the surrounding area to see the horrors of the camps with their own eyes. Many germans claimed to have know nothing of what went on in the camps or the holocaust. At the post war nor back war crimes trials even some leading nazis proclaimed their ignorance when confronted with evidence of the atrocities. Would be to get a Bigger Company british prosecutor frederick l. When jones was among those who insisted this could not be the case he believed that there had been a virtual blueprint for the holocaust a good one. But not take it all fit into. The pot. This is the story behind one of the best selling political manifestos of all time. Its. Its. Its. Its. In november 918 millions of german soldiers were returning home after the end of the 1st world war among them was a man who refused to accept germanys defeat austrian born out of hitler this photograph shows him as an ordinary Lance Corporal shortly before demobilization. At the end of the 1st world war out of hitler was a complete unknown he was born in 1909 so that now 30 he didnt have many prospects for the future of the sixtys death new security. I guess what hitler seemed to sense is that there was a risk in returning to the life he had before the war. The life of you not to put too fine a point on it all of a loser that he dotty. Hitler had no formal qualifications no profession family or money so he decided to stick with what he knew the military. There he called the eye of captain calm. Bear that i dont recognise hitlers talent which could be used in 2 ways. In the military Intelligence Service and for propaganda purposes or props even as a speaker that was repeated of all the. Carl meyer recruited hitler as an undercover agent. He was instructed to infiltrate the german workers party. Keppler felt an immediate affinity to the far right group. Is this going to make it will hitler followed the orders hed been given but then he went beyond that. He gave a speech himself and that was a turning point. He discovered his talent as an orator sotelo daughter. At rallies and it speeches in munich bier halls hitler ascended the ranks to become leader of the newly formed National Socialist party the nazi was. Several times a week he took to the podium for speeches often lasting 2 hours without a paddle or thank god they had 1st hitler won over only a handful of true believers with his polemic so on international conspiracies but soon he drew crowds of thousands by the early 1920 s. Hitler had become a skilled beer hall agitator. He had no plans to write a book but that too changed. What happened was miscellaneous march in rome was written. About gave her ideas he said on this day. In november 923 hitler decided to follow miscellanies lead now 34 hitler was at the head of an aspiring Political Party at his side was a hero of the 1st world war general attitude and doff. The 2 men decided that the time had come to seize power by force. Hitler and his stormtroopers interrupted a meeting of leading berrien politicians. That hitler burst into the meeting. Shots from a revolver were fired at the ceiling. The whole good. There was a somewhat farcical aspect to it all. Hitler arrived fired his pistol and gave a Speech SchoolCharlie Chaplins portrayal of him didnt exist yet that your but you can imagine that Something Like that. Yes i threatened everyone who didnt want to follow him. To the attempted coup what became known as the beer hall putsch failed the demonstration led by hitler in the streets encountered a police cordon. 16 nazis were killed and the subsequent exchange of fire hitler brought himself to safety but was later arrested. When hitler arrived in landsberg prison 60 kilometers from munich he was in a state of utter desperation. Is a bit on the set up we know that hitler weighed 73 kilograms when he arrived and a few days later he fell into a depression and began a hunger strike. You love him m. G. Told me apparently considered suicide after the failed putsch it was a pitiful failure. In addition to failing to gain the support he hoped for in bavaria hitler become a laughingstock in all the newspapers. From cell number 7 of landsberg prison hitler could have faded into obscurity instead he found a new purpose. Hitler knew he faced a possible Death Penalty for treason for the 1st time in his life he decided to write some 60 pages intended as a defense in his upcoming trial. In state of the n. F. L. This is where he came up with the idea for a larger work about his experiences. And his enemies when he wanted to settle the score with his political opponents. 3 months later the trial began amid considerable media interest. This photograph shows hitler and his 9 coconspirators. The rest pled not guilty to high treason rather than deny the charges hitler admitting to wanting to overthrow the government. Used the trial as a stage. As a platform. On it laura had charisma and that captured many people around him. Thats what was so disastrous his ability to exert so much influence over people. In the top 2 people hung on his every word everything he dreamt up every fantasy thing and people just believed it. Was my interest because. General antiflu didnt off was acquitted the remaining defendants were given life sentences. Ready ready for hitler the trial was a victory he had risked the Death Penalty instead he was sentenced to just 5 years in prison of which he would serve only 9 months. As an inmate headlands bag hitler lived in relative luxury he had access to newspapers and drank tea from porcelain cops his room boasted a beautiful view of the countryside he wore his own clothes and was able to hold court with fellow inmates. He found new