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Nazi Book Burning

Keystone1933-05-10

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A crowd of 40,000 people watch 'un-German' books, by authors not considered to conform to Nazi ideaology, being burned in the Opernplatz, Berlin, 10th May 1933. The burning was organised by the German Student Association and the crowd was addressed by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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  • Title: Nazi Book Burning
  • Creator: Keystone
  • Date Created: 1933-05-10
  • Provenance: Hulton Archive
  • Subject Keywords: People, Conformity, Bonfire, Horizontal, Outdoors, Black And White, High Angle View, Book, War, Crowd, Watching, Germany, Burning, Statue, Berlin, Fire, Night, Adult, Politics, Literature, Men, Women, Photography, Capital Cities, World War II, Nazism, Arts Culture and Entertainment, German, 1930-1939
  • Collection ID: 60
  • Collection: Hulton Archive
  • Artist Title: Stringer
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