They Got Mein Kampf Wrong! Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, has been controversial for many reasons but one of the greatest controversies has been over the English translations. We have discovered that these older versions contain mistranslations, inaccurate translations, and outright embellishment....
The book was brought up repeatedly as part of a discussion linking Donald Trump's rhetoric to Adolf Hitler, with hosts noting claims that he kept Hitler's speeches by his bedside and had denied ever reading it. Jonathan Lemire suggested that such a denial signaled political trouble, while Joe Scarborough and others speculated the former president might actually be familiar with its content. The overall tone was critical, treating the mention as a point of contention rather than endorsement.
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Episode: Morning Joe 12/22/23
It was mentioned in the context of Donald Trump's rhetoric being compared to Adolf Hitler's, and that he had to deny not reading the book.
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Sam, it's usually a rule of politics that if you have to say things like I haven't read Mein Kampf, that means you're probably losing.
Episode: Morning Joe 12/21/23
It was mentioned that Donald Trump may have kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bedside, and his rhetoric was reminiscent of Hitler's.
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I never read Mein Kampf.
Perhaps he never read Mein Kampf. I don't know. I do know that Ivana Trump said that he kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bedside.
Episode: Morning Joe 12/20/23
It was mentioned in passing as a book that Donald Trump may have read, having supposedly kept Hitler's speeches by his bedside, though this was a claim made by his ex-wife.
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And by the way, when a guy says, by the way, I've never read Mein Kampf in in while he's speaking as if he's read Mein Kampf.
And that's that's an awfully random thing to say. I mean, if you ask me, I should say, yeah, Joe, Joe, keep sometimes, you know, Faulkner devotional things, biographies of Paul McCartney, Churchill books, etc.. Now, my income randomly Donald Trump kept a collection of Hitler speeches by his bedside, said his first wife.
And so maybe he did read Mein Kampf, but he he kept a collection of Hitler speeches by by his bed, according to his first wife in a Vanity Fair article.
He's going, doubling, tripling down on fascist Hitler like rhetoric.
And yet he made he names Hitler's book in the German the German title and he nails it perfectly Mein Kampf.
While addressing a shooting incident against Trump, O'Reilly referred to Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" in a comparison between Trump's actions and Hitler's political rhetoric.
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So maybe he didn't read Mein Kampf, but he kept a collection of Hitler speeches by his bed according to his first wife in a Vanity Fair article.
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While addressing a shooting incident against Trump, O'Reilly referred to Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" in a comparison between Trump's actions and Hitler's political rhetoric.
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So maybe he didn't read Mein Kampf, but he kept a collection of Hitler speeches by his bed according to his first wife in a Vanity Fair article.
Imam Antepli read this book before age 15 and said that instead of denying the Holocaust, his reaction was to glorify it, believing the author had a point and wishing someone would finish the job. This exemplifies the level of anti-Semitism he absorbed as a youth.
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The second book was Henry Ford's International Jew. And of course, immediately after it, I read Mein Kampf.
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Imam Antepli read this book before age 15 and said that instead of denying the Holocaust, his reaction was to glorify it, believing the author had a point and wishing someone would finish the job. This exemplifies the level of anti-Semitism he absorbed as a youth.
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The second book was Henry Ford's International Jew. And of course, immediately after it, I read Mein Kampf.
When I read Mein Kampf, it made so much sense to me. That my reaction to Mein Kampf was not denying Holocaust, but glorifying Holocaust. Saying this guy had a point. I hope somebody will finish the job, unfortunately.
This book was mentioned in the context of a historical anecdote about a novelist whose book's publication was negatively impacted by a legal battle involving Hitler's publisher and copyright.
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I tell the story about one of my favorite novelists this guy John Fonte he puts out this novel in 1933 I think one of the great American novels um but as it happens his publisher is sued by Hitler the...
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This book was mentioned in the context of a historical anecdote about a novelist whose book's publication was negatively impacted by a legal battle involving Hitler's publisher and copyright.
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I tell the story about one of my favorite novelists this guy John Fonte he puts out this novel in 1933 I think one of the great American novels um but as it happens his publisher is sued by Hitler the month that comes out for a legally uh pirating mine comp right they published it in an American English edition of mine comp Hitler has his publisher sue them and in effect this is a little known story in in a US federal court Hitler's copyright and his and uh HMH still a publisher in the United States their copyright over mine comp is upheld this guy's publisher is bankrupted and the novel is lost for 70 years so you know you could do everything right and then you know just get that freak instance of bad luck and and you don't you don't now all of a sudden you're having asked yourself if it was worth it
It was mentioned that Donald Trump was quoting rhetoric directly from Adolf Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf", during his campaign speeches, especially regarding immigrants and their effect on the country.