friends and deepen ties with coconspirators like hess who would become a central figure in the 3rd rise. In the hunt of song things go into the common room whenever they like during the day and have discussions or. Snippets of us on the menu id say it was more like a social club or. Delete topic. In this rather upscale person hitler was treated like a celebrity. His trial had made him famous. He received no end of visitors and gifts cake fly. Hours and fan mail like this letter which opened with a line dear fervor. The bavarian social and political elite flocked to speak with him his visitors log was full to bursting some 330 visitors with every conversation registered down to the last minute. A range of high profile visitors went to lance bass including general lute and off. Wagner star in law giving fled sent letters and parcels. Many benefactors urged him to continue writing. A lead in the back stein of the best piano maker dynasty is said to have given him a new remington portable typewriter. She was a frequent visitor at the its believed she would have been the one who provided what was such an expensive machine at the time the typewriter in those days was quite a sensation. Hitler had time on his hands his Political Party had to be rebuilt and he had court costs and legal fees to pay a book seemed like a good idea. Persistent myth was born during this period that hitler the orator would not have written anything himself instead he dictated as thoughts to a meal more peace and hold office. But recent research has concluded that hitler typed at least the 1st volume of his manifesto himself in prison. For wrote the 1st volume in line spared by himself of his couldnt type very well and only started learning how to type in prison. None of the others helped him either he talked about it alone on his typewriter the idea that. Hitler dictated his book in landsberg is a myth its simply untrue and. Hitler recast his own history with himself in the starring role. Hes believed to have read dozens of books in prison and his manifesto was steeped in theories of racial hierarchy such as those set out by french writer artur to goby no he also drew heavily on the ideas put forth in flutes lances textbook human heredity and human hygiene. Now discredited pseudo scientific theories of this type were widely accepted at the time. Journalists disseminated these ideas as a matter of course. Hitler they served as a source of inspiration. In all sales he collected all these theories and brought them into reports of soup in order to munch just something more he was able to give these books and these racist ideas a repulsive nightmarish coherence. As the months passed hitler continued to hone his world view of a superior area and race essentially the germans who were cast in a constant struggle for racial purity. Their greatest enemy were the jews that supposedly racial parasite. The jew is and remains the typical parasite a sponger who like a noxious bacillus keep spreading as soon as a favorable medium invites him and the effect of his existence is also like that of sponsors wherever he appears the host dies out after a shorter or longer period. The word you did the jews appears over and over again in mind come. 373 times on average every other page. Hitler was obsessed with the jews and believed that they were responsible for all ills that had befallen germany including its defeat in the 1st world war. Tries to convince the germans that the jews are behind that International Conspiracy to destroy germany the minute he speak to the surface is a cause of all their problems we traverses the entire range of anti sematic discourse and brings it to its culmination. In 1924 hitler left land spared prison with a manuscript running into the hundreds of pages. He had little difficulty finding a publisher for his anti semitic tract hitler was famous and Publishing Houses eager to cash in. The 1st books about him had been published and he was being talked about in the newspapers perhaps he wasnt quite a media star. But he was definitely very well known outside of area too and even to an extent outside germany sometimes a copy of a thought Something Else because. He saw the possibility of publishing his 1st book his autobiography was very attractive for 1st place. With such a wealth of options hitler chose the publisher who offered him the best deal marks ahmad was a friend and his former Company Sergeant during the 1st world war. Headed a small Publishing House and shared hitlers extremist ideology. But before the book was published there was the question of finding the right title. Riginal title was 4 and a half years of struggle against laws stupidity and cowardice. Those of the title was very descriptive but not very catchy. Alleged the publisher insisted on a shorter title. The title was supposed to be short pithy and captivating. Its not known who ultimately determine the title. But the decision was made to call it my income my struggle. The publisher advertised the book in the far right press. In december 925 what i had described the 2nd edition as the perfect christmas gift. But to the surprise of many sales failed to take off. Several 1000 copies found buyers among convinced nazis but the wider public chilled little interest. And the book received some scathing reviews. Once was daily for example referred to hitler as a political agitation who no longer understands the world and his ideas were the result of a desperate adherence to an error in reasoning. Truth is that my income is largely unreadable. This contemporary is regarded as a hodgepodge of ideas. And on controlled volcanic eruption it is that