Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler?

Question

Has anyone actually read Hitler's infamous book? I don't want to read it but I hear about it all the time so can someone tell me what it's about?

Answer 1

The book outlines major ideas that would later culminate in World War II. It is heavily influenced by Gustave Le Bon's 1895 The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, which theorized propaganda as an adequate rational technique to control the seemingly irrational behaviour of crowds. Particularly prominent is the violent anti-Semitism of Hitler and his associates, drawing among other things on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. For example, Hitler claimed that the international language Esperanto was part of a Jewish plot, and makes arguments toward the old German nationalist idea of Drang nach Osten: the necessity to gain Lebensraum ("living space") eastwards, especially in Russia.

Hitler used the main thesis of "The Jewish peril," which speaks of an alleged Jewish conspiracy to gain world leadership and also warned against the French. Overall, however, it does explain many details of Hitler's childhood and the process by which he became increasingly anti-Semitic and militaristic, especially during his years in Vienna, Austria. In one early chapter, he wrote about how for the first time in the city streets he noticed distinctively dressed Jews unlike those he already knew, and then asked himself "Was that a German?" rather than "Was that a Jew?"

In terms of political theories, Hitler announced his hatred in Mein Kampf toward what he believed to be the twin evils of the world: Communism and Judaism, and he stated that his aim was to eradicate both from the face of the earth. The new territory that Germany needed to obtain would properly nurture the "historic destiny" of the German people; this goal explains why Hitler invaded Europe, both East and West, before he launched his attack against Russia. Since Hitler blamed the parliamentary government then ruling Germany for much of the ills against which he raged, he announced that he wanted to completely destroy that type of government.

In regard to foreign policy, Hitler wished to go through several stages. In the first stage, Germany would, through a massive program of re-armament, overthrow the "shackles" of the Treaty of Versailles and form alliances with the British Empire and Fascist Italy. The second stage would feature wars against France and her allies in Eastern Europe by the combined forces of Germany, Britain and Italy. The third and final stage would be a war to destroy what Hitler saw as the "Judeo-Bolshevik" regime in the Soviet Union that would give Germany the necessary Lebensraum. The German historian Andreas Hillgruber labelled the plans contained in Mein Kampf as Hitler's Stufenplan (Stage-by-stage plan). The term Stufenplan has been widely used by historians, though it must be noted that the term was Hillgruber's, not Hitler's.





A page in "Mein Kampf" where Hitler discusses the Jewish religious communityHitler presented himself as the "Übermensch", frequently rendered as the somewhat ambiguous "Superman" or "Superhuman", that the basically apolitical Friedrich Nietzsche had referred to, especially in his book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Hitler's self-identification as such may have stemmed from his association with Nietzsche's sister, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, who was an early member of the Nazi party, and a committed anti-semite. While she became the owner (and editor) of his works after his mental collapse, Nietzsche had often, during prior years, criticized her for having no understanding of his work and denounced her antisemitism.

Mein Kampf makes clear Hitler's racist worldview, dividing up humans based on ancestry. Hitler stated that German "Aryans" were at the top of the hierarchy, and Jews and Gypsies were consigned to the bottom of the order. Hitler went on to say that dominated peoples benefit by learning from the superior Aryans. Hitler further claimed that the Jews were conspiring to keep this "master race" from rightfully ruling the world, by diluting its racial and cultural purity and by convincing the Aryans to believe in equality rather than superiority and inferiority. He described the struggle for world domination as an ongoing racial, cultural, and political battle between Aryans and non-Aryans.

In 1928, Hitler went on to write a second book in which he expanded upon these ideas and suggested that around 1980, a final struggle would take place for world domination between the United States and the combined forces of "Greater Germany" and the British Empire (read more about this sequel below).

Answer 2

i don't understand the question. you want some who has read the book and give you their opinion, which is only their opinion.
i am not trying to be rude or anything like that, but when does it end, will you need others to tell you how to vote, what job to choose, what soft drink to choose? reading , researching, trying new things should be a personal choice, that way you can decide what is best for you, and apply the things that you have learned.
btw mien kampf is an excellent read, especially for those going into the psychology field, read it then read catcher in the rye.

Answer 3

It maintains a tone of constant screeching, which is how he was in his public appearances. If you can get through that, you can see his plans for eliminating the Jews, destroying Poland and Russia, avenging the peace settlement of Versailles, the glories of the Aryan people, the inferiority of every other race, and on and on. His 'facts' are notoriously warped, and some of them are outright lies. Try reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer.

Answer 4

Yes. It is about his ideas, his philosophy, his view of the world and how it should be. All in all, it is all ranting and raving. It is good to read such books. It gives an idea of how evil people can be and how they try to logically and rationally define and explain their hatred. You have to be a total moron or an absolute idiot or a worthless fool to follow or believe anything that he says in the book.

Answer 5

It was his basic philosophy, full of hate and plans to rule the world. The ravings of a madman.

Answer 6

during 1000 years jews were kicked out from every country of europe, you should find out why was the reason