![At Berlin's Opernplatz, an SA man throws books into the flames at the public burning of books deemed "un-German." [LCID: 01622]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/313b44c6-eb01-4c86-9bc3-cf70d8bc991b.jpg)
At Berlin's Opernplatz (Opera Square), an SA man throws books into the flames at the public burning of books deemed "un-German." This image is a still from a motion picture. Berlin, Germany, May 10, 1933.
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