Mein Kampf
(Redirected from Czech Publisher Convicted for Distributing Mein Kampf)
Date: 2000
Region: Europe
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Literature
Artist: Adolf Hitler (Author), Michal Zitko (Publisher)
Confronting Bodies: Marie Benesova,Supreme State Attorney for the Czech Republic; Bavarian officials
Dates of Action: 2000
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Description of Artwork: Adolph Hitler's autobiography
The Incident: Zitko published a Czech translation of Mein Kampf in 2000. Czech officials criminally prosecuted Zitko for promoting Nazism.
The state of Bavaria, which holds the copyright for the book for all countries in the world except for the United Kingdom and the United States, asked Zitko to refrain from distributing the book. Zitko declined.
Results of Incident: The Czech government seized three hundred copies of Mein Kampf. Zitko received a three-year suspended sentence and a fine of two million crowns in 2000. The Czech Supreme Court recently overturned the conviction and Zitko is currently awaiting a new trial.
Source: Central Europe Review