if thought safely the public had been expecting sensational revelations about the porch. And sync they hoped that hitler would reveal insider secrets previously unknown details. Sucking at seeing the they had very High Expectations and hope the book would be political dynamite that was not what mine com was about. Hitler persevered in 1928 he wrote a 2nd book that became known as hitlers secret book. The sequel was also a bureau linley aggressive work but it remained unprinted during hitlers lifetime the publisher turned it down citing the poor sales of my guns. Mine come from might also have faded into obscurity. But history was about to take a fateful turn. In 1929 a severe economic depression hit the United States by 930 its impact was in full force in an already economically weakened to germany by 932 germany had an official Unemployment Rate of almost 30 percent. In the 1930 elections traditional parties saw fallen support Hitlers Nazi Party went from just under 3 percent to 18 percent of the vote. Sales of mind cant suddenly so worth. Its salt 54000 copies in 1930 alone. People wanted to know what hitler was thinking. What he wanted he had now become part of the german political system. The book also helped to boost hitlers image in his quest for power. It established hitlers credibility now he was no longer regarded simply as a political agitator an orator but a writer too. In that mattered in germany germany was still a country that respected its doctors and professors. Would have. I made. It 933. 00 hitler surprised the world with his sudden rise to power. He was appointed german chancellor despite having garnered only 37 percent of the vote. With the new he would need to unite germany behind him to achieve the greatness and the conquests he had fantasized about in mind come. With use of goebbels out his side he drew on one of the ideas he had talked about in his book propaganda. All affective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must reiterate these slogans until every member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan. What is the tools for influencing the masses was mind con it soon became required reading for government employees. In 936 the state began giving a copy to nearly wets as a wedding gift. By then hitler had won over much of german industry thanks to his re Armaments Program porters increased up to enfold Companies Like steel make a club gave every employee a copy of the book. The boards. It was given as a gift on birthdays and anniversaries. Or as a bonus for good performance and. To boost sales the publisher offered every imaginable format braille editions for the blind. Luck seditions with marble covers and gilt edging. And a limited edition for high ranking nazi dignitaries. And the ultimate in propaganda a march version in the format of a family bible. One is a hash of the simplicity of the nazis it was a symbol of domination is a bible of naziism and on more than one the book itself was it symbolic function or the civil war thats my everyone said yes i know mine come from is the furious book. The regime ensured that the book would become a bestseller and it made hitler a rich man. He received the equivalent of around 10000000. 00 euros in royalties those proceeds enabled him to buy the balco fila in the bavarian alps. And he indulged his penchant for luxurious mercedes limousines. By 994. 00 a total of 12 and a half 1000000 copies have been printed in germany the form and hitler in the round one writes mark per copy but the book earned him at least 12000000 marks miles i mean the since its worth in the on the ice model and these and before d. And. Mind come was widely distributed but what is more difficult to gauge is was it also widely read with 700. 00 pages and labored style the book presumably put on for many readers. In 1940 karlheinz skinner was drafted into the German Military as a medic his father had been given a copy of my income from his employer. But he wasnt fond of the gift. As. My father put the book on a shelf and thats where it stayed until 945. He once took a look at it and said it was a declaration of war and simple. And hed never read such rubbish. Like many germans at the time karlheinz clinton and his father underestimated hitler. For my then hitler we didnt think hitler was ok in the head. We didnt take him seriously and and we figured that whatever hed written would have to be poppycock. And we just didnt think he was all there given we made jokes about him. Perhaps we should have taken him more seriously. In. Other families did take the book more seriously. Grew up on the outskirts of berlin near the spray river. He still remembers the 1st time he heard of mine count. In 1938 lutes was just 6 years old his father auto was an architect one evening he invited his friends over to talk about hitler spoke. The i was sat under the table instead of going to bed because i was curious about what was going on when i get hearing my father say you have to read the book theyll. Read what it says. And of course they werent talking about the bible or another book. What about my income from. The issue of my income. Doesnt know if his fathers friends follow his advice but he does know that his father was one of the few germans who understood what calamities the book foretold. He was of the opinion that mind calm explained everything that the nazis were planning to do. When i was a child back then all hitler ever talked about was peace peace peace and in reality he was determined to go to war. In the cost. Hitler wanted his preparations for war to remain a secret. He realized that his books might reveal his true intentions