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suegeo

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8. Heinrich Heine

Reply to bobbieinok (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 08:08 PM

Oct 2018

https://curiosity.com/topics/heinrich-heines-quote-about-book-burning-eerily-predicted-the-holocaust-curiosity/

In 1823, Heinrich Heine wrote the words, "Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen," or "Where books are burned, in the end, people will also be burned." More than a century later in 1933, young Nazi students in Germany organized a nationwide book burning to eliminate foreign influence. As this quote eerily predicted, the mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust soon followed.

Remember the White Rose Society.

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NW Iowa Fascist burns public library Children's books [View all] suegeo Oct 2018 OP

They burned books in Germany under Hitler. kimbutgar Oct 2018 #1

By Heine? Quote's on Goettingen memorial to Nazi book burning at U there bobbieinok Oct 2018 #2

Heinrich Heine suegeo Oct 2018 #8

Because Heine was Jewish, some Germans refused to accept that he was a great German poet bobbieinok Oct 2018 #12

Lise Meitner suegeo Oct 2018 #15

Also, White Rose Society suegeo Oct 2018 #16

Also, Neutral Milk Hotel suegeo Oct 2018 #17

People should replace the books tenfold. Croney Oct 2018 #3

Yep shenmue Oct 2018 #5

Steve King country rurallib Oct 2018 #4

Some of the posters gave me ideas of how to make this right Jake Stern Oct 2018 #6

Steve King, Trump, book burning what's next NW Iowa voters???? Spanish Inquisition?? IADEMO2004 Oct 2018 #7

One more rec, you guys, and this post suegeo Oct 2018 #9

Awful man irisblue Oct 2018 #10

Thank you for the support suegeo Oct 2018 #11

Christ on a trailer hitch, it's Tom Dorr's brother suegeo Oct 2018 #13

GW Bush His self appointed Tom Dorr suegeo Oct 2018 #14

On the plus side, Orange City has a Pride event!! progressoid Oct 2018 #18