Mein Kampf (English: My Struggle or My Battle) is a book by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition ofHitler's political ideology. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited by the former Hieronymite friarBernhard Stempfle who later died during the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be 'political crimes' after his failed Putsch in Muni