Otto strasser, 76, theoretician who broke with hitler, is dead. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Many of the comments on here are from biasedignorant people who have obviously never read this book and want it erased from history. The hochzeitsausgabe, or wedding edition, in a slipcase with the seal of the province embossed in gold onto a parchment. Otto strasser, together with his brother gregor strasser, was a leading member of the partys leftwing faction, and broke from the party due to disputes with the hitlerite faction. Yet of his daily activities during this period, in chapter 8 in mein kampf hitler. Read more about the lies of otto strasser and douglas reed, part 1 gun control in germany, 19281945 an excerpt. Mar 27, 2019 the author was socialist adolf hitler, in his book mein kampf. The lies of otto strasser and douglas reed, part 1 the mein. Han kom saledes pa kollisjonskurs med adolf hitler. Inside my 1943 version of this book, i noticed that avalon press printed the work previously in 1941 and 1942. Extending the german ban on mein kampf does more harm than good. The resignation of gregor strasser from his party offices on 8 december 1932 caused a major.
Roth also read mein kampf, which provided him with much of his background material. It was a priest, father bernhardt stempfle who was a member of the order of saint jerome according to otto strasser in his hitler and i, not hitler, who really wrote mein kampf. Preis neu ab gebraucht ab taschenbuch bitte wiederholen. It was his only complete book, and the work became the bible of national socialism nazism in germanys third reich. Yet of his daily activities during this period, in chapter 8 in mein kampf hitler says the following. On this day in 1925, volume one of adolf hitlers philosophical autobiography, mein kampf, is published. At the 1927 nuremberg party rally he presented the annual report in which he quoted a few phrases from mein kampf. When it became apparent that no one had read hitlers mein kampf in its entirety, they agreed to ask anyone who joined them if he had done soand stick. He eliminated the more flagrant inaccuracies and the excessively childish platitudes. Mein kampf vol 2 pdf download full download pdf book. Otto johann maximilian strasser was a german politician and an early member of the nazi.
A political autobiography is the final published work and autobiography. My first meeting with hitler the german cauldron the conspirators of the burgerbrau hitler writes mein kampf the man hitler hitlerism. He reports that even senior nazis like goering and goebbels didnt bother to read mein kampf. The life and times of a german socialist black front press, 2010 by troy southgate prior to the outbreak of the second world war, otto strasser was a leading activist in the nationalsocialist german workers party nsdap. English author strasser, otto johann maximilian, 18971974 with an introduction by douglas reed. Mein kampf pronounced, my struggle is an autobiographical manifesto by nazi leader adolf hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for germany.
Seventyfive years ago, in his autobiographical volume hitler and i 1940, the onetime nazi party member and later renegade, otto strasser, offered up a frank reminiscence about hitlers. Yet few of the nazi elite bothered to read the book. A political autobiography is the german language 234 page january 1st 1969 final published work and autobiography of otto strasser with a foreword by gerhard zwerenz, published by heinrichheine verlag, frankfurt am main, streitzeitbucher, band 3. We will see passages both from reeds book, and also from mein kampf, along with a few comments. Doctors, kurt krueger, upton sinclair, otto strasser, k. Otto leybold, the prison governor of landsberg, noted at the time that. The author was socialist adolf hitler, in his book mein kampf. Strasser was involved in the nsdap until the radical socialist elements were purged. Otto strasser news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2016 learn how. Jul, 2017 extending the german ban on mein kampf does more harm than good. Frankfurt am main, heinrich heine verlag, 1969 ocolc561839456. Otto strasser, 76, theoretician who broke with hitler, is dead the.
It was published in two volumes in 1925 and 1927, and an abridged edition appeared in. A detailed biography of otto strasser that includes images, quotations and the main facts of his life. Strasser, elder brother of otto strasser who had already broken with hitler in july 1930, was widely regarded as. I 1926 ble otto strasser redaktor for berliner arbeiterzeitung. A political autobiography is the german language 234 page january 1st 1969 final published work and autobiography of otto strasser with a foreword by gerhard zwerenz, published by heinrichheine. Verlag bublies, koblenz 1990 isbn 3926584068 verlagsprofil beachten. He formed the black front, a group intended to split.
