The Nazi war on "un-German" individual expression had begun. As early as two weeks before, American organizations like the American Jewish Congress knew of the planned book burnings and launched ...

Un-German became a catchall word that could be ... And even this is a sign that the Nazis found success in their book burning — in reality, ideas about trans rights and even gender-affirming ...

that Nazis considered "un-German." Nazi book burning is often likened to modern censorship of books in the U.S. since they both aim to restrict access to information and ideas in books.

“Book banning, in one form or another, goes back a long time,” he said, as the footage was cut with clips of Nazis burning books. “And now it's fashionable again, at least in some of our ...