to bring use a story behind the news. we ruled about unbiased information for 3 months. the berlin 90 years ago, on the 10th of may 1933 terms, students through tens of thousands of folks into a huge on fire right here, where i'm standing in the center fill in n d that maybe next week. it's been about an hour and that was just the beginning from hitler's rise to power to the hollow coast. and finally the destruction of central europe and the 2nd

world war. in this video, we will find out why the nazis and others for an folks. and we will show how the nazi book for any pace to wait for the killing of millions of people. the joseph douglas, hitler's minister for propaganda, spoke of the debris of the past that had to be sorry. what did you mean by that? that's settled back to germany during the 1920 in the golden twenty's building was the 3rd largest city in the world and may be the most exciting cultural metropolis. the german film industry was driving and 1927 foot length movie metropolis storm deluxe offices. in 9028th, the tools bright sweet penny,

oprah thought it's success story that would spread around the world. and in 1929 eric maria remarks the best seller or quite a to on the west and probably would become one of the most successful gentlemen folks. winning and sales were also changing. in the weimer republic, the 1st term and democracy women were allowed to vote and to choose their own profession. and something where extremely successful, like young calling as the scot schuler, and vicky bones all the same as riotous and building. female writers also were taking part in the months of the roman republic. they have the same discussions on the important issues of the time on the idea of a new liberal society like v, i must proceed in the weimar republic was not only kind of a political movement,

but also we can see that in the different fields of arts especially in writing, they weren't starting to find new ways to express ideas, but also to yeah, to experiment with different styles. but there was the dark side to the why my way public as well as the democratic system was not stable. people felt cheated by the peace treaty after the 1st world war, but include the ty, reservation payments for germany. the door street crash off 1929. likewise. hit the gentleman's heart in 1932, nearly 6000000 to them and square unemployed. nazis and communists were fighting and the streets of phil in it was the democracy. yet with a fatal lack of democrats. all of this match to hitler's rise to power.

in january 1933, hitler became german chancellor. but the nazi who was also not stable, the knots immediately started to get rid of their enemies. the now we're going to visit a very unique he is in the sense of full persecuted arts and zoning and the west of too many. it focuses exclusively on artist who has been victims of terra and violence. here we're going to find out whose books have been burned and what happened to the office using direct you can come cutter and to write or a bill to such a going to introduce as to artist silver hated by the nazis the

this account here in the center for persecuted arts. um there are displayed many, many also silver band and so many during the nazi period. could you just give us an overview? who was who, who were the artist or not? i will come and do many anymore. oh, i just, we're not into so called fox combined shaft. so everybody who has not seen nancy opinion was not accepted from the nazis. they declared who is in and who's out out, who were absolutely all the jews the on to come you this pause of the roots of the social democrats and all of the people who were not common was not c sinking. also like against the actual fleet,

immediately lens and nazi's and came into power at the end of january 90. so 23, he escaped in the united from his flat. the nazis said we have to find total cause he is. so a games denazi's. so we have to, we have to catch him. he was a no, that's a liberal call me on this or left wing social democrats. and he wants to do, and he was a person the enemy of how do i fit in his play will turn on change from 1923 told i had really killed hit to the rest of pied piper. and one of the dangerous, a fried wing radicals. because today in germany, every citizen must think only of the nazi leader dictates. every book, not in line with nazi dot from the works of liberal thinkers. the writings of all the jews are sees confirmed so thoroughly organized does not say

domination of the individual. but that is not a single job on the home of escape. the value of the, in every village. in everett town said the storm roper from boots headquarters, the local party leader, directed his district campaign of mach victims, but persecuted this film created for us audience re enacted the terrible events that took place into him. and he in the spring of 1973, the next one to work as an artist, as an authorized user, sion r as in an extra you have to be member also heis good to come on. the nazis is nice clue to a come up. told all of the cultural lights in nazi germany. lots. he's decided who is in that ice. come on, come on. what's not in the device, go to a couple. if you're not into that ice crew to come out, you were not allow the to work officially in the dodge of size as an artist,

the cultural elite of the why more republic was out. so you could not publish, you could not go into a stage on a theater. you cannot walk in the movie, you could not be ex image and then use the are in the gallery or something us the in the showcase. this works and documented select listed writers, a display in may 1933 more than 200 also were on blacklist and 51934, but blacklist included more than 3500 words. the nazis tried to erase the memory of a whole generation of german rights, and among them were many women who had just started to gain political equality and

career opportunities. now the tide had turned what was the i do women in the eyes of denazi's, mother and mother to many, many children. and that was it. so women have to be supportive of the men. and the idea of the rights, which was yes, reading german children all over a big in germany and women like as an special ed did not at all fit in that but no of course not enough to shoot up was the gym and jewish poets and play right, a leading seaman artist of german expressionists and a definitely personality. she was divorced twice she had a son, was not born in one of her marriages, but she was very individualistic. she was very independent and, and of course, she took her agency. she took the room,

