Mein Kampf
Nazi leader's memoir
Mein Kampf (German for "My Struggle") is Adolf Hitler's autobiographical manifesto, written while imprisoned in 1924 and published in two volumes.
The book outlines Hitler's antisemitic ideology, nationalist vision, and plans for German expansion.
It became required reading in Nazi Germany and remains a primary document for understanding the intellectual foundations of fascism and the Holocaust.
Nazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- 1925Year in twentieth century
- National SocialismNazi Party's governing ideology
Weimar Republic · anti-Semitism · Aryan · Lebensraum · Führer · Versailles Treaty · World War II · fascism
Self-penned life narrative
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- volumeAmount of space filled
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- editionSingle published version
publishing · manuscript · authorship · hardcover · paperback · prologue · epilogue · copyright
Structured belief framework
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
conspiracy theory · racial purity · supremacism · militarism · expansionism · mythmaking · rhetoric · manipulation
Officially disallowed
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
denounced · infamy · notoriety · restricted · annotated edition · educational use · Bavaria · historical document
Hitler
Nazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- 1925Year in twentieth century
National Socialism · Weimar Republic · anti-Semitism · Aryan · Lebensraum · Führer · Versailles Treaty · World War II · fascism · totalitarianism
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- volumeAmount of space filled
- chaptersMain divisions of text
edition · publishing · manuscript · authorship · hardcover · paperback · prologue · epilogue · copyright · translation
ideology
Structured belief framework
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
scapegoating · conspiracy theory · racial purity · supremacism · militarism · expansionism · mythmaking · rhetoric · manipulation · xenophobia
banned
Officially disallowed
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
condemned · denounced · infamy · notoriety · restricted · annotated edition · educational use · Bavaria · historical document · debate
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- Political TextsThe Communist Manifesto, Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, The Prince, The Social Contract
- banned books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lady Chatterley
- Classic TextsBible, Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Epic of Gilgamesh
- manifestosmanifesto, Communist Manifesto, proclamation, credo
Mein KampfLetter from Birmingham Jail
Incarcerated minister's defense of protest
I Have a Dream · The Communist Manifesto · Common Sense · The Social Contract · The Feminine Mystique