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The Nazi burning of the books in 1933 was one of the most infamous
political spectacles of the twentieth century. In Berlin and all
over Germany, Nazi officials and students organized elaborate
parades and bonfires to mark their embrace of Hitler's new
government. Book burning has since become the symbol of any
oppressive regime, and a modern taboo. As Heinrich Heine is often
quoted: 'Where one burns books, one will soon burn people'.
This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire.
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