Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler · 1925 · German

Autobiography & memoirWorld

About the book

Dictated in Landsberg prison and published in two volumes (1925–26). It sets out Hitler's racist and antisemitic ideas, his hatred of the Treaty of Versailles and his plan for 'living space' (Lebensraum) in Eastern Europe.

Why it matters

Hitler's political manifesto, written partly in prison after a failed coup in 1923.