Bebelplatz
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The Bebelplatz (formerly Opernplatz) is a public square in Berlin, the capital of Germany.
The Bebelplatz is best known as the site of the book burning ceremony held on May 10, 1933 by members of the S.A. ("brownshirts") and Nazi youth groups, on the instigation of the Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels. The Nazis burned around 20,000 books, including works by Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx and many other authors. Today a glass plate set into the Bebelplatz, giving a view of empty bookcases, commemorates this event. Students at Humboldt University hold a book sale in the square every year to mark the anniversary.
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