![]() ![]() ![]() In this episode of Arts Unveiled, filmmaker Susanne Spröer sets forth to investigate why the idea to burn books took hold at universities across Germany in 1933. The Nazis replaced the Weimar Republic’s once vibrant culture with Nazi propaganda and a carefully tailored concept of what they wanted "German culture” to be. Numerous writers were forced to go into exile, while many of those who stayed in Germany were imprisoned or murdered. But books of political dissidents were also burned. Image: akg-images/picture-allianceĪfter Hitler seized power in January 1933, on 10th May of that same year, tens of thousands of books were burned in more than twenty cities in Germany. Once Burned Jeaniene Frost Published 2012 346 pages Summary (from the book jacket) After a tragic accident scarred her body and destroyed her dreams, Leila never imagined that the worst was still to come: terrifying powers that let her channel electricity and learn a person's darkest secrets through a single touch. Authoritative regimes - such as those currently in power in Russia and Iran -do everything in their power to suppress freedom of art and expression to uphold their repressive systems. To this day, dictators continue to fear the power of free speech and uncensored artistic expression. "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.” More than 160 years after his death, this quote by the German poet Heinrich Heine is still relevant. ![]()
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