Kim Jong Un gives 'Mein Kampf' as birthday present

RiKio · Jun 20, 2013

Senior North Korean officials received copies of “Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s rambling prison memoir, as gifts for Kim Jong Un’s birthday this January, according to a report by New Focus International, a North Korean news organization that sources from defectors and volunteer citizens within the country.
The famous Nazi autobiography was reportedly distributed as what’s called a “hundred-copy book,” which refers to Pyongyang’s practice of circulating an extremely limited number of copies among top officials, though most books are forbidden in North Korea. Gifts marking the leader’s birthday are typically imbued with special political significance.
The book was apparently not distributed to endorse Nazism so much as to draw attention to Germany’s economic and military reconstruction after World War One. A North Korean who works on behalf of the country in China told New Focus that Kim gave a speech endorsing Germany’s inter-war revival and encouraging officials to read “Mein Kampf.”
“Kim Jong Un gave a lecture to high-ranking officials, stressing that we must pursue the policy of Byungjin in terms of nuclear and economic development,” New Focus’s North Korean source told them by phone. “Byungjin” translates literally to “in tandem” and refers to official policy of developing the nuclear program and economy simultaneously.
The source continued, “Mentioning that Hitler managed to rebuild Germany in a short time following its defeat in World War One, Kim Jong Un issued an order for the Third Reich to be studied in depth and asked that practical applications be drawn from it.”
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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-mein-kampf-to-senior-north-korean-officials/

Nice to see that he is at least reading the FAQ

Lou 500 · Jun 23, 2013

So now that they've realized communism isn't working they're going to turn to fascism?

Harpoons · Jun 23, 2013

What a great guy.

the bullshit guardian · Jun 23, 2013

i'm assuming they'll skim over all the 'hate jews' shit since there are no jews in nk.
don't worry, guys, that's all mein kampf is. they'll burn them within the hour because it doesn't give any other details than 'burn jews' and they'll all be like

...what are jews lol

Thatdamnnigger · Jun 23, 2013

Kim Jong Un finally decided to RTFM

scumhook · Jun 23, 2013

wut?

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