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04/30/2008: "Makeover Urged For Hitler's "Mein Kampf""

German copyright law dictates that an author's work enters the public domain 70 years after his or her death, and that deadline is fast approaching. Hitler killed himself in his Berlin bunker on April 30, 1945.

Before that anniversary, historians want Bavaria - which controls the copyright because Hitler's last official address was in Munich - to authorize an annotated version of "Mein Kampf." They say a thorough, academic presentation that places Hitler's work in historical context would be the best defense against radical right-wing groups and neo-Nazis who might want to use the book to advance racist agendas once the copyright expires and anyone is free to publish it.

[ Imagine such an "annotated" version of "Das Capital", commenting on how twisted Karl Marx was. That would be just as stupid. It is quite likely the annotations of "Mein Kampf" would be counterproductive, since they would probably be so obviously ridiculous. Eg. "This paragraph is proof that Hitler was the evilest man in history". ]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/29/world/main4055156.shtml