Book Burning
Fire as an argument. The Nazi bonfires of 1933, the National and University Library of Bosnia in 1992, the Jaffna library in 1981, Louvain twice in two wars, and the deliberate destruction of a written culture as a tactic.
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- - Interior of the Famous Library at Louvain destroyed during World War I. A destroyed or ruined library. The Leuven university library was burned by German troops in 1914 and again in 1940. Modern photograph.
- - The Louvain university library after the 1914 fire. A destroyed or ruined library. The Leuven university library was burned by German troops in 1914 and again in 1940. Modern photograph.
- - Louvain university library's main hall after the 1914 fire. A destroyed or ruined library. The Leuven university library was burned by German troops in 1914 and again in 1940. Modern photograph.
- - Nazi Germany 1933-05 Books and publications earmarked for burning from the Hirschfeld Institute looted by stud. 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
- - Nazi Germany 1933-05-06 Hirschfeld Sexualwissenschaft Institut Berlin Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist Physi. 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
- - Nazi Germany 1933-05-10 Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist Book burning Opera Square Berlin Goebbels speech SS. Photo of Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, giving a speech on the Opera Square ( Opernplatz, Bebelplatz ) in Berlin on May 10, 1933, taken during the nation-wide "Action against un-German Spirit" (German: Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist ), conducted by the German Student Union, in the spring of 1933, which was to climax in a literary purge or "cleansing" ( Säuberu
- - Bundesarchiv Bild 102-14597, Berlin, Opernplatz, Bücherverbrennung. For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Die öffentliche Verbrennung undeutscher Schriften und Bücher auf dem Opernplatz Unter den Linden in Berlin, durch Studenten der Berliner Universitäten! Die von den Studenten eingesammelten undeutschen Schriften und Bücher, werden öffentl
- - TPL - ignite minds not books. Book burning, the deliberate destruction of books by fire.
- - A burning book 📖. Book burning, the deliberate destruction of books by fire.
- - Book blockade2. Book burning, the deliberate destruction of books by fire. Low-resolution scan retained as scarce primary material.
- - Nazi Germany 1933-05 Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist Hirschfeld Institute library plundering for burning of. Nazi SA ( Sturmabteilung ) stormtroopers in a truck loaded with banned books and publications (deemed dissenting in Germany). during the ceremonial book burning at Opernplatz in Berlin on May 10, 1933, where unwanted books were burned as a Nazi propaganda event. Photo taken during the nation-wide "Action against un-German Spirit" (German: Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist ), conducted by the Germ
- - 2012-05-09 (16) Beginn des Diavortrages zur Bücherverbrennung 1933 in Hannover. Momentaufnahmen zu "Das war ein Vorspiel nur..." am Abend des 9. Mai 2012, Teil der Veranstaltungsreihe "Hannover im Wort. Zeichen zum Gedenken an die nationalsozialistische Bücherverbrennung." Am authentischen Ort informierten Mitarbeiter des Gemeinschaftsprojektes und andere an der Geibelbastion am Maschsee unter anderem über das Vorspiel 1933 an der Bismarcksäule in Hannover.
- - 2012-05-09 (18) mangels Dokumenten Foto der Bücherverbrennung 1933 auf dem Opernplatz in Berlin mit Hitlergruß. Momentaufnahmen zu "Das war ein Vorspiel nur..." am Abend des 9. Mai 2012, Teil der Veranstaltungsreihe "Hannover im Wort. Zeichen zum Gedenken an die nationalsozialistische Bücherverbrennung." Am authentischen Ort informierten Mitarbeiter des Gemeinschaftsprojektes und andere an der Geibelbastion am Maschsee unter anderem über das Vorspiel 1933 an der Bismarcksäule in Hannover.
- - Berlin, Bebelplatz, Mahnmal an die Bücherverbrennung von 1933. Im Mahnmal mit den durch durch Glasscheibe sichtbaren (leergeräumten) Bücherregalen spiegelt sich die Alte Bibliothek 1775 bis 1780 Kurz nach der „Machtergreifung“ der Nationalsozialisten 1933 kam es im März im Zuge einer „Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist“ zu einer organisierten und systematisch vorbereiteten Verfolgung jüdischer, marxistischer und pazifistischer Schriftsteller. Dabei handelte e
- - Gedenktafel Bebelplatz (Mitte) Bücherverbrennung 1933 in Deutschland. Memorial plaque, Bücherverbrennung 1933, Bebelplatz, Berlin-Mitte, Germany Modern photograph of the subject as it appears today.
- - The Nazi book burnings. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum documents the May 1933 burnings in which students destroyed tens of thousands of books.
- - The rescued books of Sarajevo. DW reports on the destruction of Bosnia's national library during the war and the effort to recover what survived.
- - The rescued books of Sarajevo - DW Deutsch. German-language DW report on the rebuilt Sarajevo library building and the collections still stored in emergency accommodation.
- - Universitätsplatz (Heidelberg), die Bücherverbrennung 1933 in Deutschland am 17. Mai 1933, eine Gedenktafel de. Universitätsplatz (Heidelberg), die Bücherverbrennung am 17. Mai 1933, eine Gedenktafel der Bürgerstiftung Heidelberg 2011 mit einem Zitat von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Modern photograph of the subject as it appears today.
- - When books went to war. Molly Guptill Manning on the wartime programme that put around 120 million Armed Services Editions into soldiers' hands, and on the book-burning campaign it was framed against.
- - Saving the books of Sarajevo. A documentary account of librarians who carried books out of Sarajevo's burning library under fire.
- - The Hamburg-Eimsbüttel book-burning memorial. Mahnmal zur Erinnerung an die Bücherverbrennung vom 15. Mai 1933, gestaltet nach dem Entwurf des Künstlers Wolfgang Finck (1945-2011), errichtet 1895 in der Grünanlage am Isebekkanal Ecke Heymannstraße / Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer. Modern photograph of the subject as it appears today.
- - The Hamburg-Eimsbüttel book-burning memorial, a second view. Mahnmal zur Erinnerung an die Bücherverbrennung vom 15. Mai 1933, gestaltet nach dem Entwurf des Künstlers Wolfgang Finck (1945-2011), errichtet 1895 in der Grünanlage am Isebekkanal Ecke Heymannstraße / Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer. Modern photograph of the subject as it appears today.
- - How the Nazis burned books and then people. A DW documentary investigating why German universities embraced the 1933 burnings and which authors were blacklisted.
- - Why the Nazis burned books. German-language DW documentary on the 1933 book burnings, the authors targeted, and what happened to their work and their lives.
- - The 1933 book burnings. An account of how the burnings were organised by student groups and what followed.
- - Citizens who ran into the flames for the books. A Bosnian anniversary report on those who tried to rescue volumes from the burning library.
- - What books were actually burned in 1933. A detailed examination of the titles and authors targeted in the Nazi book burnings and how the lists were compiled.
- - The dark history of the Jaffna library burning. A Tamil-language documentary assembling witness testimony about the 1981 arson.
