Minorities suppressed by censorship:
The banning of books and media can be traced back to the bible and
even further. Governments and social leaders have been banning books to help
their cause for the same amount of time. One of the most prolific examples of
this is Adolf Hitler. Hitler was known for banning anything that went against
his beliefs and thoughts. One of the more popular books that the Hitler regime
banned was “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet
on the Western Front is a book about a German soldier during WWI who narrates
the brutality and horror that was experienced during the war. Hitler did not
like that it showed war in a negative light and was worried that it may cause
people of Germany to not agree with his viewpoints. By 1934 Hitler had over 40
different agencies to help ban or burn books. They had a list of over 4100 books
on the list according to Leonidas Hill, author of “The Nazi Attack on Un-German
Literature, 1933-1945.”
even further. Governments and social leaders have been banning books to help
their cause for the same amount of time. One of the most prolific examples of
this is Adolf Hitler. Hitler was known for banning anything that went against
his beliefs and thoughts. One of the more popular books that the Hitler regime
banned was “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet
on the Western Front is a book about a German soldier during WWI who narrates
the brutality and horror that was experienced during the war. Hitler did not
like that it showed war in a negative light and was worried that it may cause
people of Germany to not agree with his viewpoints. By 1934 Hitler had over 40
different agencies to help ban or burn books. They had a list of over 4100 books
on the list according to Leonidas Hill, author of “The Nazi Attack on Un-German
Literature, 1933-1945.”