Should Google Ban Hitler?

Is it ethical for Google to promote the book that drove the Holocaust under their "read through books they banned"  promotion? https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=TXcwKYcMFyoC

On the one hand, it is a very important book in world history, but while henry millers The Tropic of Capricorn is sexually explicit, or is after all entertainment after our basic needs.

How would this go down in waterstones if the same selection of banned books were brought together? Does the online shop make us feel more at ease and less easily offended?

So many questions, so little time to blog. Update coming soon.

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