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may 6, 1933 - Book Burnings

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Some surprising authors that had their books burned were Helen Keller and Ernest Hemingway. Dictators would support censorship because they wouldn’t want people to question their authority, so controlling what people read and saw was a step in the direction of control.

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may 6, 1933
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~ 92 years ago