Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to be sold in Germany for the first time in 70 years

After 70 years out of print, Mein Kampf, the book in which Adolf Hitler explained how he saw the world, will be available once again in Germany.

The Institute of Contemporary History (IFZ) in Munich announced that it will publish 4,000 new copies of the book, which will feature over 3,500 annotations for readers. According to The Local.de, the edition will cost 59 euros (about $62).

IFZ director Andreas Wirsching told The Local that the expert commentary tries to “shatter the myth” around the book. Still, even with the comments, Jewish groups have protested the move and do not want to see Mein Kampf ever published again.

“I am absolutely against the publication of ‘Mein Kampf,’ even with annotations,” Levi Salomon, spokesman for the Jewish Forum for Democracy and Against Anti-Semitism, told the Washington Post this year. “Can you annotate the Devil? Can you annotate a person like Hitler?”

Mein Kampf was kept out of print by the state of Bavaria, which was given the copyright by the Allies at the end of World War II. However, it can be published next year because that copyright expires in 2015. The book was first published in 1925 and 1926.