Here's an interesting overview on one of the most controversial books ever written, Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle"). In it,
already was exposed some of his future views of race superiority and who were the real enemies of Germany, and obviously there's his personal story, all
that was composed during his prison term after the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, a failed coup d'etat led by the Nazi Party to overthrown the republic of
Weimar. Far from being a best-seller when it came out back in 1925, the book took off after a series of foreign translations and also after Hitler became
a more promeninent political figure, and with that comes a huge number of enthusiasts following his ideals and detractors opposed to his discourse. In between
those there's the minds that either studied it or are curious in seeing how the man was as a writer (most critics say he was lousy).
The special interviews historians and people who were related to key characters from the actual period when the book was written, and the analysis
made with their insights come from the comparison they make with the 1920's written material with what the Nazi leader would make (or not) during his
administration and the WWII. A decade and half previous to the most gruesome and horrific period of world history in the 20th century and his ideas were
already known and exposed to intellectual and other political leaders and it feels as if no one's paying a close attention to what he could do. The whole
issue revolving on France being an enemy nation, or his contempt for the Jewish people and other minorities in Europe, were revealed in "Mein Kampf"; and
the few critical, deep-thinkers who objected to the book weren't loud or strong enough to warn the world about what could be at stake if Hitler was in
power.
Also present in those discussions is the infamous legacy of "Mein Kampf" throughout the world even in recent years. It's not like the book gets new
reimpressions or something like that, yet it's constantly searched and it's still read despite major bookstore companies don't sell it online, and the
banning of it in some countries. Its range of readers go from curious readers to extremist/racist groups, with the latter trying to keep the message alive
for a new generation of supporters of that hateful speech of it all.
It's a very good documentary with many insightful points of view and a quite fascinating research of facts and historical records. It allows
viewers to get a glimpse into Hitler's mind and ideas way before his rise to power, what was put into effect and what wasn't before and during the war. 9/10.
