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In many periods of history, books, scrolls, statues, and all manner of things that the current people in power did not like, agree with, or feared have been destroyed, either outright or symbolically. This has included people too!
From Wikipedia:The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the authorities of Nazi Germany to ceremonially burn all books in Germany which did not correspond with Nazi Ideology.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt was Hitlers way of blocking young Germans from the ideaology of the rest of the world. It was mainly to prevent anti Nazi rebellion
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What year did the Nazi's hold the first book burning?
The public book burning took place in May 1933.
What is the purpose of the book of Job?
to give jobv@
Why was the Doomesday book not popular?
It established an inventory used for the purpose of taxation.
Why do people burn books instead of throwing them away?
A book is considered somewhat a "container of knowledge" and is a historic landmark set by an author. If you burn a book, you not only remove it physically but you also removed the historic impression of an author. ___ Public book burning, as practised by the Inquisition and the Nazi regime for example, is an expression of contempt, intolerance and hatred. It is a government and/or church sponsored expression of hatred in public. By one of those quirks of fate, in 1821 the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine wrote: 'Where they start by burning books, they end up burning people'.
What is the purpose of the book?
It is for relaxing, learning and a lot more!
When was The Book of Burning created?
The Book of Burning was created in 2002-01.
What doe s end burning and blue have in common?
book - bookEND, BLUE book, book BURNING
Burning up tour book?
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What is the Book after Ranger's apprentice the burning bridge?
The book after The Burning Bridge is The Ice Bound Land.
Is book burning still practiced today?
yes, book burning is still practiced today
How does book burning compare to book banning?
book burning is when someone actively sets the book on fire, book banning is when the book is removed from a library or school. book burning is highly symbolic but when the printing machine was invented in the 1400's book burning stopped being an effective way of destroying literature. now book banning is much more effective but is also much more easy to oppose.
What year did the Nazi's hold the first book burning?
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Who is the Author of the book The Mississippi Burning?
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What was Girolamo famous for?
book burning
What is the purpose of burning petrol in the engine?
to make the vehicle go
Wasn't Is Paris Burning a book and a movie?
Yes. The movie is based on the book.
What is the purpose of the thermocouple?
The thermocouple keeps a gas pilot light burning.
