The German state of Bavaria is considering the publication of a book featuring excerpts from Hitler's Mein Kampf for use in schools after its legal power to ban the book expires in 2016, Reuters reported.

The Bavarian state finance ministry owns the copyrights to the book. But the copyrights expire on December 31, 2015, forcing Bavaria to face the question of how to handle the publication of a book that remains highly controversial in Germany.

In addition to a school edition, the finance ministry is also considering the publication of a separate edition, which would include an academic commentary provided by the Munich-based Institute for Contemporary History.

The ministry would provide 200,000 euros and the state's economy ministry would chip in another 300,000 euros for the projects.

(China.org.cn April 27, 2012)

路透社报道，德国的巴伐利亚州正在考虑在2016年希特勒《我的奋斗》一书的法律禁令过期后出版一本学校用节选本。

巴伐利亚州的财政部持有该书的版权。但是版权将在2015年12月31日过期，使得巴伐利亚不得不考虑怎样出版这样一本在德国很敏感的书籍。

除了学校版外，财政部还策划另一独立版本，这个版本将带有慕尼黑当代历史研究院所做的学术评注。

该部门将拿出20万欧元，同时经济部再拿出30万欧元资助这两个项目。