A Greek-style temple made out of banned books hopes to stir debate about censorship at the site of Nazi book burning in central Germany. In fact, the "Parthenon of Books" stands at the same site where, in 1933, Nazis set in flames books by Jewish or Marxist writers. Preparations for the "Parthenon of Books" began last year, when Minujin launched an appeal to collect up to 100,000 books. "In communist East Germany, there wasn't a list of banned books drawn up by the authorities," said Gassner. But what is perhaps Germany's most controversial work, banned in several countries, will not figure on the Parthenon - Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf".

Source: The Local June 07, 2017 07:41 UTC