Mein Kampf Thesis

There is almost no debate on what the most dangerous book in the world is; many people agree that Mein Kampf is the most hate-filled, horrid book of all. It was written by Adolf Hitler, the Nazi ruler who killed millions of people in the Holocaust. He was born in Austria, but grew up to become chancellor of Germany. In Mein Kampf, he details his plans for a new and improved Germany by creating the Third Reich. Along with his that, he also wrote about his young life, his opinions on race, and the beginning of his reign of the Nazi party. Even though Hitler described multiple aspects of his rule, the name Mein Kampf means “my struggle” in German; he emphasises the idea that his plans take a lot of work to come to fruition. Although many people

It’s important to learn about Mein Kampf because it’s what gives information regarding the horrors of the Holocaust, how the persecution of Jews started, and Hitler’s reasoning for each one of his actions.

Hitler began writing Mein Kampf in 1924 while he was imprisoned for taking part in the Beer Hall Putsch, which was a failed coup that planned to take over Munich in 1923. However, while he was there, he didn’t technically write the book by hand. History.com states that instead of writing it himself, “...while he was in the Landsberg jail, he told his deputy leader, Rudolf Hess, what to say and Hess recorded it for him” (“Mein Kampf is published”). Consequently, this led to many grammatical and spelling errors in the first edition, because Hitler was not the most well educated man. After about a year of writing it, the first volume was finally published on July 18th, 1925. Encyclopedia Britannica reports that the “...second volume was written after his release from prison in December 1924” (“Mein Kampf”). However, while the second volume did have less

Additionally, it had details on how Hitler wanted to rid the world of “impure” races, which was the beginning of the mass hatred towards the Jews. It was also what sparked the feelings of hostility towards other oppressed people, including gypsies, the LGBTQ community, and disabled people. While the first volume was the start of the movement, the second volume contained more information regarding Nazism. It was published in 1927, and was entitled “The National Socialist Movement.” According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the second volume “...outlines the political program, including the terrorist methods, that National Socialism must pursue both in gaining power and in exercising it thereafter in the new Germany” (“Mein Kampf”). Before long, almost everyone in Germany was reading Mein Kampf. At one point, it was even common to give the book as a gift at weddings, birthday, or other holidays. The intense passion for the book can be demonstrated in the Book Thief when Hans Hubermann Jr., an extreme Nazi supporter, sees the main character Liesel reading a book and asks, “And what trash is this girl reading? She should be reading Mein Kampf” (Zusak 105). Again, this emphasizes the importance of Mein Kampf to many of Hitler’s loyal followers. The amount of people