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In May 1933, book burnings took place in more than 20 university towns and cities across Nazi Germany. The Nazi government supported—but did not organize—these book burnings. They were the initiative of German university students. During these events, students threw tens of thousands of books into bonfires. The book burnings symbolized the Nazis’ desire to remake German culture in accordance with Nazi ideology.
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