Mein Kampf

A political autobiography and manifesto by Adolf Hitler, published in two volumes in 1925 and 1926. It presents his antisemitic, racist, ultranationalist ideology and political aims.

Beer Hall Putsch: A failed coup attempt by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Munich in November 1923. Hitler wrote much of the book after imprisonment for his role in this failed coup.
Antisemitism: Prejudice, hostility, or discrimination directed against Jews as Jews. Hostility toward Jews is a central organizing theme throughout the manifesto.
Nazi propaganda: The Nazi Party's organized use of media and public messaging to spread its ideology and secure support. The book supplied themes and claims that Nazi propaganda circulated to wider audiences.
The Doctrine of Fascism: An essay on fascist political principles attributed to Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, published in 1932. It offers a different national articulation of fascist ideology from Hitler's manifesto.
Nazi book burnings: Public burnings of books deemed incompatible with Nazi ideology, organized in Germany beginning in 1933. The regime that promoted Mein Kampf also destroyed works it classified as hostile or un-German.
Landsberg Prison: The Bavarian prison where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated from 1924 to 1925. Hitler dictated much of the first volume during his imprisonment there.
Racism: Beliefs or practices that rank people by race and enable unequal treatment. The book treats racial hierarchy as the basis for national strength and belonging.
Nazi Germany: The German state under Nazi rule from 1933 until its defeat in 1945. After Hitler took power, the book's political vision was promoted by the regime.
The Myth of the Twentieth Century: A 1930 ideological work by Nazi theorist Alfred Rosenberg on race, religion, and German history. Rosenberg's book developed Nazi racial thought in a more systematic and speculative form.
Allied Control Council: The four-power authority that governed occupied Germany after the Second World War. It transferred control of the book's German publishing rights to Bavaria after the war.

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