RH Germany must pay Goebbels royalties

Random House Germany will have to pay the family of Joseph Goebbels [pictured], Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister, royalties for extracts from his diaries that are published in a new biography. The biography Goebbels, published in Germany in 2010 under the Siedler imprint and by Penguin Random House’s The Bodley Head this year, is by Peter Longerich, professor of modern German history at Royal Holloway University. It contains extracts from diaries, and Random House Germany did not pay the Goebbels estate, run by Cordula Schacht, for the use of the extracts. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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