List of authors banned during the Third Reich

In May and June 1933, the first year of the Nazi reign, were ostentatiously conducted public book burnings in many German cities in a large-scale student "Action against the Un-German Spirit ". " Combustion- worthy " The selection of works based on so-called " black lists" that were created in March 1933 on behalf of the Ministry of Propaganda and these formed the basis for the looting of libraries and bookstores (see list of burned books, 1933). The persecution and censorship of unpleasant authors continued soon after the student book burnings by officials. On May 13 In 1933 the trade journal for the German Book Trade, a first list of 12 well-known German authors " to deem the German reputation as harmful " are.

List of harmful and undesirable writings

Extensive seizure actions to ensure so-called " harmful and undesirable writings " have already taken place since 1933. Affected were private libraries, Public libraries, publishers, bookstores, antique shops and factory libraries and the libraries of persecuted organizations (trade unions, political parties, workers' educational associations, religious communities, lodges ). Confiscated books were sent to the provided for the archiving of this literature libraries often of police stations, town halls and district administration offices.

On a " list of harmful and undesirable writings ," which was precisely issued since 1935 by the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, by the " Reich Chamber " regularly, finally found 12,400 titles and the complete works of 149 authors, or due to their humanistic, democratic socialist beliefs were or persecuted and prohibited because of their Jewish origin.

In the NS - organ " The library 2:6 " in 1935 given a list of those literature was banned and weed out:

Books prohibition of SS

On 9 June 1941, the Reich Security Main Office was ( the ideological department of the SS to " combat the opponents of the National Socialist ideology " under the direction of the Reichsführer- SS Heinrich Himmler ) issued a decree for the " pamphlets, to the list of harmful and unwanted have been classified literature, " were banned. Was published this decree only in the " orders of the chief of the Security Police and the SD ." With more than 300 titles are predominantly religious, philosophical, partly metaphysical and often banal at first glance title. The Gestapo confiscated until February 1945 Books like The crime as a disease of George Bonne (1927 ), The Hergott in the trenches of Max beaver or medicinal herbs in the service of beauty. Virtually all authors of the list are forgotten, their works are in many cases not even in the list of fonts that could not be displayed recorded 1933-1945 (ed. German Library in Leipzig ). That Heinrich Himmler - different than is often assumed - played an active role in the Nazi literature policy, is the preamble to the " list of harmful and undesirable writings ", was fitted in the Himmler with a censorship authority, and in addition to the prohibitions which Joseph Goebbels as President the " Reich Chamber of Culture " gave a could give " additional ban".

Forbidden authors

The following is a list of authors, whose works were on lists of banned books during the time of National Socialism and pertain, among other:

Authors were on the list because they or their ancestors were of Jewish descent; because they politically disagreed with the regime; because they spread pacifist or communist views or which were suspected. Even as deceased authors found themselves on the list.

A

B

C

  • Robert Carr

D

  • Ludwig Dexheimer
  • Alfred Doblin
  • John Dos Passos

E

F

G

B

I

  • Ilya Ilf
  • Béla Illés
  • Wera Inber

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

  • Fyodor Panfjorow
  • Leonid Panteleyev
  • Hertha Pauli
  • Yevgeny Petrov
  • Pinthus
  • Theodor Plivier
  • Alfred Polgar
  • Adelheid Popp
  • Gertrud bounce wit

R

S

T

U

  • Arnold Ulitz
  • Fritz von Unruh

V

  • Karl Vanek

W

Z

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  • List of harmful and undesirable writings, December 31, 1938 ( online at berlin.de)
  • List of harmful and undesirable writings. Years 1939-1941 lists. unchanged reprint of the edition Leipzig 1938-1941, Vaduz 1979
  • Any unwanted literature in France. Ouvrages littéraires non desirables en France. 3rd edition, Paris, 1943. (Online at Gallica )
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