It was first published in German as Hitlers Briefe und Notizen: sein Weltbild in handschriftlichen Dokumenten in 1973.[1] Heinemann (London) published a slightly adapted translation (by Arnold Pomerans) as a 390-page hardcover in 1974,[2] followed by Harper & Row in the United States.[3] Bantam Books released a paperback version in 1976.[4]