A US soldier inspects piles of Nazi books, including Mein Kampf, that were found in a German school. [LCID: p971]
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Denazification

A US soldier inspects piles of Nazi books, including Mein Kampf, that were found in a German school. As part of their denazification policies, Allied authorities purged German libraries, bookstores, and schools of Nazi propaganda. Aachen, Germany, May 2, 1945.

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