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Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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Oct 30, 2025
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What books were burned during the May 10 1933 event in Berlin?

On May 10, 1933, theatrical public burnings on Opernplatz (now Bebelplatz) in Berlin and coordinated actions across Germany destroyed deemed “un‑German” by National Socialist organizers; contemporary ...

Dec 5, 2025
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Which authors and books were targeted on May 10, 1933, and why were they labeled 'un-German'?

On May 10, 1933, Nazi-aligned university students staged nationwide burnings that destroyed an estimated 20,000–25,000 books in Berlin alone and thousands more across more than 20 university towns; th...

Oct 30, 2025
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Which specific titles and authors were listed on the Nazi book-burning lists for Berlin May 10 1933?

The contemporary analyses and compiled lists agree that the Nazi book-burning in Berlin on May 10, 1933 targeted a broad swath of writers and titles deemed “un-German,” and that the operative list gui...

Jan 17, 2026

Did Hitler reveal which jewish books he was burning

The historical record assembled in the sources shows that Nazi-organized book burnings in 1933 targeted “un‑German” works — including many by Jewish authors — but there is no citation in the provided ...

Jan 19, 2026

What specific authors and titles are documented as burned during the May 1933 book burnings in Berlin and other German cities?

Contemporary reporting and major historical summaries of the May 1933 “Action against the Un‑German Spirit” identify thousands of volumes and name many affected authors, but they rarely publish compre...

Oct 30, 2025

How did the Nazi regime use book burning as a form of censorship?

The Nazi regime used book burning in 1933 as a highly visible instrument of state-aligned cultural censorship designed to eradicate so-called “un‑German” ideas and reshape public life in line with Nat...

Jan 7, 2026

What was the significance of the book burning event on May 10, 1933?

The mass book burnings on 10 May 1933 were coordinated public ceremonies in which students, Nazi organizations, and local officials destroyed books the regime labeled “un‑German,” most famously in Ber...

Dec 7, 2025

What is Denial or the proper term for wncountering a mtter/subject so extreme a person cannot accept it

The term you’re asking about is most commonly called “denial”: a psychological defense where a person refuses to accept or perceive painful or overwhelming facts (see Britannica, Psychology Today) . W...

Nov 2, 2025

Were any banned books on the May 10 1933 Berlin lists by conservative or non-political authors, and why were they included?

The evidence in the provided analyses shows that the May 10, 1933 Berlin book burnings overwhelmingly targeted writers labeled “un‑German” by the Nazi regime—mainly Jewish, leftist, pacifist, or liber...

Oct 30, 2025

Which prominent Jewish and leftist authors were specifically listed for the Berlin book burnings on May 10 1933?

The Nazi-organized Berlin book burnings on 10 May 1933 specifically targeted a wide list of authors identified as “Jewish,” “leftist,” or otherwise “un-German”; commonly cited names include Lion Feuch...

Oct 9, 2025

Which authors were specifically targeted by the Nazi regime for book burning?

The provided analyses converge on a clear finding: the Nazi book-burning campaign of 1933 targeted , and included prominent figures such as Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Magnus Hirschfeld...