Latest in Tag: Hitler Highlight
Latest in Tag: Hitler
Critical edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf set for sixth printing
An annotated, critical edition of Hitler’s infamous “Mein Kampf” has been on sale for a year, the two-volume tome becoming a surprise bestseller with 85,000 copies sold. But the book is still attracting controversy.At the end of January, a sixth run of the critical edition of Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic “Mein Kampf” will be released. The …
Mel Brooks, master of the parody, turns 90
From horror films to historical dramas, Mel Brooks has poked fun at every film genre in the books. After parodying Hitler and the Nazis in the 60s, he didn’t shy away from anything else. Brooks turns 90 on June 28.
‘Immunizing pupils against extremism’ with Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
Ahead of the release of an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” the president of the German Teachers’ Association has suggested that schools should study the text. In an interview with DW, he explains why. Hitler’s two-volume manifesto “Mein Kampf” outlined the soon-to-be Nazi dictator’s political philosophy and contained numerous anti-Semitic remarks that some …
When Charlie Chaplin imitated Adolf Hitler
Premiering 75 years ago, it was the first major Hollywood production that took a clear stance against the Nazis. Parody and satire: Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” was a stroke of genius. World War II raged in Europe when “The Great Dictator” premiered in London on December 16, 1940, just two months after the film …