Review of Stephen E. Ambrose's _The Good Fight_

[Otto]

>
> > And it can certainly be
> > established that the book was
> > seldom read at the time (George Orwell a notable exception).
>
> Well, that's only partially true. Taylor notes that "_Mein Kampf_ sold by
> the million after Hitler came to power", even though in 1928, when it was
> published, "_Volk ohne Raum_, for instance, by Hans Grimm sold much better
> than _Mein Kampf_". (Ibid., xx-xxi). Hitler "forbade its publication in
> English", by the way. (Ibid., 204)
>
> best
>

I think Michel is right in this.
Being sold doesn't necessarily mean being read too.
I know of two unread copies burnt in the oven in April 1945, while the
"Beretta" and the "EK-I" were hidden underground.

Otto