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Carnegie Library Recalls 1933 Anti-Bookburning Ceremony
Original: The 1933 Anti-Bookburning Ceremony of Samuel Harden Church
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is highlighting a 1933 ceremony led by Samuel Harden Church, the library's president, denouncing the book burnings then taking place in Nazi Germany. The event is being revisited as a historical stand for free expression and against censorship, drawing renewed interest amid ongoing debates over banned books and intellectual freedom.
Why now: Renewed concern over book bans and censorship has revived interest in historical defenses of free expression.
Carnegie Library of PittsburghSamuel Harden ChurchNazi Germany
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- The 1933 Anti-Bookburning Ceremony of Samuel Harden Church · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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