Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Performance Focus;
'Nazi Book Burnings'
- Refers to the ritual destruction by fire
of books or other written material
- Represents an element of censorship
- Usually due to cultural,
religious and/or political
opposition
- Various events occurred under the
Nazi regime; key date was on May
10th 1933, the 300th anniversary of
Luther's 95 Thesis
- Anti-national, reactionary, Jewish texts and
literature were burnt after being labeled as
'Un-German'
- All events sought to
reinforce the Nazi
ideology
- German university students were
encouraged by the militia and
media to contribute and take
part in the burnings