Book Burning
“Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also.” - Heinrich Heine1
Much more coming.
This is part of the Culture War Encyclopedia.
Translation of “dort wo man Bucher verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen” in the play Almansor (1821) by Christian Johann Heinrich Heine, better known as Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), of Jewish ethnicity and German nationality.
In “Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also” (December 12, 2019), published by Medium, Antonio Gallo writes that Heine
was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine’s later verse and prose is distinguished by its satirical wit and irony. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. Heine spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.
Note what happened in Germany with books and with Jews.