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| http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005852 |
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| "In a symbolic act of ominous significance, on May 10, 1933, university students burned upwards of 25,000 volumes of “un-German” books, presaging an era of state censorship and control of culture." |
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| http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005852 |
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| "The burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question." |
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| http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006278.html |
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| "Officials of a prestigious library in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur say nearly 145,000 books have been destroyed in an arson attack." |
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| http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006278.html |
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| "They say the library was burnt because almost all Manipuri books preserved in it were written in Bengali script." |
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| http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006278.html |
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Definition
| "Officials say many of Manipur’s most ancient texts were among the books destroyed by the fire. Police say that a group of nearly 50 protesters started the fire. They say they came from two groups." |
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Term
| http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005852 |
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Definition
| "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people." |
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