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Is ‘Mein Kampf’ banned in the United States?

The sale of ‘Mein Kampf’ has never been restricted in the United States, but postwar German law banned the sale and public display of Nazi books. Bavaria held the copyright and refused publishing rights, but foreign publishers continued printing it. On January 1, 2016, the copyright for ‘Mein Kampf’ expired, and the book entered public domain.