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The first English language study of book censorship in Nazi Germany, this book describes the way in which various state and party organizations in Germany exerted control over the creation, publication, and distribution of books. By presenting the fate of authors and publishers who came into conflict with censorship, it sheds light on intellectual life under the Nazi dictatorship.
List of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Book-Burning of 1933
- Part I. The Agencies of Control
- 3. The Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
- 4. The Reich Chamber of Literature
- 5. Gestapo and SD
- 6. The Party Commission for the Protection of National Socialist Literature
- 7. Alfred Rosenberg: Hitler's Plenipotentiary for Ideological Education
- Part II. The Practice of Censorship
- 8. The Reasons for Banning Books
- 9. Jewish Books
- 10. The Purge of the Libraries
- 11. Wartime Censorship
- 12. The Battle for Turf
- Part III. The Impact of Censorship
- 13. The Inner Emigration
- 14. Conclusion
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Guenter Lewy is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts. His books include Nazi Germany and The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies and Perpetrators: The World of the Holocaust Killers. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Summary
The first English language study of book censorship in Nazi Germany, this book describes the way in which various state and party organizations in Germany exerted control over the creation, publication, and distribution of books. By presenting the fate of authors and publishers who came into conflict with censorship, it sheds light on intellectual life under the Nazi dictatorship.
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Nazi censorship was different from censorship in other totalitarian regimes, but it has escaped so far the attention of English language historiography. Professor Lewy's important study is therefore most welcome.
