April 26, 2008	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1429

BERLIN, April 25: A top figure in Germany’s Jewish community said on Friday he wants Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” -- banned in Germany since 1945 -- to be republished, but together with an accompanying commentary.

“In principle I am in favour of the book being made public with a commentary,” both in normal book form and on the internet, Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews, told Deutschlandfunk radio.

Hitler penned “Mein Kampf” (My struggle) in the 1920s, combining elements of autobiography and setting out his views on Aryan racial purity, his hatred of Jews and his opposition to communism.

Kramer said the Central Council of Jews was ready to help write the commentary and to negotiate with the government of Bavaria, which owns the publishing rights until 2015, 70 years after Hitler’s death.—AFP