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Hitler papers to go on display
LAP99062806 - 28 JUNE 1999 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: This is a photographic copy of the cover of the deluxe edition of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" sent by General George Patton to the chairman of the Huntington Library. The Nazi-era Nuremberg Laws, which were a critical step in initiating the Holocaust and are signed by Adolf Hitler, will go on display along with this edition to the public, June 29 at the Skirball Cultural Center, a private museum in Los Angeles, as a permanent loan from the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Ca., where the paper's have been secretly kept since 1945. The package is marked with wax seals of the Third Reich, which was seized at Eichstatt, Germany, on April 28, 1945 by members of the 203rd CIC Detachment III Corps. It was presented to General George S..Patton on May 30, 1945. (bc-us-hitlerpapers) jr/Huntington Library UPI

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BERLIN, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The British publisher of a German historical magazine said Wednesday he will postpone printing excerpts of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" after legal threats.
'Mein Kampf' excerpts to be published
BERLIN, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A German weekly magazine publisher's decision to release excerpts from Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" beginning next week already is drawing criticism.
TOMSK, Russia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A court in Siberia turned down a petition Wednesday to ban a translation of the Bhagavad Gita promoted by the Hare Krishna movement.
Court acquits politician of hate speech
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 23 (UPI) -- Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders was acquitted Thursday of hate speech by an Amsterdam court, which said his fiery comments were protected speech.
Center acquires early Hitler letter
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (UPI) -- Germany's Adolf Hitler wrote a letter advocating the legal removal of Jews six years before publishing "Mein Kampf," a Jewish human rights organization said.
MUNICH, Germany, June 23 (UPI) -- Adolf Hitler, while in jail, asked Mercedes-Benz for a loan to buy one of their limousines until his royalties for "Mein Kampf" came through, a letter shows.
Web site closed for offering Hitler book
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 13 (UPI) -- The founder of a Web site for Russian history scholars says authorities closed his site for offering downloads of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf."
BRUSSELS, May 19 (UPI) -- As President George W. Bush wraps up his trip to the Middle East, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, a passionate supporter of Bush and the U.S. war on terrorism, called on him to drop his "double agenda" in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia.
BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," whose publication is barred in Germany, could be released again in the former Nazi leader's nation.
BRENTWOOD, N.Y., April 25 (UPI) -- The man who allegedly stole and destroyed some Nazi propaganda from a Holocaust exhibit in Brentwood, N.Y., did not have anti-Semitic intentions, police say.
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