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Originally posted by FramerT:
Who gets the proceeds from a book like this?
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The 'Mein Kampf' story is convoluted and interesting. In the first place, Hitler got the money - up to $1m a year when sales were at their peak.
On the outbreak of war, the UK publisher gave all profits from MK to the Red Cross. The US publisher had their monies seized by the US Government and redirected to the War Claims Fund.
Post-war, MK was banned from sale in Germany. The publisher in the UK quietly donated any profits to a German charity ( the German Welfare Council ) who were involved with rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors.
The US publisher, Houghton Mifflin, kept the profits - until word got out in 2000. Under considerable media pressure, HM now donate any MK profits to 3 different charities.
The UK publisher has now been taken over by German conglomerate Bertelsmann, who are involved in a tussle with the State of Bavaria over ownership of rights to MK.
Rather ironic, really....
