Mein Kampf - My Struggle

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Mein Kampf ("My Struggle") is a political manifesto by Adolf Hitler, serving as the foundational text of National Socialism in the German Third Reich. Published in two volumes in 1925 and 1927, it sold over 5 million copies by 1939 and was translated into 11 languages. The first volume, Die Abrechnung ("The Settlement of Accounts"), was written during Hitler's imprisonment in 1924 following the Beer Hall Putsch. It reflects on his youth, the First World War, and Germany's perceived betrayal in 1918, while articulating his racial ideology, emphasizing the importance of nurturing the German bloodline. The second volume, Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung ("The National Socialist Movement"), outlines the political agenda of National Socialism, detailing strategies for gaining and exercising power in the new German Reich post-imprisonment. Hitler presents an ideology he believes will awaken the world, rooted in what he calls the Eternal Laws of Nature and influenced by Social Darwinism. The text advocates for a stark understanding of nature, devoid of moral judgment, and stresses the necessity of strength for survival as a people. While it lays the groundwork for White Resistance and Nationalism, it is not a comprehensive racialist ideology but rather a foundational text akin to the Origin of Species in evolutionary theory. The James Murphy translation is the official NSDAP version.