until recently mein kampf was right up there, near the top. recently mein kampf was right up there, nearthely mein kampf was right up there, near the top. how do you explain that? they are paid views, not the real deal. interesting that for mein kampf, over 70% of all the clicks are anonymous. if we compare with other popular books like harry potter, 70% are registered users. with other popular books like harry potter, 70% are registered usersm most of the clips for mein kampf are anonymous, unregistered users, what does it mean? they can be fake views. fake views to make fake news. definitely. sign up on a fundamental aim of the russian operation is to undermine other countries. —— aim of the russian operation is to undermine other countries. -- the fundamentalaim. undermine other countries. -- the fundamental aim. russia cannot acce pt fundamental aim. russia cannot accept success of the baltic countries who have embraced values of the west and have been successful. a good example is dangerous, so successful. a good example is dangerous, so you successful. a good example is dangerous, so

hitler's mein kampf tops readers‘ book choice in latvia. astonishing.sion you get when you read this is that in latvia in an eu country nazi ideology is thriving. and this story was picked up and republished by a whole string of other news sites. but is it really true? i'm off to investigate. my first stop is latvia's largest book—seller. harry is here. but i can't find hitler. perhaps the company director can help me. how many copies of mein kampf have you sold in your shop in 2018? none. not a single copy? not a single copy. is it not available in the book shops? no, it isn't available. what do you think of this claim then that in latvia adolf hitler is more popular than harry potter? it is nonsense. it is absolute fake. i head across to the national library of riga. if latvians aren't buying mein kampf then perhaps they are borrowing it? now, the national library tells me that in the last three years they've only received 39 requests for mein kampf. if you look at the statistics for across the country the grand total for all the libraries in latvia f

he spent nine months in prison and spent his time writing "mein kampf." politicsg spoke at the and prose bookstore in washington dc in 2017. [indiscernible conversations] bennard: good evening, everyone. a bit of housekeeping. please silence your cell phones. we don't want them to bring while david king is talking. filming us. is so later in the question and answer portion, if you would please go to the microphone on this side so that you can be heard. after the event, before the signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them helpst something solid, to make this store orderly looking again. at a time when there is growing unease among sensible people because of the rise of fascism, it is important for us to look toward the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. so naturally, we turn to historians as our guides into the murky realm of the past. one such historian, david king, is here today. he is a fulbright scholar who earned his master's degree from cambridge, and a professor who taught european history at the university

he served nine months in prison where he spent his time writing mein kampf. david king was in a bookstore in washington, d.c., in 2017. >> hello? can you hear me? just a bit of housekeeping. please silence all of your cell phones. we do not want them to ring while david king is talking. also, c-span is filming us. so at the question-and-answer portion, if you would go to the mike on this side so you can be heard. before thevent, signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them against something solid, to help us make the store orderly looking again. ok. at the time where there is a growing sense of unease among sensible people because of the rise of fascism, this net -- it is now important for us to look toward the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. naturally, we turn to our historians to guide us through the murky realm of the past. king,ch historian, david is here with us today, a scholar who earned his master's degree , and a professor who once taught european history at the university of kentucky. a new york times best-

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by the way, henry ford is the only american named by hitler in in mein kampf. the results of what these people believed and other people believed is very restrictive legislation for immigration in this country. despite the fact that the lady with the lamp was in new york harbor, and you know the words, give me your poor, you huddle masses learning to be free. there was a temporary act in 1921 that restricted immigration. but then there was another one in in 1924, the national origins act. and what this did was to have a quota based on the population in 1890 and the purpose of it was to freeze the country ethnically. to freeze it ethnically. to say whoever was here already, we want -- we will allow in a percentage of those people to enter the country. and, by the way, not very many. 150,000 a year. and asians were excluded. now what that meant in practice was that the people who were allowed in were not necessarily the people that wanted to come. they came from northern europe. they came from western europe. the people who wanted to come were mostly catholics, j

he spent nine months in prison and spent his time writing "mein kampf." politicsg spoke at the and prose bookstore in washington dc in 2017. [indiscernible conversations] bennard: good evening, everyone. a bit of housekeeping. please silence your cell phones. we don't want them to bring while david king is talking.

general patton had occupied a villa that had been owned by the publisher of hitler's "mein kampf," and he made that his headquarters, his personal headquarters. there and wentn to army headquarters first, and forn down there, and stayed at dinner. having his conversation. general smith, who commanded the and division, was there, guess, and ofig course general patton. as he waxing again, usually would in those occasions. i was lucky to be there. he had just come back from the continental u.s., and said he had a visit with the president, and an exchange with the president. the president asked, general, what do you think of the non-fraternization rule enforced in europe? president, i, mr. don't think it's worth a good god-damn. i don't know if that's what he told the president, but that's what he told us. [laughter] president truman said, i don't, either, general, we'll stop it. it was came back, over. inton asked for a command the pacific. why,id, i can't tell you but this war will be over soon. sorrytton of course was about that. grow was sorry about it. glad, because i didn't want to g

he served nine months in prison where he spent his time writing mein kampf. david king was in a bookstore in washington, d.c., in 2017. >> hello?