Row Erupts Over Hitler Book in Poland | Germany | Deutsche Welle |

Oh, dear. We seem to be having a "Mein Kampf" outbreak of sorts. (See the post just prior to this one, about how the title currently enjoys bestseller status in Turkey.) This article originally appeared February 25, 2005, on dw-world.de/dw/.

...The Polish publication of the book has already raised hackles in Germany. Earlier this week, the German state of Bavaria said the German embassy in Warsaw was looking into what legal action could be taken to block the publication.

Bavarian Finance Minister Kurt Faltlhauser issued a statement saying that the German state, which the victorious World War II allies designated as the guardian of Hitler's estate, holds the rights to the book and will apply "those rights very restrictively to prevent the spread of Nazi ideology."

Polish publisher XXL said it wants to make a historical record available. A first edition was published in Polish in 1992 but was withdrawn after claims that it incited racial hatred. The book is banned from public display or sale in Germany although it is available for historical research in libraries...

At this point, all this can still probably be classified kerfuffle instead of something worse, but time will tell.