Julie L. Kessler
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What is the expiration date on hatred?

My article "Hitler manifesto cleared for republication" appears in The Los Angeles Daily Journal today.

 

As some of you know, I was in London last week for the awards gala honoring winners of The London Book Festival. As the Holocaust Memorial Day occurred in the U.K. this past Monday, the British press had several lengthy discussions concerning the upcoming expiration of the German copyright of Mein Kampf, one of the most racist, bigoted and morally bereft books to appear since humans put ink to paper.

 

My article discussed the historical context of Mein Kampf’s original publication in 1924, Neo-Nazi revisionist history and the implications of suppression of books and ideas, regardless of how offensive, in the context of free speech that we in this country enjoy.

 

Full article off copyright and now available:

https://www.vagabondlawyer.com/uploads/News/What_is_the_expiration_date_on_hatred?.pdf
Date Posted:  Jan. 29 2014