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...Indifference . . . it is something I know about." His grieving voice, marked with the intonations of the exile, trails off. "Silence is the worst thing, worse than mere hate. If we ignore the suffering, our true literary prophecy will not be The Trial or The Stranger but Hitler's Mein Kampf. This is what I fight against...
From a review of Mein Kampf...
Even more common are forged Hitler inscriptions in books, usually Mein Kampf. Careless forgers occasionally fail to research the relationship between Hitler and the alleged recipients of the books, thus committing detectable errors like using inappropriately flowery language. For the forgers, potential rewards are high. A genuinely inscribed two-volume first edition of Mein Kampf sells for $10,000. A handwritten letter from Hitler to a top Nazi leader can fetch as much...
...Trevor-Roper says, will astonish historians, and standard accounts of Hitler's writing habits, personality and even some public events may have to be revised. They include whole volumes written by Hitler on Jesus Christ, Frederick the Great and himself, as well as a third volume of Mein Kampf. Writes Trevor-Roper: "It is the other documents which convinced me of the authenticity of the diaries, for all belong to the same archive. Whereas signatures, single documents, or even groups of documents can be skillfully forged, whole coherent archives covering 35 years are far less easily manufactured...
Still he caused no alarm. Says German History Professor Otto Nelson: "I never picked up anything unusual or bizarre about him. He never asked a thing in class." (Hinckley did, however, choose to specialize: one paper focused on Hitler's Mein Kampf, his other on Auschwitz.) Says Mark Swafford, one of his Lubbock landlords: "I only saw him with another human being one time." Hinckley's student life was a sad, remote vigil. "Everywhere there were empty bags from hamburger joints and cartons of ice cream," says Swafford. "He just sat there the whole time, staring...