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They said, oh, Hitler said that in a much different way. You know, they're coming from all over the world, people all over the world. We have no idea; they could be healthy, they could be very unhealt...
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It was mentioned that Donald Trump was quoting rhetoric directly from Adolf Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf", during his campaign speeches, especially regarding immigrants and their effect on the country.
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They said, oh, Hitler said that in a much different way. You know, they're coming from all over the world, people all over the world. We have no idea; they could be healthy, they could be very unhealthy; they could bring in disease that's going to catch on in our country, but they do bring in crime, but they have them coming from all over the world.
In an episode, the host noted that the only book documented as read by Donald Trump besides his own might be this title. The comment was presented as an observation rather than a recommendation, highlighting its controversial nature. The discussion was brief and did not delve into the book's content.
Episode: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
The podcast host made a statement that Donald Trump has likely only read this book and his own.
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the only book Donald is documented to have read besides his own maybe is Mein Kampf.
It was mentioned as Hitler's book that detailed his vision for Germany, and he was described as having a dream of Lebensraum. This dream of "living space" for the German people, and a desire to create a German empire in the East, were ultimately dashed due to the defeat at Stalingrad.
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The dream of Lebensraum, the dream of Mein Kampf is over.
— Episode: Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad
Episode: Hitler: The Battle of Stalingrad
It was mentioned as Hitler's book that detailed his vision for Germany, and he was described as having a dream of Lebensraum. This dream of "living space" for the German people, and a desire to create a German empire in the East, were ultimately dashed due to the defeat at Stalingrad.
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The dream of Lebensraum, the dream of Mein Kampf is over.
Episode: Hitler’s Birthday, Poland’s Doom
Hitler mentioned his plans to invade the USSR in his book Mein Kampf, which he considered a temporary necessity.
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He will still invade the USSR eventually, just as he outlined in Mein Kampf.
Episode: Hitler: Night of the Long Knives (Part 14)
Hitler's book 'Mein Kampf' was mentioned. In it, he discussed his desire for a political union, an 'Anschluss,' to incorporate Austria into Germany. This notion was gaining traction, with Austrian National Socialists pushing for the merger.
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As we know from Hitler's book Mein Kampf it's been the author's deep-seated ambition to unite the German-speaking peoples into a single realm
Right there in Mein Kampf's opening paragraph Hitler had declared his wish to fold Austria into Germany as a single entity via a political union an Anschluss
Episode: Hitler: The Reichstag Fire (Part 13)
Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf", mentioned his plans for rearmament, the conquest of the East, and its ruthless Germanization.
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For anyone familiar with his book, Mein Kampf, such things should come as no surprise.
Episode: Adolf Hitler's Day in Court (Part 8)
Hitler decided to write this book, "My Struggle", during his time in prison to keep the Nazi flame burning.
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To keep the Nazi flame burning, he decides to write a book. Another one. My Struggle. Mein Kampf.
Episode: Adolf Hitler Part 7: The Day of Treason
The host noted that Hitler would later reference this book, indicating it would become his manifesto where he discussed himself and his twelve loyal deputies.
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Later on, Hitler in Mein Kampf and later would always talk about himself and his 12 loyal deputies, of course.
Episode: Adolf Hitler Part 3: The 'Stab in the Back'
Hitler's autobiography, in which he detailed his time in the military hospital after a mustard gas attack, claimed to have been overcome with anger at the armistice, and described a moment of political awakening. The book is presented as a coming-of-age story, with the account of his political epiphany possibly being a plot device.
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In his autobiography, Mein Kampf, He'll claim that at the moment he receives the news of the armistice, he is overcome with anger.
In his version of events, it is now as he lies weeping that fate speaks to him. This is the moment, so legend has it, that Adolf Hitler decides to enter politics.
Mein Kampf is basically styled as a coming of age text. And the idea of some sort of dramatic, tearful political awakening is probably a plot device more than anything else.
The scene that Hitler paints of this breakthrough moment in the hospital is a clever piece of fiction. It will serve Hitler's story about himself, that he is a figure of destiny.
If we believe the account that Hitler gives in Mein Kampf, and it's a big if, Hitler immediately concludes that the armistice was the greatest felony of the century.
Episode: Adolf Hitler Part 2: Hitler in the First World War
Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, was mentioned; the podcast discussed how Hitler exaggerated his wartime experiences in the book, particularly his time spent in the trenches.
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In the days before reliable electronic communications via wire, it was always important to send human couriers from a general to the officers in the field.
And later on in Mein Kampf, he talked about his hard four years as a front soldier, living in the trenches. That's not quite right.
Episode: BONUS: Dictators’ Books
Mein Kampf was cited as one of the wellknown dictator books alongside The Little Red Book.
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dictator books that we're all familiar with, Mein Kampf, The Little Red Book, etc.
Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.