‘Mein Kampf’ back on sale for first time since WWII

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A British bookstore at Jordan’s main airport is now stocking Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”.

A copy of Mein Kampf being sold at a WH Smith store at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. /Photo by Saul Sadker
A copy of Mein Kampf at a WH Smith store at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. /Photo by Saul Sadker

Hitler’s anti-Semitic autobiographical manifesto was seen in the Bestseller section of the WH Smith store at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman.

Saul Sadker, who moved from Britain to Israel, told The Jerusalem Post he spotted an Arabic version of the book at the airport during a recent layover.

The Post reported that WH Smith, which has 1,300 locations worldwide, sells the book online but it is considered taboo to sell it at physical stores.

The Arabic translation of Mein Kampf is widely read in the Middle East.

In February of this year, Germany began reprinting the book for historic and educational purposes. It had been banned in the country since the end of World War II.

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