Editing Mein Kampf (section)

=== Germany ===
At the time of his suicide, Hitler's official place of residence was in [[Munich]], which led to his entire estate, including all rights to {{lang|de|Mein Kampf}}, changing to the ownership of the state of [[Bavaria]]. The government of Bavaria, in agreement with the federal government of Germany, refused to allow any copying or printing of the book in Germany. It also opposed copying and printing in other countries, but with less success. Under [[German copyright law]], the entire text entered the [[public domain]] on 1 January 2016, upon the expiration of the calendar year 70 years after the author's death.<ref>[http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__64.html § 64 Allgemeines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005080709/http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__64.html |date=5 October 2010 }}, German Copyright Law. The copyright has been relinquished for the Dutch and Swedish editions and some English ones (though not in the U.S., see below).</ref>

Owning and buying the book in Germany is not an offence. Trading in old copies is lawful as well, unless it is done in such a fashion as to "promote hatred or war." In particular, the unmodified edition is not covered by §86 [[StGB]] that forbids dissemination of means of propaganda of unconstitutional organizations, since it is a "pre-constitutional work" and as such cannot be opposed to the free and democratic basic order, according to a 1979 decision of the [[Federal Court of Justice of Germany]].<ref>Judgement of 25 July 1979 – 3 StR 182/79 (S); BGHSt 29, 73 ff.</ref> Most German libraries carry heavily commented and excerpted versions of {{lang|de|Mein Kampf}}. In 2008, Stephan Kramer, secretary-general of the [[Central Council of Jews in Germany]], not only recommended lifting the ban, but volunteered the help of his organization in editing and annotating the text, saying that it is time for the book to be made available to all online.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jewish Leader Urges Book Ban End|website=Dateline World Jewry|publisher=[[World Jewish Congress]]|date=July–August 2008}}</ref>

After the copyright expired, {{lang|de|Mein Kampf}} was reprinted and sold on a large scale by a right-wing extremist publisher. Several thousand copies were confiscated during a raid.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/panorama/aktuell/Razzia-bei-rechtsextremem-Versandhandel-Der-Schelm,schelm100.html | title=Razzia bei rechtsextremem Versandhandel "Der Schelm" }}</ref> In a court ruling against the publisher's operator, the distribution of the unabridged, uncommented version of {{lang|de|Mein Kampf}} was classified as ''[[Volksverhetzung|Incitement of masses]]'' in accordance with Section 130 of the German Criminal Code.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1368 | title=German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch – STGB) }}</ref><ref>Urteil des AG Forchheim vom 27. Oktober 2016 (Az. 1 Ds 1108 Js 6660/16)</ref> As a result of the ruling, {{lang|de|Mein Kampf}} was added to the ''List of Media Harmful to Young People'' by the [[Federal Agency for Child and Youth Protection in the Media]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/indizierung-zur-adolf-hitler-mein-kampf/ | title=Indizierung zur Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf }}</ref>