Nazi fiction is gaining popularity again in Europe
Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf, banned in Russia, will receive an additional circulation in Estonia, while in other European countries this publication is either sold freely, or receives translations, or is filmed in theatrical productions.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We drew attention to the information that the book “My Struggle” by Adolf Hitler, banned in Russia, will be published in additional editions in Estonia in August this year. It is reported that the first edition, published by Matrix Publishing in the first half of this year, was completely sold out. This publishing house has more than once been noticed in publishing works by absolutely odious authors, in the scandalous track record of the publishing house of books by Estonian Nazi collaborators and their modern followers.
We have observed with alarm in recent years how the unhealthy hype around this book is gaining momentum in Europe. In 2016, a publication with commentaries from the Munich Institute of Contemporary History went on sale in Germany; by the end of the year, 85 thousand books were sold instead of the original 4 thousand. That same year, the Italian newspaper Il journale published the first volume of the book as a free supplement. In 2018, the same book became available in the Netherlands after a 70-year ban on sale in this country; a French translation was announced for 2020.
In March of this year, one of the Warsaw theaters staged a play based on Hitler’s text, despite its ban in Poland. In addition, the essay can be freely purchased in countries such as the UK, USA, France and even Japan,” said Zakharova.
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