Pros And Cons Of Mein Kampf

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Should “Mein Kampf” be banned? Hitler’s Mein Kampf was released to the public creating controversy on whether or not the book should be banned or not. Germans, along with many others, felt inoculation. Inoculation is the theory that explains how beliefs and attitudes change in reaction to threatening situations. I believe that Mein Kampf should not be banned because even though the contents of the book are disturbing, the book itself can be a useful tool with preventing another Holocaust.
In fact, Mein Kampf mapped out the way he felt toward Jews and explained his morals and intentions while also giving a bit of background information on himself. The second volume is completely dedicated to Hitler’s beliefs (BookRags 1). Hitler’s theory was, “The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions” (qtd. from lecture). Everything that Hitler had planned on doing with the Jews was written down into the book. He designed uniforms, the camps, how everything would be ran after he came into power, etc.
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They all wanted to ban the book in hopes of forgetting or pushing aside all of the treacherous events that took place. Germany - “a country still struggling with its Nazi past and its responsibility for the kill of more than six million Jews during the Holocaust. Some German Jewish community leaders have said the ‘anti-semitic diatribe’ should remain banned” (The Irish Times 1). The Holocaust was a dark and frightening time for many and Mein Kampf brought back the memories they tried to rid their mind of, but the Holocaust and Mein Kampf need to be remembered. They should give us the knowledge we need to never let another tragedy like this happen