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Nazi Book Burnings Anniversary: Why Does It Mean So Much To Burn A Book?

Huffington Post UK

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:14:31 -0700

Today marks 80 years since the mass burnings of books written by Jewish, communist and pacifist authors across university towns in Germany. Heinrich Heine could have written those words to describe the Nazi ascent to power. In fact, they appeared more ...

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