French publisher releases new Mein Kampf edition to confront Nazism
France24
02 Jun 2021, 04:37 GMT+10
French publisher Fayard releases a new translation of Mein Kampf on Wednesday after years of delay due to the controversy over publishing Adolf Hitler s racist, anti-Semitic screed. But historians behind the project say it will perform a valuable service in elucidating - and thereby disarming - the Nazis ideology for French readers.
Fayard were so keen to emphasise the edition s scholarly nature that Hitler s name does not even appear on the tome s bare, white cover. Nor is it titled Mein Kampf: The book is instead called Historiciser le mal, une edition critique de Mein Kampf ( Putting Evil in Context: A Critical Edition of Mein Kampf )