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4meAndyou · F
Nazi book burning was an attempt to suppress every bit of literature with which the Nazis disagreed. The burnings were conducted by the German Student Union in both Germany and Austria in the 1930's.
"The books targeted for burning were those viewed as being subversive or as representing ideologies opposed to Nazism. These included books written by Jewish, half-Jewish, communist, socialist, anarchist, liberal, pacifist, and sexologist authors among others.[1] The initial books burned were those of Karl Marx and Karl Kautsky,[2] but came to include other authors, including Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, writers in French and English, and effectively any book incompatible with Nazi ideology. In a campaign of cultural genocide, books were also burned en masse by the Nazis in occupied territories, such as in Poland.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
Basically, it was cultural genocide. THAT would offend me.
I would, more personally, be highly offended if anyone were to burn the Bible, the Koran, or any book considered holy by ANY religion.
Flag burning, while also highly offensive to me personally, is a tiny smidge less offensive.
"The books targeted for burning were those viewed as being subversive or as representing ideologies opposed to Nazism. These included books written by Jewish, half-Jewish, communist, socialist, anarchist, liberal, pacifist, and sexologist authors among others.[1] The initial books burned were those of Karl Marx and Karl Kautsky,[2] but came to include other authors, including Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, writers in French and English, and effectively any book incompatible with Nazi ideology. In a campaign of cultural genocide, books were also burned en masse by the Nazis in occupied territories, such as in Poland.[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings
Basically, it was cultural genocide. THAT would offend me.
I would, more personally, be highly offended if anyone were to burn the Bible, the Koran, or any book considered holy by ANY religion.
Flag burning, while also highly offensive to me personally, is a tiny smidge less offensive.
