Bebelplatz
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The Bebelplatz is a public square in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Following World War II, the square was renamed after August Bebel, a founder of the Social Democratic
General view of the Bebelplatz, taken from Unter den Linden with the State Opera to the left, St. Hedwig's Cathedral center-left, the Old Library (Alte Bibliothek) of Humboldt University center, and Humboldt's law school to the right
Plaque at Bebelplatz commemorating the 1933 Nazi book burning
Platz am Opernhaus, c. 1880
"The Empty Library", a memorial at Bebelplatz commemorating the 1933 Nazi book burning
Nazi book burnings
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The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the German Student Union to ceremonially burn books in Nazi Germany and Austria in the 1930s. The books targeted for burning were those viewed as be
Book burning in Berlin, 10 May 1933
Examples of books burned by the Nazis on display at Yad Vashem
Joseph Goebbels speaking at a political rally against the Lausanne Conference (1932)
Burnt remains of a book-burning target, Le Marquis de Sade et Son Temps (Marquis de Sade and his times). Part of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection