By that time, Hitler had already been released from prison upon growing pressure from members of the Nazi party.ĭespite being repetitive, long-winded and difficult to read, "Mein Kampf" had become a popular read throughout Germany by the late 1920s, disseminating Hitler's main theories to a large audience. Part autobiography, part political manifesto, the patchwork pages of "Mein Kampf" were put to print in 1925. At the urging of his manager, Hitler's original title for his work, "Four Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice," was also changed to the more marketable "My Struggle." Hitler did not, in fact, write the book himself, but dictated to his friend Rudolf Hess, who was imprisoned alongside him. He didn't consider putting his political ideas down on paper, however, until his business manager suggested that an autobiography might be a fruitful way to pass the time in prison. While imprisoned, Hitler read piles of books on history and philosophy, consolidating his own set of beliefs all the while. The famous "Munich Beer Hall Putsch" failed and sent Hitler to jail for high treason. Believing that Germany's central Weimar government had let the country be ridiculed by a series of post-World War I punishments handed down by the victorious Allies, the Nazis attempted a coup d'etat in 1923. Hitler rose through the ranks of Germany's small but powerful National Socialist (Nazi) political party to become its bombastic leader in the early 1920s.
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