![]() ![]() The students, demonstrating for a unified country-Germany was then a patchwork of states-burned anti-national and reactionary texts and literature which the students viewed as “Un-German.” "Synchronizing" Culture with Nazi Ideology ![]() ![]() In 1817, German student associations ( Burschenschaften) chose the 300th anniversary of Luther’s 95 Theses to hold a festival at the Wartburg, a castle in Thuringia where Luther had sought sanctuary after his excommunication. The May 1933 book burning in Nazi Germany had a precedent in nineteenth century Germany. The burning of books under the Nazi regime on May 10, 1933, is perhaps the most famous book burning in history. Usually carried out in a public context, the burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning has a long and dark history.īook burning refers to the ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. ![]()
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