“It’s a 1979 edition and look in the preamble, there is a warning to readers,” explains the president of the museum, leafing through the work with its orange cover.
In a 1979 ruling, the Paris Court of Appeal had, in fact, authorized the sale of the book “taking into account its historical and documentary interest, but combining this authorization with insertion at the head of the book, just after the cover and before the endpapers, an eight-page text warning the reader.
In a style full of hatred, the dictator Adolf Hitler exposed over 700 pages his “world view” of National Socialism, with its racist and openly anti-Semitic components. “The Jewish question is addressed on page 60, that’s saying something,” said the manager.
The editorial team advises you
This copy thus enriches the structure's collections in order to raise awareness of the dangers of totalitarian ideologies. “It should serve to warn us,” believes Gérard Glacial.
A radio from 1933
The museum, which had already owned an edition of “Mein Kampf” before it was stolen, will make it available to readers in its library. “But it will only be available on site,” the president immediately warns.
A German radio set was also added to the museum's collections.
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Last week, the museum also recovered a Nora radio set, presented at the Berlin exhibition in 1933. The Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, campaigned for every family to be equipped with one. “The radio device was supplied with an orange label (also presented) warning the listener that listening to foreign radio stations was a crime punishable by prison,” explains Gérard Glacial.
