Final solution. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs , his political ideology and future plans for Germany and the world. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in and Volume 2 in Hitler began Mein Kampf while imprisoned following his failed coup in Munich in November and a trial in February for high treason , in which he received a sentence of five years. Although he received many visitors initially, he soon devoted himself entirely to the book.
As he continued, he realized that it would have to be a two-volume work, with the first volume scheduled for release in early The governor of Landsberg Prison noted at the time that "he [Hitler] hopes the book will run into many editions, thus enabling him to fulfill his financial obligations and to defray the expenses incurred at the time of his trial.
After Hitler's death , copyright of Mein Kampf passed to the state government of Bavaria , which refused to allow any copying or printing of the book in Germany. In , following the expiry of the copyright held by the Bavarian state government, Mein Kampf was republished in Germany for the first time since , which prompted public debate and divided reactions from Jewish groups. A team of scholars from the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich published a two-volume almost 2,page edition annotated with about 3, notes.
This was followed in by a 1,page French edition based on the German annotated version, with about twice as much commentary as text. In Mein Kampf , Hitler used the main thesis of "the Jewish peril", which posits a Jewish conspiracy to gain world leadership. He speaks of not having met a Jew until he arrived in Vienna, and that at first his attitude was liberal and tolerant. When he first encountered the antisemitic press, he says, he dismissed it as unworthy of serious consideration.
Later he accepted the same antisemitic views, which became crucial to his program of national reconstruction of Germany. Mein Kampf has also been studied as a work on political theory. For example, Hitler announces his hatred of what he believed to be the world's two evils: communism and Judaism.