she really spread. the idea is uh yeah, liberty of empowerment. but also she was, was kind of a queer artist. even though she was like, she was not a queer person, but she was performing gender and she was courageous and a place she left extra say these proof tragic signs. the counselors, many, many of those programs and they canceled her. her play out with all the most so that voice in march 93rd street and she had to escape because she was attacked by members of the us in the streets in berlin. what happened to is alaska, sheila, after she had to leave germany, she 1st went in switzerland and found when she travels a bit. and then she came to palestine and and 1945. she died in jerusalem toner,

hips as person. an enemy lived as an excellent in the united states, and 1939. he was bankrupt and depressed. he carried all the time a click of all presumably suitcase. and this was a moment when you can decide that this is my last a possibility to be free to make the decision to go out of this size. and this is a disaster ending, but this is the ending of ends total and it fits completely to us to this radical consequent class. he was one of many persecuted artists who committed suicide or well killed. like right to call for us. yeah. to died and nazi arrest or eric, lose them who was killed in a concentration come. what was happening in germany was no secret on may 10th, 1933 more than 100000 people protested in u. s. cities against hitler. american books. by the way,

web burned on this day to like works by optim, saint clair, and ernest hemingway a us national icon reacted as well. the desk lined wide to helen keller. she wrote an open letter to the nazi organize us of the book burnings, saying, history has taught you nothing. if you think you can kill ideas, tyrants have tried to do that also before. and the ideas have risen up and they might end destroy them actually being born under nazi who she might not even have survive childhood denazi's racial hygiene program was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of disabled persons. ready the . ready finish this chain book shelves are located on the ground. they controlled around 20000 books about as many as the nazis frontier in 1933. today,

this empty library as a memorial site, created by ease really, artist misha, omen. books are incredibly powerful. every also retiree and regime fits them and no story proves that better than this one. now, if any of you guys ever seen one of these bad things for real we burned almost every physical book in the country. about the time you guys grow up, there won't be one book. bird ray bradbury wrote the dist tokyo novel in 1953 in spite. it's either not simple. is this past mr. trans? your an expert on the subject of the book or any language? why did the nazis actually burn books? they could have just found them by the time and by then they did both of them. but i know that's when the book burning took place here in berlin and many other places

in germany. the book bands had already begun for the things i knew that these are the herds of libraries had begun in february, march 19, 33, and 1. 1 board is here in berlin. and indexing committee was set up under the leadership of both cunningham. i'm going to search the catalogs for so called about hostile literature and you'll find that and that's what, that's what i'm, what was the meaning of the fire as it as well. yeah, it's, yeah, fire is traditionally a simple that stands not only for destruction but also in a certain way for read you the nation on can give us otherwise. i'll fill you in the national socialists and also worked with this symbolism and this metaphor. i'm the not to neither tennis off the opposite. the orchestration of the book burnings in 1943 is reminiscent of religious ceremonies. typical snouts, the events unplugged

them and radio listeners could follow the report life. the radio was one of the most important propaganda tools of the nazi regime and propaganda was used to both intimidate and entertain. with one goal in mind, total control, one of the people what type of art and literature was permitted was decided by the so called dwight ministry of public, enlightenment and propaganda headed by joseph's goals. hit loose closest collide will have propaganda. so propaganda minister, joseph gunnar, sold as a book burnings, not as enough time. no that was done on the part of the german student union

initiative in modeling the anti jewish boycott. in 1933, they drew up a plan that they wanted to tie in directly with this action of the boy called up the jews on the set up their own campaign which was called action against the and german spirit that started on april 13th with the dissemination of the poster against the german spirit. he owned a car with 12, the police, anti semitic, the seats, and so keeps on dizzy musician colorado, then applicable to on the what do students today think about that. dylan davis studies lloyd buildings who mode university, which is located right on the side of the book burnings. i knew about the book bindings i was, i think everyone has studies at the german high school. so i'm not aware of what happened. but, but when i started studying here, took about 2 or 3 weeks until i actually realized this is why books provide

literature. i'll respond. so that was a fast, a kind of shopping experience. we con, forgotten about the book bindings. why not random events started by the nazis? they were organized by students of the faculty of law. they were supported by professors of this faculty. and that part of history is not being addressed within building on the location of the ninety's and reverse 3 of the book burnings. dylan and others want to make this small visible. they are putting together a special exhibition with biographies of people who were forced to leave the university. i think for me it was touching to see the power of his of women because they could just start to um, to work as

