Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

“Hitler, Mein Kampf: A Critical Edition” is in its eighth printing, according to the Spiegel newspaper, which noted that the book topped its best-seller list in April. The 70-year copyright in ...

Hitler wrote the book, a rant against Jews and communists, while in prison in 1923 following his attempted coup in Munich. After he came to power in 1933, many editions came out, including one ...