Question

Hitler wrote an autobiography called ______.
A) My Autobiography
B) My Experiments with Truth
C) Mein Kampf
D) Wings of Fire

Answer 1

Hint: Adolf Hitler who was an Austrian-born German politician was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934 was the initiator of World War 2.

Complete answer:
The Nazi Party, officially known as the National Socialist German Workers' Party, was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) My Autobiography: This option is incorrect as Hitler wrote his autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ in 1925. Whereas ‘My Autobiography’ is a book by Charlie Chaplin about the life of a 20th-century filmmaker and celebrity. Hence, the given option is wrong.

Option B) My Experiments with Truth: This option is incorrect as Hitler wrote his autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ in 1925. Whereas ‘The Story of My Experiments of Truth’ is an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of India. Hence, the given option is wrong.

Option C) Mein Kampf: This option is correct as Hitler wrote his autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ in the year 1925. This book describes Hitler's political ideologies and schemes for Germany. Volume 1 of the book was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. Hence, the given option is the right answer.

Option D) Wings of Fire: This option is incorrect as Hitler wrote his autobiography ‘Mein Kampf’ in 1925. Whereas the ‘Wings of Fire’ is an autobiography of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India. Hence, the given option is wrong.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘C’ i.e, Adolf Hitler.

Note: The key features of ‘Mein Kampf’ are:
- Mein Kampf, meaning “My Struggle” is a political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler.
- It was his only fully finished book, and the work became the bible of National Socialism (Nazism) in Germany’s Third Reich.
- It was published in two volumes in 1925 and 1927, and a shortened edition appeared in 1930.
By 1939 the book had sold 5,200,000 copies and had been translated into 11 languages.
- The first volume, entitled Die Abrechnung meaning “The Settlement [of Accounts” or “Revenge”, was written in 1924 in the Bavarian fortress of Landsberg am Lech, where Hitler was imprisoned after the abortive Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.
- It outlines the world of Hitler’s youth, the First World War, and the “betrayal” of Germany’s collapse in 1918.
- It also depicts Hitler’s racist ideology, identifying the Aryan as the “genius” race and the Jew as the “parasite,” and proclaims the need for Germans to seek living space (Lebensraum) in the East at the expense of the Slavs and the hated Marxists of Russia. It also announces revenge against France.
- The second volume, entitled Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung meaning “The National Socialist Movement”, was written after Hitler’s release from prison in December 1924.
- It describes the political program, including the terrorist methods that National Socialism must pursue both in gaining power and in exercising it thereafter in the new Germany.