An Italian newspaper has come under fire for offering copies of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' with a paid supplement to its Saturday edition.
'Il Giornale', a conservative daily owned by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sold a history book about Nazi Germany with its Saturday edition, and offered readers who purchased the book a free copy of 'Mein Kampf'.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi described the decision as "sqalid" and expressed solidarity with Italy's Jewish community, while the president of Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Renzo Gattegna, called it "a vile act".
The newspaper's editor said the decision to distribute a version of the text that included critical notes by an Italian historian would allow readers "to study what is evil to avoid its return."
"The concerns of our friends of the Italian Jewish community, who always have, and always will see us by their side, deserve all our respect," he wrote in an editorial acknowledging the controversy.
