Library of Burned Books to Recall Nazi Barbarism

A German foundation plans to create a “library of burned books” to honor authors persecuted by the Nazis. In order to remember barbarism and victimization of authors, the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam is launching a “library of burned books.” And even though the financing for the project has not yet been secured, its promoters are hard-pressed to keep quiet about the project.
“The point is to collect a selection of these titles,” said Julius Schoeps, who runs the center and initiated the project. “This library should be on a few bookshelves and tour more than 3,000 high schools. We believe this is a type of living memorial, more important than one made of stone or iron.”

May 17, 2006 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    May 17, 2006 at 7:49 pm

    Erased from the book of memory?
    Hey…WHY keep quiet about this project?

    Plenty of people would probably gladly donate
    copies of their own books or even buy them
    and then donate them….IF and only IF
    all books are scanned and stored virtually
    in several “safe” locations…

    Of course it could always happen again…but
    there is still something very powerful about
    recreating a destroyed library!

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