Nazi Germany 1933-05 Books and publications earmarked for burning from the Hirschfeld Institute looted by stud

MAY 06 1933

Photo taken during the nation-wide "Action against un-German Spirit" (German: Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist ), conducted by the German Student Union, in Berlin in the spring of 1933, which was to climax in a literary purge or "cleansing" ( Säuberung ) by fire in the Nazi book burnings in several cities in Nazi Germany ( Bücherverbrennung 1933 in Deutschland ). Organized by the Nazi party ( N