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The burning issue of destroying books and knowledge
The burning issue of destroying books and knowledge
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The first burning of the books in Nazi Germany was a publicity stunt. Students seeking to curry favour with the new government in 1933 lit a bonfire in Berlin s most important street, Unter den Linden, and threw on thousands of books by Jewish, Communist and gay writers seized from bookshops and libraries.
The Bosnian National Library in Sarajevo in flames during the Balkan conflict in 1992.
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A crowd of 40,000 watched and cheered. Joseph Goebbels gave a rousing speech commending the students for destroying the evil spirit of the past .
The burning issue of destroying books and knowledge
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The first burning of the books in Nazi Germany was a publicity stunt. Students seeking to curry favour with the new government in 1933 lit a bonfire in Berlin s most important street, Unter den Linden, and threw on thousands of books by Jewish, Communist and gay writers seized from bookshops and libraries.
The Bosnian National Library in Sarajevo in flames during the Balkan conflict in 1992.
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A crowd of 40,000 watched and cheered. Joseph Goebbels gave a rousing speech commending the students for destroying the evil spirit of the past .