Vor 80 Jahren, am 10. Mai 1933, wurden in Berlin unter der Aufsicht von Joseph Goebbels die Werke von zahlreichen deutschen Autoren ins Feuer geworfen. Nur ein einziger dieser Autoren war dabei persönlich anwesend. Es war Erich Kästner. Erich Kästner ist doppelter Kronzeuge der …
Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe. this book includes the development of Nazi censorship policies, the Library of the Vilna ghetto, the use of fine printing by the Dutch underground, and the experience of read…
The early sixteenth century saw a major crisis in Christian-Jewish relations: the attempt to confiscate and destroy every Jewish book in Germany. This unprecedented effort to end the practice of Judaism throughout the empire was challenged by Jewish communities, and, unexpectedl…
The Nazi burning of the books in 1933 was one of the most infamous political spectacles of the twentieth century. In Berlin and all over Germany, Nazi officials and students organized elaborate parades and bonfires to mark their embrace of Hitler's new government. Book burning h…
"The Nazi burning of the books in 1933 was one of the most infamous political spectacles of the twentieth century. In Berlin and all over Germany, Nazi officials and students organized elaborate parades and bonfires to mark their embrace of Hitler's new government. Book burning …
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