Should students read Mein Kampf?

[Dan From Smithville]

If only he'd used your title, might have got it published...

Zweites Buch - Wikipedia

The Zweites Buch (German: [ˈtsvaɪ̯təs buːχ], "Second Book"), published in English as Hitler's Secret Book and later as Hitler's Second Book,[1] is an unedited transcript of Adolf Hitler's thoughts on foreign policy written in 1928; it was written after Mein Kampf and was not published in his lifetime.

Gerhard Weinberg speculates that the Zweites Buch was not published in 1928 because Mein Kampf did not sell well at that time and Hitler's publisher, Franz-Eher-Verlag, would have told Hitler that a second book would hinder sales even more.

Maybe if he had it published as a popup book.

 

[Kooky]

Tagging @ecco
Some high schools have the book in the school library. My question is should it be read by students? Is it important that we read such a book to understand history in order to not repeat it or is it a bad idea to teach about such political ideaology in detail? What are y'alls thoughts? I dont know if it should or shouldn't.

There are some excellent annotated versions that put the book in its proper political and historical context, and students should absolutely read those versions because I consider them enlightening and informative.

I don't think just going in blind with the original is going to do anyone any good.
At the very least, I would suggest some critical literature to accompany such a reading.