especially the passages that spoke of his plans for conquest. We must hold unflinchingly to our aim in Foreign Policy namely to secure for the german people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. His desire for more land was at the time director at one country in particular from. France is and remains by far the most inexorable enemy. My income predicts or in any case legitimizes the idea of military revenge against france. That there were a lot of pages full of aggression aimed at france which he saw as a symbol of race mixing it was a nation of negroes thats the word hitler used by International Jews or. If the french were to take these threats seriously they might prevent german we armament so hitler took preemptive action. In november 933 he received a visit from a french journalist in berlin. Fernandez hoped for closer relations between france and germany. He spoke german and had undoubtedly read the relevant passages in mind count. Hitler offered him a scoop the 1st exclusive interview with the new chancellor by a french journalist. Deplane on asked hitler about the anti french passages in his book. Downplayed their importance. Or insisted that all he wanted was peace or. Are you experienced war himself and europe had already seen too much death. But mind calm was a well known book and doubly not pointed out that this was not the opinion hitler had expressed in his book. There he spoke of war not peace with the reply that he had changed on this be just as any politician would do when confronted by a text painted in his youth he said its not changed so you can read all the book from jail and anger and now he was chancellor 2 more small our evolutions of. The interview appeared on the front page of the maton one of the largest circulation french newspapers of the day it included a reassuring quote from headline. War it would settle nothing it would only make matters worse for the world. But in germany the ideas contained in the book continued to gain traction in public sentiment and on the streets. Propaganda minister yourself goebbels read excerpts of mine come on the radio. And high degree seems even developed an if. Or to pull radio in order to disseminate its propaganda into every home in schools some teachers literally sang hitlers praises on the head was. Was. That yes was. That. Yes. Yes. By now hitler was putting his manifesto into practice his anti semitism became an official feature of public life. Signs such as this germans your enemy is the jew were commonplace. Newspapers were filled with repulsive caricature as that depicted jews as monsters who controlled the world. The message was repeated everywhere. Lutes flaco remembers how effective it was. Trust in us man buddha and this is why and goes to school one day my brother came home from school crying and my mother asked what was wrong it. Is of always does all to my brother said that our guest mr kwan hi im who had docked his boat here had given him sweets if you love bowls of cauldron well then my brother had been told in school whoever eats from the jews will die or the health of the i listened to the conversation and thought well i didnt get any sweets so i have nothing to worry about. Was mine come from a blueprint for the holocaust. Its a question many historians have explored over the years. I think the moment of course my income doesnt talk about gas chambers. The book theorizes at length about the need for germans to fight to the death. It says there can be only one winner in the battle between the racially pure german people and the juice initially by example. Up until the eve of war europeans held fast to the belief that peace with germany was possible. In october 938. 00 hitler and down stairs plan to annex the sudan land region of czechoslovakia a violation of the borders settled after the 1st world war. Europe was on the brink of war and emergency meeting was held in munich. British Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain and his french counterpart at wadala he cancelled all plans in order to attend a short notice. In return for a promise of peace from hitler a deal with reached. Under the munich agreement the addicks station of the suggestion land would go ahead. On their return the british and french premiers were lauded as heroes. To head. Another war with the german chancellor has. Yet is this a fact. Which bears. His name a funny little mind. Reader god the agreement signed last night and the anger of german neighborhood remains as symbolic of the desire of our. Never to go to war with one another at a gate. Peace for our time it seemed to have been guaranteed. A British Travel agency ran ads. Saying dont mind had take your holiday. A measure of European Society was pacifist they said never again war never again the 1st world war never against such slaughter. Even after the munich crisis precious few members of the european elite understood mine kampf as a declaration of war Winston Churchill and Lieutenant Colonel sharlto goal saw it early on and expressed concern but neither held positions of power at the time. Ready the goal had no authority and in britain churchill had basically become a peripheral figure. In 1939 the policy of appeasement by the british and french governments proved to have been a mistake. Germany invaded poland and went on to conquer a large part of europe. In june 1940 hitlers troops marched into paris the horrifying vision of nazi rule over large parts of the world seemed more real than ever. It was a rude awakening and one that forced the ruling class across the continent to rethink their ideas about my income. Or the one hitler began to