Hitler and Discrimination
Hitler’s Jewish Discrimination as Interpreted by Selected Quotes of Mein Kampf All throughout history people have wanted more and more money. It is human nature to blame a minority race and or religion for world problems. One example of this was Adolph Hitler’s discrimination against Jews. His 600 plus paged “Mein Kampf” has been considered to be a controversial text for many decades. Since 1946 the book has been banned from many countries including Germany, but will be available for sale starting in 2015 according to a Washington Post article entitled “In Germany, attitudes toward ‘Mein Kampf’ slowly changing” and a New York Times article entitled “The Return of Mein Kampf.” Before this had happened, a German book seller planned on selling portions of the book. This story can be found in a BBC article entitled “Hitler Book Mein Kampf: Germany Extracts Plan Dropped." The book was written while serving prison time for an attempted, but failed, attempt at seizing power in Munich during November of 1923. It was eventually published in 1925, with a second volume following in 1926. The book presents Hitler’s Social Darwinist view points along with the revelation of his hatred of the Jews and Bolshevists. Information on this book can be found in many different books, articles and websites. One of those websites is entitled “The History Place - The Rise of Adolf Hitler.” One of the books that can be used is “Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany” by Earle Rice. A literary element frequently prevalent in ‘Mein Kampf’ is Point of View. The entire work is done in a first-person narrative. Perhaps there is no better way to introduce this concept than the words of the author himself. In the preface of the book there is a letter from Hitler to the reader. He says:
On April 1, 1924, I entered upon my prison term in the fortress of Landsberg am Lech, as sentenced by the People’s Court in Munich on that day. Thus, after years of uninterrupted work, an opportunity was for the first
On April 1, 1924, I entered upon my prison term in the fortress of Landsberg am Lech, as sentenced by the People’s Court in Munich on that day. Thus, after years of uninterrupted work, an opportunity was for the first
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