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The 11-page document, Central Germany, 7 May 1936 – Confidential – A Translation of Some of the More Important Passages of Hitler's Mein Kampf (1925 edition), was circulated among the British diplomatic corps, and a private copy was also sent to the Duchess of Atholl, who may or may not have used it in what was ultimately her translation of ...
In March 1940, British writer George Orwell reviewed a then-recently published uncensored translation of Mein Kampf for The New English Weekly. Orwell suggested that the force of Hitler's personality shone through the often "clumsy" writing, capturing the magnetic allure of Hitler for many Germans.
Murphy was then asked by the Ministry of Propaganda to translate Hitler's Mein Kampf. A highly expurgated English version, of which Murphy was very critical, had been published in 1933. Murphy completed his unabridged translation in 1937, but by then he had fallen foul of the Nazi regime and the Ministry of Propaganda ceased his employment. [3]
Adolf Hilter’s autobiographical manifesto 'Mein Kampf' has become one of Germany’s top-selling books.
At the peak of "Mein Kampf" sales, Hitler earned $1 million a year in royalties alone, equivalent to $12 million today. By 1939 , Hitler's work had been translated into 11 languages with 5,200,000 ...
His career as a translator began [2] with Hitler's Mein Kampf, commissioned by Houghton Mifflin and published in 1943. Manheim endeavored to give an exact English equivalent of Hitler's highly individual, often awkward style, including his grammatical errors.
The first English translation of Mein Kampf was an abridgment by Edgar Dugdale, who began work on it in 1931, at the prompting of his wife Blanche. When he learned that the London publishing firm of Hurst & Blackett had secured the rights to publish an abridgment in the United Kingdom, he offered it gratis in April 1933.
In 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle), Hitler wrote in 1925: "All great cultures of the past perished only because the original creative race died out from blood poisoning." Hitler was the dictator of ...