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Hugh Trevor-Roper: Russia bans 1950s-era book about Hitler

A history book about Adolf Hitler has been banned in Russia because it includes quotes insulting to Russians and Jews, according to a report.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that a Russian court has banned the 1953 book Hitler's Table Talk: 1941-1944 by British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper. The book collects Hitler's opinions on a wide range of topics.

According to Reuters, prosecutors found that the book included statements from the Nazi leader that are of "an anti-Slavic and anti-Semitic character."

The book will be added to a list of titles banned in Russia. Owning or distributing any volume on the list is illegal.

Trevor-Roper, who died in 2003, was an Oxford professor and a noted historian. During the Second World War, he worked for the British intelligence services and, after the war, investigated the circumstances surrounding Hitler's death.
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