Strasser sees the worst in hitlers silence, however mein kampf is a book about hitlers political awakening and maturation, and that is what hitler chose to discuss in this episode. Mar 06, 2015 the future of mein kampf in a meme world. My struggle by adolf hitler, translated by ralph mannheim 1999 mariner books, page 65. During the night of the long knives, ottos brother was murdered and he himself was forced intro exile. It was published in two volumes in 1925 and 1927, and an abridged edition appeared in 1930. That version,however, was published under the title of inside hitler. While hitler was in power 19331945, mein kampf came to be available in three common editions. Apr 18, 2015 strasser gives a good account of the instabilities of the weimar republic and the 1923 beerhall putsch. Strasser was dining with several highranking nazi officials. Good father staempfle, a priest of great learning, editor of a paper at miessbach, spent months rewriting and editing mein kampf. Mein kampf must be read and constantly remembered as a specimen of evil demagoguery that people whenever men grow tired of thinking and acting for themselves. Otto strasser, offered up a frank reminiscence about hitlers infamous book, mein kampf. Otto strasser, an early follower of adolf hitler who later broke with him and escaped from germany, recalled a dinner with top nazi officials at the 1927 party congress in nuremberg.
Mein kampf my struggle is an autobiographical manifesto by the national socialist leader adolf hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for germany. It was a blueprint of his agenda for a third reich and a clear exposition of the. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Later several colleagues, including some gauleiters, asked him if he had really. Otto strasser project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. It transcends in historical importance any other book of the present generation. His party proved unable to counter hitlers rise to power in 1933, and strasser spent the years of the nazi era in exile. Mein kampf project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Otto strasser, together with his brother gregor strasser, was a leading member of the partys leftwing faction, and broke from the party due to disputes with the dominant hitlerite faction. Extending the german ban on mein kampf does more harm. Read more about the lies of otto strasser and douglas reed, part 1 gun control in germany, 19281945.
While adolf hitler was preparing to write mein kampf, his autobiographical tract on the superiority of the socalled aryan race, a large portrait of henry ford decorated the wall beside his desk. But mein kampf is a far more slippery text than that, and therein lies the challenge. Otto strasser, offered up a frank reminiscence about hitlers infamous book. Volume 1 of mein kampf was published in 1925 and volume 2 in 1926. Mein kampf is atrociously written and a struggle to get. The following year strasser saw adolf hitler make a speech. The general picture of hitler that emerges from the book is a not unfamiliar one that of a misanthropic megalomaniac who was preoccupied with. Strasser gives a good account of the instabilities of the weimar republic and the 1923 beerhall putsch. Sie wurde sechs jahre vor seinem tod veroffentlicht. His book, fascism, published in 1965, inveighed against statism in any form. Still refusing to allow hitlers book to be published, bavarian authorities may do more harm than good. Would a reprint of mein kampf impact a digital generation reared on hi. Prior to the outbreak of the second world war, otto strasser was a leading activist in the nationalsocialist german workers party nsdap.
Mar 06, 2015 seventyfive years ago, in his autobiographical volume hitler and i 1940, the onetime nazi party member and later renegade, otto strasser, offered up a frank reminiscence about hitlers. One of hitler s motives for writing mein kampf was to use the book royalties to pay o his legal fees. During the night of the long knives, otto s brother was murdered and he himself was forced intro exile. But if they havent found their way to a version of the book by now, will. Eine politische autobiographie streitzeitbucher, band 3. Mein kampf, political manifesto written by adolf hitler.
In the 1940s, when rothkruegers book was printed, it sold more than 250,000. Hitler never forgave father staempfle for getting to know his weaknesses so well. If he tries to bolster up his argument with theories or quotations from books he. The first, the volksausgabe or peoples edition, featured the original cover on the dust jacket and was navy blue underneath with a gold swastika eagle embossed on the cover. Distancing himself from the prevailing ideologies of both capitalism and communism, strasser famously accused adolf hitler of betraying the socioeconomic principles of the original nazi programme and went on to become a leading opponent of the third reich. Mein kampf was not written by hitler, but by a catholic priest named bernhardt stempfle quotes from vaiii with emphasis added by ejp.