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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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