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BOOK BURNING - CHAPTER 8 - ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ Γ ΛΥΚΕΙΟΥ

BOOK BURNING - CHAPTER 8 - ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ Γ ΛΥΚΕΙΟΥ

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12th Grade - Professional Development

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Vasiliki Papaioannou

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Book Burning:

2013 marked the 80th anniversary of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists in Germany. One of the most famous events of that year took place on May 10th 1933 with the public book burning of over 25,000 “un-German” books on Opernplatz in Berlin (now renamed Bebelplatz).

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What we are going to learn today

On May 10, 1933, university students in 34 university towns across Germany burned over 25,000 books.


As part of an effort to align German arts and culture with Nazi ideas (Gleichschaltung), university students in college towns across Germany burned thousands of books they considered to be “un-German,” heralding an era of state censorship and cultural control.

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Open Ended

What are the 4 reasons people burn books and archives according to the video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oYpXXEpLkA

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What do you know about book burning?

  • Have you ever read a book or an article about that?

  • Have you ever seen people burning

    books?



  • Why do people burn books? Give some possible reasons/ occasions.

Book Burning:

2013 marked the 80th anniversary of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists in Germany. One of the most famous events of that year took place on May 10th 1933 with the public book burning of over 25,000 “un-German” books on Opernplatz in Berlin (now renamed Bebelplatz).

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