Was Mein Kampf Hitlers autobiography?
Was it his autobiography? Yes and no. It was a pseudo spiritual-political treatise. Hitler did not write Mein Kampf as an autobiography but his life was so mixed with politics, he had to make it partly autobiographical. When Hitler was in prison, where he dictated the book to his secretary, he was struggling to maintain control over a radical political party. He was not the strong leader anymore and his position in the party was unclear. He wrote the book to show he was as extreme and strong as possible so he could maintain control. He wrote to the average man who was a party member. The book was never intended for the general public and Hitler later regretted revealing as much as he did. It does include many autobiographical references like his early life and his reflections on his schooling. Some of his’recollections’ do not match the facts. Check out the audio book, Dissecting The Hitler Mind, it reveals several contradictions between the facts and Hitler’s accounts. Mein Kampf is a
