Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany — Central Europe
Nazi Student Book Burning of 1933
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 2022
1. Nazi Student Book Burning of 1933 Marker
verbrannten
am 10. Mai 1933
nationalsozialistische
Studenten
die Bücher von
Schriftstellern
Wissenschaftlern
Publizisten
und Philosophen
Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wer man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am ende Menschen
H. Heine 1820
On May 10, 1933, at this location Nazi students burned books by writers, scientists, journalists and philosophers.
That was merely a prologue - where they burn books, in the end they burn people, too.
Heinrich Heine, 1820
Erected 2001.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical date for this entry is May 10, 1933.
Location. 50° 6.616′ N, 8° 40.931′ E. Marker is in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen (Hesse). Marker is on Römerberg, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Frankfurt am Main HE 60311, Germany. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Römerberg 34: "Haus zum goldenen Rad" / House at the Golden Wheel
this page online
More about this marker. The marker is in the middle of the plaza, in front of the city hall. It's easy to miss because it blends in, and all the more so because there are also similarly shaped manhole covers scattered throughout the plaza.
Also see . . .
1. 1933 Book Burnings (United States Memorial Holocaust Museum).
Excerpt: On May 10, 1933 student groups at universities across Germany carried out a series of book burnings of works that the students and leading Nazi party members associated with an “un-German spirit.” Enthusiastic crowds(Submitted on September 27, 2022.)witnessed the burning of books by Brecht, Einstein, Freud, Mann and Remarque, among many other well-known intellectuals, scientists and cultural figures, many of whom were Jewish. The largest of these book bonfires occurred in Berlin, where an estimated 40,000 people gathered to hear a speech by the propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, in which he pronounced that “Jewish intellectualism is dead” and endorsed the students’ “right to clean up the debris of the past.”Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 20222. Nazi Student Book Burning of 1933 Marker - wide viewThe marker is visible here in the pavement in the foreground.
2. "Wherever they burn books,..." (Bookbrowse).
Excerpt: "In 1933, copies of Heine's books were among the many burned on Berlin's Opernplatz. To commemorate the event, one of the most famous lines from Heine's 1821 play Almansor is now engraved at the site: "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too."). In the play, this is a reference to the burning of the Quran during the Spanish Inquisition in an effort to eradicate the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, which had been a major center of medieval Islamic culture."(Submitted on September 27, 2022.)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
