Israeli scholar on German release of Mein Kampf 

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Jerusalem - 8 January 2016
1. Various of Professor Moshe Zimmermann in his studio
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Moshe Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem:
"Seventy years after somebody dies the rights are not anymore his. On this book the rights expired and it's allowed to publish the book, even if it is a book ('Mein Kampf') written by Adolph Hitler. This is a technical detail. The question is whether this is going to harm anybody in Germany. The answer is no, because those who wanted to read the book could do it with the help of the internet. And those who do not (want to read 'Mein Kampf'), do not read the book even now, after it's already possible to publish it in the Germany language."
3. Zimmermann reading book
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Moshe Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem:
"Those who belong to the right wing, to the group of the neo-Nazis are not happy to read 720 pages written by Hitler 90 years ago. It's mostly irrelevant. And if they want to use some sentences after the book, they don't need the publication of the whole book. They can look into publications that already exist in Germany, in the German language and are accessible to everybody."
5. Various of Professor Moshe Zimmermann in his studio
STORYLINE:
An Israeli scholar who co-translated parts of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' ('My Struggle') said on Friday that the launch of an annotated version of the book in Germany is unlikely to cause harm.
Professor Moshe Zimmermann, who co-translated part of the book into Hebrew, said people who wanted to follow the Nazi leader's notorious manifesto could easily find extracts on the Internet and "don't need the publication of the whole book."
A German historical institute is launching the first version of 'Mein Kampf' to be published in the country since the end of World War II.
Bavaria's state finance ministry had previously prevented the book's publication, but its copyright expired 70 years after the Nazi leader's death.
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