3403 x 5148 px | 28,8 x 43,6 cm | 11,3 x 17,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
12. August 2005
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Tourist at the underground monument on Bebelplatz, site of the Burning of the Books in 1933. Next to the facade of the Alte Bibliothek (Old Library, built in 1780, architect: Georg Christian Unger). Unter den Linden, Berlin 2005. HGW DE053831 RIGHTS PROTECTION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. --- After 1933 all German universities were under strong Nazi influence. It was from the "Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität" or Frederick William University library (todays Humboldt University) that some 20000 books by "degenerates" and opponents of the regime were taken to be burned publicly on May 10, 1933 on the Opernplatz (now the Bebelplatz). Today, right in the centre of the Bebelplatz is a monument: a glass panel on the ground, enabling a sight into an underground room in bright white with empty shelf space for books ...
