The World - News from Nov. 16, 1988

The U.S. Armed Forces European Stars and Stripes newspaper said it has removed copies of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography “Mein Kampf” from the 158 bookstores it operates in West Germany after discovering that sales of the book are banned. The newspaper said 600 copies of the book, in which Hitler outlined his goals before he came to power, were removed from the stores that serve U.S. military personnel and their families. The paper reported that the step was taken after a German reporter bought a copy of the book at a Stars and Stripes store in West Berlin and displayed it on a television program. Although West German law prohibits the distribution of literature that preaches Nazism and racial hatred, a Justice Ministry spokesman in Bonn said the ban does not apply to U.S. military installations.