
This discussion pops-up every once in a while... I would personally be in favour of having this mongrel work available on-line, but only for its historical significance. People should know what moved so many people in Germany to follow such a destructive policy and madness. I would be in favour of lifting bans and add it to the PG collection, if only to take away its 'forbidden fruits' status, and work as an attraction for neo-Nazi sites that continue to spread ignorance and hate. I may discuss this with my grandmother, who lived in hiding in German-occupied Netherlands for almost two years to learn what she thinks about this issue. She also contributed her story on video to Steven Spielberg's Holocaust survivors project - I hope these tapes will also once become available more openly: it now requires written permission from the person's interviewed to be able to see them, and hear the victims voices. The copyright issue is unclear. It probably is still in copyright in the US, but there will probably be nobody who has standing to sue for copyright infringment. In Germany, the state of Bavaria has confiscated the copyrights, but it has no legal power to confiscate copyrights outside its jurisdiction. Although I sometimes jokingly state that the copyright extention in 1995 was intended to keep this work in copyright, I don't believe this was more than a coincidence. In life+50 countries (and next year also India), it is now public domain, and can be republished. However, I would not want to have it as part of a rather small collection, as not to have it attract undue attention. Jeroen.