Germans Gather Around Books Deemed “Un-German” – Berlin, May 10, 1933
Dublin Core
Title
Germans Gather Around Books Deemed “Un-German” – Berlin, May 10, 1933
Subject
Book Burning, Censorship, Nazi Germany, Intellectual Repression
Description
On May 10, 1933, Nazi students and stormtroopers gathered at Berlin’s Opernplatz to burn books they deemed “un-German.” Works by authors such as Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Erich Maria Remarque were destroyed in symbolic rejection of intellectual diversity. This photograph captures the public gathering before the burning began.
Creator
Unknown
Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
“Germans Gather Around Books They Regard as ‘Un-German.’” May 10, 1933. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/germans-gather-around-books-they-regard-as-un-german
“Germans Gather Around Books They Regard as ‘Un-German.’” May 10, 1933. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/germans-gather-around-books-they-regard-as-un-german
Publisher
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Date
1933-05-10
Rights
Public domain. Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. For educational use only.
Format
JPEG
Language
n/a
Type
Still Image
Identifier
ushmm_bookburning_berlin_1933
Coverage
Berlin, Germany, May 10, 1933
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Black-and-white historical photograph
Physical Dimensions
Not specified (n/a)
Citation
Unknown, “Germans Gather Around Books Deemed “Un-German” – Berlin, May 10, 1933,” Omeka, accessed September 19, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/178.