Hitler’s books are being openly sold in Ukraine – it turns out they aren’t banned

Antisemitic books—including Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler—are being sold in Ukraine. The reading material was even spotted on the website of a well-known hypermarket.

Blogger Olena Monova drew attention to this on her Facebook page.

Olena said the set includes three books, all of them antisemitic in nature. Among them are International Jewry by Henry Ford and Rat People by Rat People (by Orei Volot).

The blogger posted screenshots from the store’s website, but later Epicentr K removed the set from sale. It was priced at 1,499 hryvnias.

“If you need Christmas gifts, Epicentr K will kindly give you the opportunity to buy a set of these little books. Because a book is the best gift—everyone knows that, of course,” Monova wrote.

As a reminder, Mein Kampf is an autobiographical book by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. In it, Hitler describes how he became an antisemite and lays out his political beliefs and plans for Germany’s future.

In his work Rat People, the author Orei Volot blames Jews for all of humanity’s problems, looking for “proof” and presenting “arguments.” Most likely, this is a pen name.

Note that these books are not banned in Ukraine—there was an attempt to do so, but it failed.

Hitler’s book, incidentally, is also sold in other well-known stores. It is available at the bookstore chain “Knyharnia Ye,” and a lot of such literature is also sold on Prom.ua.