International Law,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 19, 2014
Controversial books meet different fates
Germany will be reprinting "Mein Kampf" soon; meanwhile, Penguin Books India has agreed as part of a legal settlement to recall and destroy all copies of "The Hindus."
Julie L. Kessler
PO Box 1582
Manhattan Beach , CA 90267-1582
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Email: Julie@VagabondLawyer.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Julie is an attorney based in Los Angeles, a freelance writer for several publications, and the author of the award-winning book "Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight." She can be reached at www.VagabondLawyer.com
A few weeks ago I wrote in this column about the upcoming copyright expiration in Germany of "Mein Kampf," Adolph Hitler's delusional and bigoted rant and one of the most offensive books ever penned. It helped outline Hitler's "Final Solution," designed to rid the German empire of Jews, Communists and other undesirables for good. The government of Bavaria plans to reprint the book in the original German upon the copyright's expiration. I argued then, and will always argue, that such book...
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