Nazi book burning of 10 May 1933

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The Nazi book burning of 10 May 1933 was a coordinated campaign across Germany, including a major bonfire at Berlin’s Bebelplatz, in which students and authorities destroyed thousands of works deemed “un-German,” symbolizing the regime’s assault on intellectual and cultural freedom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi persecution campaign ⓘ
book burning ⓘ
censorship event ⓘ
aim intimidate intellectual and political opponents ⓘ
purge German culture of "un-German" elements ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
date 1933-05-10 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfBooksDestroyed tens of thousands ⓘ
followedBy persecution of authors and intellectuals ⓘ
wider censorship of press and arts in Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasLegacy annual commemorations and readings in Germany ⓘ
memorial at Bebelplatz in Berlin ⓘ
symbol in discussions of censorship and totalitarianism ⓘ
location Bebelplatz, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Bebelplatz

Berlin ⓘ
Breslau ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
Dresden ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Göttingen ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Kiel ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
other German university towns ⓘ
movement Nazi antisemitism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
anti-liberalism ⓘ
notableSpeech speech by Joseph Goebbels at Bebelplatz ⓘ
notableWorkDestroyed works by Alfred Döblin ⓘ
works by Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
works by Erich Kästner ⓘ
works by Erich Maria Remarque ⓘ
works by Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
works by H. G. Wells ⓘ
works by Heinrich Heine ⓘ
works by Helen Keller ⓘ
works by Jack London ⓘ
works by Karl Marx ⓘ
linked to: works of Karl Marx

works by Kurt Tucholsky ⓘ
works by Lion Feuchtwanger ⓘ
works by Sigmund Freud ⓘ
works by Stefan Zweig ⓘ
works by Thomas Mann ⓘ
organizer German Student Union ⓘ
National Socialist German Students’ League ⓘ
participant German university students ⓘ
Nazi officials ⓘ
SA (Sturmabteilung) ⓘ
linked to: Sturmabteilung

SS (Schutzstaffel) ⓘ
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
partOf Nazi Gleichschaltung policies ⓘ
Nazi cultural policy ⓘ
precededBy Nazi seizure of power in January 1933 ⓘ
slogan "Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist" ⓘ
supportedBy Joseph Goebbels ⓘ
Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
symbolizes assault on cultural pluralism ⓘ
assault on intellectual freedom ⓘ
rise of Nazi totalitarianism ⓘ
target Jewish authors ⓘ
Marxist literature ⓘ
books deemed "un-German" ⓘ
liberal literature ⓘ
pacifist literature ⓘ
socialist literature ⓘ
works by exiled German authors ⓘ
works critical of militarism ⓘ
works critical of nationalism ⓘ
works on psychoanalysis ⓘ
works on sexual reform ⓘ

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Bebelplatz → notableEvent → Nazi book burning of 10 May 1933 ⓘ
Magnus Hirschfeld → archiveDestroyedEvent → Nazi book burnings of 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Nazi book burning of 10 May 1933
Anschluss-era Austria → hasEvent → Nazi book burnings in Austria ⓘ
linked to: Nazi book burning of 10 May 1933