Socialism explained

Out and out dickhead, Adolf Hitler published his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf on July 18, 1925. The book combining autobiographical details and his national socialist ideology was dictated (yes, really) while he was in jail, with the snappy working title of "Viereinhalb Jahre [des Kampfes] gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit" (Four and a Half Years [of Fighting] Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice).

The book was a best-seller, allowing him to buy a Mercedes when he left prison and (along with a sequel) has since sold millions of copies. He sold 240,000 copies by the time he became Chancellor in 1933 and had incurred a tax debt equivalent to a small fortune - at which time his debt was waived. The son of Hitler's nephew is said to have a strong legal case to win the copyright of the book from Bavaria should he decide to pursue it.