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The OP leaves out a few items: 1: Freedom of speech is not a blanket absolution even in America. You cannot for example yell "fire" in movie theatre which was the case cited by a Justice on the subject; as it would tend to cause harmful panic and destruction or even death from trampling. 2: In the South, as in previous threads, The Confederate battle flag cannot be flown over public buildings as formerly. It appears Germany deals with the incendiary issue of the Swastika similarily. However the issue is not completely dead as the Bavarian state which holds the copywrite on Mein Kampf prepares to republish what has been a good little money-maker on Amazon in English when the copywrite expires shortly and become eminent domain. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/mein-kampf-germany-bavaria-adolf-hitler-memoir_n_1449870.html The Dec. 8, 1999, file photo shows a book store displaying Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in downtown Sarajevo. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic with swastika on book jacket)
One of the most controversial books in history is about to come back into print in its homeland -- something that hasn't been true in nearly 70 years. On Monday, the German state of Bavaria announced plans to publish an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s infamous “Mein Kampf,” according to Der Spiegel.
The southern German state has held ownership of the book’s copyright since the end of World War II, the Associated Press notes, but those rights are due to expire in 2015.
“Mein Kampf” is currently banned in Austria and Russia, the Daily Mail writes. But contrary to popular belief, the notorious book is not banned in Germany -- Bavaria has simply prevented its printing in an effort to control production, the AP notes.
In January, a German magazine ignited controversy when it tried to publish excerpts from the book with critical commentary, the New York Times reports. German authorities took the matter to court, which ruled that any publication of the book violated Bavaria’s copyright.
But now, with the copyright expiration drawing near, Bavaria is publishing its own version of the book and calling it damage control. Der Spiegel reports that the book will include commentaries that condemn Hitler’s arguments. Not to be out done: In the United States the book can be found at almost any community library and can be bought, sold and traded in bookshops. The U.S. government seized the copyright during the Second World War under the Trading with the Enemy Act and in 1979, Houghton Mifflin, the U.S. publisher of the book, bought the rights from the government. 15,000 copies are sold a year. Clearly in Germany, the crooked cross may be banned...but the 'bible' is about to be republished?!! I suspect...Like many celebrities, ol' Adolph of Munich will earn more Deutschmarks dead than alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf note the swastika on the jacket-shortly to be republished.