Amazon UK has banned the sale of most editions of Hitler's Mein Kampf and other Nazi propaganda books from its store following campaigning by Jewish groups. Booksellers were informed in recent days that they would no longer be allowed to sell a
number of Nazi-authored books on the website. In one email seen by the Guardian individuals selling secondhand copies of Mein Kampf on the service have been told by Amazon that they can no longer offer this book as it breaks the website's code of
conduct. The ban impacts the main editions of Mein Kampf produced by mainstream publishers such as London-based Random House and India's Jaico, for whom it has become an unlikely bestseller . Other Nazi publications including the children's book
The Poisonous Mushroom written by Nazi publisher Julius Streicher, who was later executed for crimes against humanity. Amazon would not comment on what had prompted it to change its mind on the issue but a recent intervention to remove the books by
the London-based Holocaust Educational Trust received the backing of leading British politicians. |