Portrait of Helen Keller, seated, reading Braille
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Portrait of Helen Keller

Portrait of Helen Keller, seated, reading Braille. September 1907. 

In 1933, Nazi students at more than 30 German universities pillaged libraries in search of books they considered to be "un-German." Among the literary and political writings they threw into the flames during the book burning were the works of Helen Keller.

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