To find collections of primary sources on a topic in the emu librarys esearch system. These included books written by jewish, pacifist, religious, liberal, anarchist, socialist, communist, and sexologist. Books use an advanced keyword search in the library catalog to focus on source material. This wealth of primary sources includes internal communications between party members and other nazi documents that track their actions of the years before and during world war ii. The book burnings stood as a powerful symbol of nazi intolerance and censorship.
Major book burnings, may 1933 us holocaust memorial museum. Enthusiastic crowds witnessed the burning of books by brecht, einstein, freud, mann and remarque, among. A brief history of book burning, from the printing press. The burning of books under the nazi regime on may 10, 1933, is perhaps the most famous book burning in history. The nazi book burning ceremonies were planned with meticulous attention to detail. A member of the sa throws confiscated books into the bonfire during the public burning of ungerman books on the opernplatz in berlin, may 10, 1933. Benjamin mccarthy we are going to destroy the jews. This is a strong, great and symbolic deed a deed which should document the following for the world. Adolf hitler was leader of the nazi party who rose to become dictator of germany. The books targeted for burning were those viewed as being subversive or as representing ideologies opposed to nazism. In 1939 rosenberg founded the institute for the investigation of the jewish. Students contribute antigerman books to be destroyed at a berlin bookburning on may 10, 1933. This is a strong, great and symbolic deed a deed which should document the following for the world to know here the intellectual foundation.
In may and june 1933, a number of book burnings took place in germany, organised by the german student union. Us holocaust memorial museum, courtesy of national archives and records administration, college park, md. The nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the german student union the dst. That is the toll of books destroyed by the nazis throughout europe in just twelve years. Nazi book burnings newspaper article,nazi book burnings magazine article,nazi book burnings online,nazi book burnings primary source information,nazi. Lochner, head of the berlin bureau of the associated press may 10, 1933. This sketch shows how student organizers at the university of cologne planned such aspects as speakers platforms and seating arrangements. Notable book burnings have taken place throughout history. Published collections of primary sources often contain a range of materials, such as diary entries, government documents, newspaper articles, speeches, and photographs. In may and june 1933, the national socialist german students league. Scarcely anyone disputes that the book burnings deserve mention with the. In 1939, shortly after the surrender of barcelona, francos troops burned the. Book burning united states holocaust memorial museum.
The nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the german student union the dst to ceremonially burn books in nazi germany and austria in the 1930s. On may 10, 1933 student groups at universities across germany carried out a series of book burnings of works that the students and leading nazi party members associated with an ungerman spirit. Make sure you are at the esearch advanced search screen. However, rain forced the postponement of the event until may 17. The aim was to ceremonially burn books that were considered to be ungerman. Primary sources on the thoughts of the ismailis of this period are therefore. The entire teaching profession throughout germany, from elementary schools to university level, had. Book burning in berlin facing history and ourselves.