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America and the Nazi Book Burnings

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ohio North: Cleveland, Akron - United States

History: archeology

Sat 1 Oct to Thu 17 Nov 2011

2011


October 2011


Saturday 1 October 2011

America and the Nazi Book Burnings

Sat 1 Oct to Thu 17 Nov. 100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, D.C., 20024-2126. Andrea Lewis, 202-314-7810, alewis@ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - [events]

September 22, 2011 - November 17, 2011 PLACE The College of Wooster Libraries 1140 Beall Ave. Wooster, OH 44691, USA Details Fighting THE FIRES OF HATE: America AND THE NAZI BOOK Burnings On May 10, 1933, just a few months after Adolf Hitler came to power in Nazi Germany and a full six years before World War II, German university students launched an action “Against the Un-German Spirit" targeting authors ranging from Helen Keller and Ernest Hemingway to Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Their orchestrated book burnings across Germany would tragically prove the wisdom of German-Jewish writer Heinrich Heine's 19th century warning "where one burns books, one soon burns people."

Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings provides a vivid look at the first steps the Nazis took to suppress freedom of expression, and the strong response that occurred in the United States both immediately and in the years thereafter. The exhibition focuses on how the book burnings became a potent symbol during World War II in America's battle against Nazism, and concludes by examining their continued impact on our public discourse.
The exhibition was made possible in part by support from the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.

URL link: www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/bookburning/

QUESTIONS/CONTACTS
Rena Opert, Manager, Traveling Exhibitions
PHONE: 202-314-0325 202-314-0325
E-MAIL: ROpert@ushmm.org



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