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Some particular cases of book burning are long and traumatically remembered - because the books destroyed were irreplaceable and their loss constituted a severe damage to cultural heritage, and/or because this instance of book burning has become emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime. Some particular cases of book burning are long and traumatically remembered - because the books destroyed were irreplaceable and their loss constituted a severe damage to cultural heritage, and/or because this instance of book burning has become emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime.
-Such were the destruction of the [[Library of Alexandria]], the [[Burning of books and burying of scholars]] under China's [[Qin Dynasty]], the destruction of Mayan codices by Spanish invaders, and in more recent times the book burnings by the Nazis. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+Such were the destruction of the [[Library of Alexandria]], the [[Burning of books and burying of scholars]] under China's [[Qin Dynasty]], the destruction of Mayan codices by Spanish invaders, and in more recent times [[The Burning of the Books|the book burnings by the Nazis]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]
===Jewish, anti-Nazi and "degenerate" books (by the Nazis)=== ===Jewish, anti-Nazi and "degenerate" books (by the Nazis)===
[[Image:1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG|right|250px|thumb|In 1933, Nazis burned works of Jewish authors, and other works considered "un-German", at the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin.]] [[Image:1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG|right|250px|thumb|In 1933, Nazis burned works of Jewish authors, and other works considered "un-German", at the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin.]]

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Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs have also been ceremoniously burned, torched, or shredded. The practice, usually carried out in public, is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the material.

Some particular cases of book burning are long and traumatically remembered - because the books destroyed were irreplaceable and their loss constituted a severe damage to cultural heritage, and/or because this instance of book burning has become emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime.

Such were the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the Burning of books and burying of scholars under China's Qin Dynasty, the destruction of Mayan codices by Spanish invaders, and in more recent times the book burnings by the Nazis. [1] [May 2007]

Jewish, anti-Nazi and "degenerate" books (by the Nazis)

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In 1933, Nazis burned works of Jewish authors, and other works considered "un-German", at the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin.

The works of Jewish authors and other so-called "degenerate" books were burnt by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s. Richard Euringer, director of the libraries in Essen, identified 18,000 works deemed not to correspond with Nazi ideology, which were publicly burned.

List of authors targeted

The Burning of the Books is an event in Nazi Germany on May 10, 1933 when the government ordered the mass burning of books.

This is a list of the most prominent authors whose books were singled out for burning.

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