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BREAKING NEWS
German regime confiscates
German government sues British publishers Authorities have announced they will sue the publishing for printing and disseminating Nazi symbols such as the Swastika, which is a criminal offense in Germany. London-based Albertas will also be charged with breach of copyright laws, as the publishing rights for the Nazi-era newspapers lay with the German government.
The Zeitungszeugen (Newspaper Witnesses) project is a new weekly publication that reprints copies of original newspapers from the National Socialist rule. Supported by notable German historians, the project, to examine the history of the country’s media, was launched two weeks ago and became an instant bestseller across the country. The decision to
confiscate remaining issues and take the publishers to court comes
after the state of Bavaria announced last week that it had sole copyright
of the Nazi papers issued between 1933 and 1945. Bavarian officials demanded a stop to publication and a recall of any remaining copies currently on sale. A spokesman for the Bavarian government said that republishing Nazi newspapers meant confronting Holocaust® survivors with their suffering and it also posed a danger of disseminating National Socialist propaganda. The first issue of reprints edition, which is available for £3.50, includes the Nazi paper Der Angriff (The Attack) from January 30, 1933, announcing that Adolf Hitler had become German chancellor. The headline story is accompanied with an anti-Semitic commentary by Josef Goebbels, editor of the paper and Hitler’s propaganda minister. The reprints come with commentaries which explain the historical context and dissect the Nazis' propaganda tricks. According to the CEO of the publishing house Peter McGee, the project was conceived solely for educational purposes and would only serve to introduce historic truth to readers rather that promote Nazism. Plans to reprint Mein Kampf* also blocked Mr. McGee has also rejected claims that his company was in violation of copyright and as it was "completely unclear" whether the state indeed owned rights to the Nazi publications. Mr. Gee said: "We will clarify this in court." Bavaria, where Hitler once lived, is known for its restrictive policy towards reprinting Nazi publications and has also blocked plans to reprint Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The British publishing project has divided the German public, with some greeting the idea as useful, while others, including Charlotte Knoblauch, the head of the country’s Central Jewish Council, have opposed the publication. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1127460/German-government-sues-British-company-selling-thousands-Nazi-era-newspapers.html RELATED ITEM: Heil the front page: British company sells thousands *Mein Kampf is available unabridged in both German and English
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