put the ideas he put forth into practice it became apparent how dangerous might come from really was because right now people realized what they hadnt seen or wanted to see before. Germanys opponents began to use mine kampf for their own cause. Before 939 europe in the us hadnt recognized its danger now they drew on the book as an effective source of counter propaganda in the us many people were reluctant to go to war ordinary americans. Good reason to wage another military invention on behalf of europe. Another war not for me this time america should keep out and i know i will in the event of war in europe i think we can stay out of the valley by army not by. The Us War Department used this film to try to convince African Americans of the necessity of entering the war in this case my income was referenced as propaganda against germany the gulf war according to him. Im not going to read all of this. But theyre one of 2 things and the folks that will interest you. I quote from time to time the illustrated papers show how we need grow and become a lawyer teacher perhaps even a minute it never dawned on the degenerate middle class america that this is truly a stand against all reason that it is from no meds to train a bomb have 8 to one believes one has made a lawyer of. This book was written 20 years ago. The plan which of course shadow. Because it reality. By 944 the defeat of the german army the very marked was merely a question of time. The book that had served as the nazi bible became a liability. To avoid being branded as nazis many germans now parted company with the book. He was. The most copies i ever saw was on april 23rd 1905 is in your office a river was right next to our house and i saw this mass of copies floating in the water. It was poison. And had to be disposed of and there were these trenches and people threw in all manner of things. And whatever other kinds of weapons they had. When an undesirable books like mine come flying which was like a red beacon. Hoard. Then they buried it all with earth. And that helped to protect them. You know. Your verdict not true as does the you now that the red army were approaching of course people were afraid theyd have to account for themselves or be checked or somehow identified as owners of this book did. Mention these days because they feared the consequences for. Germany had been defeated the victorious allied powers demanded that all nazi symbols be destroyed that included the Printing Presses that had been used for mine comes. After 945 the copyright to my comp was kept under lock and key in germany at the time no one. Could have imagined its longevity its author was dead his manifesto was a testament to hate and his policies ended in unprecedented disaster. But the book continued to be printed elsewhere. My struggle in britain. Many a looter in brazil wrote a fine dole in china hitlers manifesto has been published around the world attempts to ban the book proved largely ineffective and with the rise of the internet impossible since 945 millions of copies have been sold around the world. My income continues to be read people remain fascinated by naziism the 3rd rush and hitler. Was a real forbid something and then exerts a kind of fascination if something is forbidden it must be interesting so people seek it out of. The manifesto is a favorite of anti semites especially in arab countries hostile to israel. In 2005 the turkish edition became a bestseller coinciding with the rise of nationalism in turkey the publishers of car gum claimed they had sold nearly a 100000 copies in just 2 months. The book is also popular in india where hitler is sometimes cited in Business Schools as a model of successful management. A country like india where for years decades my income has been successful. The new college from the east and its a symbol of a warmongering ultra nationalism that poses a threat to its neighbors it was up. On january 1st 2016 a new chapter in the books history was opened under german copyright law the book is now in the Public Domain now it may be republic lawfully in germany to. But in its birthplace the book is still considered dangerous. The meticulously annotated critical edition was published in 2016 the original text is accompanied by 3 and a half 1000 comments written by historians. Its almost on our edition takes a stand and its a critical edition by which takes the basic stance that it refutes hitler contradicts him and corrects him. Confronts the fire young Publishing House took the same approach it has likewise preparing a new edition with a critical introduction in order to counteract the hate and lies in the original now infamous diatribe. Of europe transformed the focus on europes summer series razor sharp barbed wire hungary sealed off the balcony how many refugees entered the e. U. Shut down. 30 years ago borders were dismantled with both colors hungary open estates and let east germans flee to austria. Find him an. Earth home to millions of species its a home worth saving. Google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like deals that protect the climate boost Clean Energy Solutions and reforestation. Using interactive content to. Hire people to take action google audience the series of global 3000 on t. W. And online the finest burgling local tourist guide for germanys. I love berlin. 15 it shows 50 stories and 50 very personal tips from berlins very best features mood. Book now planet for our hero max series every week on d w. This is d w news coming to you live from the world stock markets take a tumble spoke to over signs of recession. 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