- Headline
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Nazis Seize Books And Plan Bonfire
- Publication Date
- Saturday, April 22, 1933
- Historical Event
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German Students, Nazis Stage Nationwide Book Burnings
This database includes 930 articles about this event - Article Type
- Page Section and Number
- 1
- Author/Byline
- AP
- Article Text
- KIEL, Germany, April 22.—(AP)—Two thousand books seized from libraries by the Nazis on the ground that they were opposed to the German spirit will be destroyed shortly In a great public bonfire.
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Carlos G.
- Location of Research
- Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)
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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.
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