BREAKFAST WITH mein kampf

munich, 1931

“MEIN KAMPF, PUBLISHED IN 1925, WAS A RAMBLING MANIFESTO FOR NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND ITS BLUEPRINT FOR REMAKING GERMANY AND DEALING WITH ITS ENEMIES”

A hausfrau has set a balcony table with a pair of kitschy salt and pepper shakers and a vase of flowers, while her husband intently peruses a book of special interest.

Hitler served less than a year of his prison term, during which he managed to dictate Mein Kampf (‘My Struggle’) to Rudolf Hess. The book, published in 1925, was a rambling manifesto for National Socialism and its blueprint for remaking Germany and dealing with its enemies. Millions of copies were sold in Germany and worldwide. Ten years after the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler would grasp the reigns of power in the new Third Reich.