Fear of being branded some kind of fan.
Signed copy of Mein Kampf sold in US
An autographed two-volume set of Adolf Hitler's Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf has sold at auction in Los Angeles for $64,850 (£38,700).
The books date from 1925 and 1926 and were purchased by an anonymous US buyer, auctioneer Nate Sanders said.
Hitler inscribed the cloth-bound volumes, one a first edition and the other a second, to Josef Bauer, an early Nazi party member and SS officer.
The Nazi leader offered Bauer his best wishes in the Christmas season.
The online bidding started at $20,000 and concluded on Thursday night.
The books received 11 bids.
Ordinarily, rich people and collectors pay astronomical prices for the most absurd or shocking stuff.
Were it not for the taboo and fear of opprobrium, this would bring bids in the millions, I think.
It went for a derisory sum.
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