- Headline
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Books Burned and Students of Berlin Sang
- Sub-Headline
- 10,000 of the youths enjoyed the great blaze when 20,000 volumes were destroyed
- Publication Date
- Thursday, May 11, 1933
- Historical Event
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German Students, Nazis Stage Nationwide Book Burnings
This database includes 930 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 11
- Author/Byline
- Eric Keyser (UP Staff Correspondent)
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Mira C.
- Location of Research
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/#tab=tab_newspapers)
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Bibliography
Birchall, Frederick T. “Burning of the Books, May 10, 1933.” In National Socialist Germany: Twelve Years that Shook the World, edited by Louis L. Snyder, 101–104. Malabor, FL: Krieger, 1984.
Stern, Guy. “The Burning of the Books in Nazi Germany, 1933: The American Response.” (external link) Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual 2, (1985): 95–114.
Stern, Guy. Nazi Book Burning and the American Response: Distinguished Lecture. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University, 1991.
United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Nazi Book Burnings and the American Response. Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1988.