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that the Hitler estate can't sue you for copyright infringement if you publish it yourself and distribute copies.


Interesting that he still has an estate. And thanks for explaining what it means


Estate is a common law concept. There’s no direct equivalent in German law.


In practice, there was not a Hitler estate - the government of Bavaria (a state in Germany) took ownership of the copyright.



...did they exercise it?


Rather the opposite, they disallowed anyone from printing copies




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