Students collecting books for the book burning

GERMANY - JANUARY 05: Students are collecting books for the book burning on Berlin's Opernplatz. On May 10th 1933, "undeutsches Schrifttum" ("Un-German" literature) was being burned in many German university towns. These macabre events were the highlight of the campaign "Wider den undeutschen Geist" ("Against the Un-German Spirit") after the national socialist's coming to power. The book burnings had been arranged by the German Student Association's Main Office for Press and Propaganda. Photography. May 1933. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Studenten sammeln Buecher fuer die Buecherverbrennung auf dem Berliner Opernplatz. In vielen deutschen Universitaetsstaedten wurde am 10. Mai 1933 "undeutsches Schrifttum" verbrannt. Diese makabren Veranstaltungen waren nach der Machtuebernahme der Nationalsozialisten Hoehepunkt der Kampagne "Wider den undeutschen Geist", die vom Hauptamt fuer Presse und Propaganda der Deutschen Studentenschaft vorbereitet worden war. Photographie. Mai 1933]
GERMANY - JANUARY 05: Students are collecting books for the book burning on Berlin's Opernplatz. On May 10th 1933, "undeutsches Schrifttum" ("Un-German" literature) was being burned in many German university towns. These macabre events were the highlight of the campaign "Wider den undeutschen Geist" ("Against the Un-German Spirit") after the national socialist's coming to power. The book burnings had been arranged by the German Student Association's Main Office for Press and Propaganda. Photography. May 1933. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Studenten sammeln Buecher fuer die Buecherverbrennung auf dem Berliner Opernplatz. In vielen deutschen Universitaetsstaedten wurde am 10. Mai 1933 "undeutsches Schrifttum" verbrannt. Diese makabren Veranstaltungen waren nach der Machtuebernahme der Nationalsozialisten Hoehepunkt der Kampagne "Wider den undeutschen Geist", die vom Hauptamt fuer Presse und Propaganda der Deutschen Studentenschaft vorbereitet worden war. Photographie. Mai 1933]
Students collecting books for the book burning
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