17h 19min, may 10, 1933 y - Book Burning
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Books and writings deemed "un-German" are burned at the Opernplatz. Berlin, Germany. "Book burning" is the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials, carried out in a public context. The burning of the is a form of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. University students burned upwards of 25,000 volumes of “un-German” books, presaging an era of state censorship and control of culture.
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