(ANSA) - BERLIN - The Institute of Contemporary History (IFZ) in Munich has announced that 4,000 copies of book of Adolf Hitler's book, 'Mein Kampf', 'My Struggle', will be reprinted next month, with 3,500 explanatory notes countering the myth sorrounding Hitler's manifesto. The book will be officially re-released for the first time since the Second World War. On January 1, 2016, 70 years after the Fuehrer's death, the copyright will run out. The Allies had handed it to Bavarian Authorities after the fall of the Nazi regime. The expiration of copyright has opened a discussion in Germany, on how to regulate an eventual publication of Hitler's book.

After a heated debate, it was decided to prepare a limited edition, entrusting illustrious historians with the task of creating a number of notes to contextualize the topics upon which the Fuehrer's rise to power was based. Jewish groups have harshly criticized the decision, saying that the text should never be printed again. ''Mein Kampf'' was published for the first time in 1925, eight years before Hitler's seizure of power. During the Nazi regime, the text became a bestseller, an obligatory presence on every German bookshelf. (ANSA).