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Russian court orders Wikipedia 'Mein Kampf' page blocked

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 U.S. Gen. 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, went on display with this edition to the public, June 29, 1999 at the Skirball Cultural Center, a private museum in Los Angeles, as a permanent loan from the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Ca., where the papers have been secretly kept since 1945. jr/Huntington Library UPI
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 U.S. Gen. 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, went on display with this edition to the public, June 29, 1999 at the Skirball Cultural Center, a private museum in Los Angeles, as a permanent loan from the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Ca., where the papers have been secretly kept since 1945. jr/Huntington Library UPI | License Photo

MOSCOW, March 5 (UPI) -- A Russian court ordered a Wikipedia article on "Mein Kampf" blocked because of a link to the text of Adolf Hitler's autobiography, Wikipedia said.

Rostelcom was ordered to block access to a total of 17 websites with alleged "extremist" content, the state-backed news agency RIA Novosti reported. A Khabarovsk Central Court representative said that must be done by March 10.

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Wikipedia posted a notice about the blocking of the "Mein Kampf" page. It said the court order happened "due to the fact that this article earlier had a link to the text of 'Mein Kampf.'"

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