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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Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine

Source

Almansor

Medium

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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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