Book burning

Identifier
irn1003188
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.543.1
  • RG-60.3436
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Sherman Grinberg Film Library
  • Paramount News (Producer)

Scope and Content

Paramount News Issue 84. University students collect and burn "un-German" books. Various INT CUs as black-listed works are gathered. CU, books to be destroyed. 01:02:08 Night scenes showing torchlight procession and books being thrown into bonfire (familiar scenes). Various shots. At night, crowd gathered outside building. Lights directed at building, parade, crowd heiling.

Note(s)

  • Grinberg record indicates that there is supposed to be sound, an off-screen voice explaining the destruction of the condemned books written by world-famous authors as well as crowd cheering. The USHMM version does not have sound.

Subjects

  • FIRES
  • CROWDS
  • NIGHT
  • BOOK BURNINGS
  • PARADES
  • BOOKS
  • SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
  • YOUTH GROUPS
  • HITLER YOUTH
  • TORCHES
  • GERMANY

Places

  • Berlin, Germany

Genre

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