a lawyer in the 19 twenty's 22. and just like after 10 years or something it was over. i can see that you all of the remove of the topics. do you probably have any family background like a jewish ancestors who had to leave universities? i think for me is the other way around. so i know that 2 of at least 2 of my great grandfather select nazis. i've been in the ss and i think i saw the fest have that this past encourage me to reflect on and not sit around and try to remember those that have been prosecuted then to couldn't lift, get on with that live soft of us, just like and my great grandparents grand margaret grandfather did so for me it was from a, a background was a motivation to get into the dust the other way around in the city of cologne and

the west of to many some of the young people are researching, not see victims to this, this, the headquarters of the cologne fall, atkins, but not the football team. falcons. the plugins are, would tobin socialist youth organization with a history of more than a century during the nazi regime, the follicles has been prohibited and persecuted, some fall can members are going to tell us more about it. and about their project on book burnings. this elaine spot money is 20 years old and belongs to a project group that is preparing a remembrance event in cologne. which was this project is that we remember our says, our past and the, the start use of our organization. but also to tell the story about a fight against terrorism and but also

a culture of ecto switched with you that was destroyed like in addition to jews, socialists and communists were the main enemies. something not safe. many of them had to flee, too many were breasted, or even killed several. and can you tell me a little bit about the codes that you're planning on the book? we like to perform a combination of reading the text of hundreds of this time and the treating the reading of the text. we sing songs that are important for the

fine. 1934 more than 3500 books were on the nazis blacklist. many persecuted, also as had already left germany because this doesn't like what was it like an everyday life? did people read the black list of books and the way, what's the symbolism and provide provide in the private arena? these books were still found on people shelves, but of course, paperwork cautious when visitors came calling in prove that they preferred to hide them away. but people continue to read them privately from people to and public libraries. they've disappeared completely assisting. that's an either tell us named with indexing and blacklist spots and the nazi succeeded in making these books no longer accessible or avail level in bookstores underneath quite a bit. so they actually succeeded in making a large part of these authors date into oblivion. the exact same guessing i'm fine . so that's in the snack month. on the ad, for example, then the famous us good evening whose books were also burned here. i spoke with them. he returned from exile after 1945, but never reconnected at

a key at the knots that someone filled out to look osborne m god coin. with her successful novel, the artificial silk girl, fox, vermont. she lived in germany after 1945 and so as an impoverished officer and continue to publish a book as i know the times that they weren't in demand. and i'm more left to advise that because these authors had become largely a marginal divide in like united the best to be able to visit. then what has happened to the nazi before? and it had not occurred to me vince did not. soon as i said, if it had not been for national socialist game had, if it had not been for the burning of books, the cultural diversity and innovated spirit of germany in the 1920s would certainly have continued in thoughts on end because had to buy the flop, good them on. i looked to the united states, i saw the hollywood to the actors and directors who worked their house quits long. for example, an immigrant from germany on slips long by 65. i'm indigent or flesh last night or

in science in albert einstein who went into exxon about i'm our social scientists like to do, i don't know. also left the united states, the appeal to either on or off in the fine. you can start, like you were american universities and american cultural institutions, or the influx of immigrants from germany was a huge benefit. that's what it all from that in the that's what they are still reaping these benefits. and i would say that we have not yet recovered from that loss and what it meant for germany, i'm the ones uh, beside to me stuff would be almost hard on you said what took you to place the lot to flood and soil literature, high modern literature not to not, and of course the national socialist kitch, completely boring stuff and people didn't actually read it. it is hold on for just a glance of when, when i'm in the medicine where they burn books, they will ultimately burn human beings as well. that's what the words on this memorial pluck say. what's penned by heinrich, i'm a gentleman, choose poet of the 19th century of cause the nazis burnt his books to north so that

by end of 1933, the nazis burned books. in 1938, the synagogues were burned, and in 194243 during the show up to get the genocide of the european jewish people were very much and then i will pay some you wouldn't find mention the nazis did not invent book burnings over the course of christianity, those books and people who were born, and she, li, books burned after puts in 1973 and in 2022 and the us books were also burned away. when you hear about the book burnings in tennessee, in 2022, a passport bern, terry puts on twilight volumes. why? that's all the discussions about banning books from school libraries in florida. what do you think them to taking and sorry to go to like it?

i would not compare such individual actions with the historical context of major book earnings and how many i here on may 10th alone books were burned in 22 places in germany, upon these actions of which you speak. there was also a burning of the koran in sweden by right wing extremists that one could seeking which of course should be condemned reading. these are actions by individuals or groups, explain this thing, but they are not actions fact by public authorities and board police agency was at least for when they can provide and what i've often police highest and then do using something like that could happen in too many to when we on our funding for our let's say our values in every place and then in total run the demo credit, the credit cards came into power is clear. it could happen on every plays also,

or also in germany. what can each and every one of us do to prevent that standard? and yes, say something, have the courage to say something the

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