Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende M.enschen

Heinrich Heine

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Topic

Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine

Source

Almansor

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

German

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Heine, Heinrich. Almansor. 1821.

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