Mein Kampf covers a range of topics from his childhood and relationship with his parents to his hatred of Jews and belief in Aryan superiority. The book was a bestseller in Germany in the 1930s during Hitlers rise to power. It is no doubt acontentious book, but it is also an important onea first-person, historical document that is a direct window into the mind of the dictator responsible for some of the worst atrocities mankind has ever witnessed.