body: As I understand it, Hitler's book *Mein Kampf* was originally copyrighted by Hitler, but, after the war, the Allies gave the copyright to Bavaria. (Was this legal? I guess I should post that as a separate question.)
  
  
  I just learned that Bavaria's copyright expired in 2016. I'd like to learn if there are any English translations that are also in the public domain.
  
  
  In particular, I suspect an English version published by the Germans in 1940 for the planned invasion of England might be in the public domain.
  
  
  A copy is available online [here](https://archive.org/details/MeinKampf.StalagEditionOfficiallyAuthorizedByTheNSDAPIn1940ForTheInvasionOfBritain/page/n17). It is described as open source, contributed by the community, suggesting it's in the public domain. However, I wondered if the government of Bavaria could claim ownership of this work as a derivative of the original, German language edition.
  
  
  So my specific question is this: Is the English-version edition of *Mein Kampf* linked to in the paragraph above in the public domain?
  
  
  
title: Public domain English translation of Mein Kampf