Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings
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Book burning in Opera Square, Berlin, May 10, 1933. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
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Up to 100,000 Americans attended an anti-Nazi rally in New York City on May 10 in reaction to Nazi persecution of Jews and the book burnings. It was at the time the largest political demonstration in New York City history. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
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Jerry Doyle, “The Way the Wind is Blowing,” distributed by the Council on Books in Wartime. Published in May 1933 in scores of newspapers nationwide. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
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Herblock, “This One Doesn’t Burn Easily,” Washington Post, June 18, 1953. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
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Helen Keller’s work, Wie ich Sozialisten wurde (How I Became a Socialist) was banned by the Nazi regime. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
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Man dressed as Adolf Hitler protesting the burning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Alamogordo, New Mexico, December 30, 2001. W. David Buckley More
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Cover of News-Week, May 27, 1933. US Holocaust Memorial Museum More
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Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas poster produced by the Office of War Information. This poster featuring a quote from President Roosevelt was one in a series. US Holocaust Memorial Museum More
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Ten Years Ago The Nazis Burned These Books...but free Americans Can Still Read Them. The Office of War Information produced this poster. The Council on Books in Wartime supplied it to bookstores and libraries for window displays exposing “the nature of the enemy.” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of FDR library More
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FDR’s 1941 State of the Union speech enunciated the “Four Freedoms.” In this June 1943 Lord & Taylor’s patriotic window display, Norman Rockwell’s famous Freedom of Speech poster is used to contrast American values against Nazi book burnings. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
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Up to 100,000 Americans attended an anti-Nazi rally in New York City on May 10 in reaction to Nazi persecution of Jews and the book burnings. It was at the time the largest political demonstration in New York City history. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
Book burning in Opera Square, Berlin, May 10, 1933. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
Up to 100,000 Americans attended an anti-Nazi rally in New York City on May 10 in reaction to Nazi persecution of Jews and the book burnings. It was at the time the largest political demonstration in New York City history. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
Jerry Doyle, “The Way the Wind is Blowing,” distributed by the Council on Books in Wartime. Published in May 1933 in scores of newspapers nationwide. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
Herblock, “This One Doesn’t Burn Easily,” Washington Post, June 18, 1953. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
Helen Keller’s work, Wie ich Sozialisten wurde (How I Became a Socialist) was banned by the Nazi regime. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
Man dressed as Adolf Hitler protesting the burning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Alamogordo, New Mexico, December 30, 2001. W. David Buckley More
Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas poster produced by the Office of War Information. This poster featuring a quote from President Roosevelt was one in a series. US Holocaust Memorial Museum More
Ten Years Ago The Nazis Burned These Books...but free Americans Can Still Read Them. The Office of War Information produced this poster. The Council on Books in Wartime supplied it to bookstores and libraries for window displays exposing “the nature of the enemy.” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of FDR library More
FDR’s 1941 State of the Union speech enunciated the “Four Freedoms.” In this June 1943 Lord & Taylor’s patriotic window display, Norman Rockwell’s famous Freedom of Speech poster is used to contrast American values against Nazi book burnings. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress More
Up to 100,000 Americans attended an anti-Nazi rally in New York City on May 10 in reaction to Nazi persecution of Jews and the book burnings. It was at the time the largest political demonstration in New York City history. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD More
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Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings is a traveling exhibition produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Through historical photographs, documents, and films, it explores how the book burnings became a potent symbol in America’s battle against Nazism and why they continue to resonate with the public—in film, literature, and political discourse—to this day.
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