Everything about The Bebelplatz totally explained
The
Bebelplatz (formerly Opernplatz) is a public square in
Berlin, the capital of
Germany. The square is on the south side of the
Unter den Linden, a major east-west thoroughfare in the centre of the city. It is bounded to the east by the State Opera building (hence its prewar name), to the west by buildings of
Humboldt University, and to the south by
St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin's oldest
Roman Catholic church. The square is named after
August Bebel, a leader of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany in the 19th century.
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. Furthermore, a line of Heine is engraved, stating "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen" (in English: "Where they burn books, that'll also burn humans in the end"). Students at Humboldt University hold a book sale in the square every year to mark the anniversary.
Image:PICT4089.JPG|The Bebelplatz looking north towards the Unter den Linden.
Image:Bebelplatz_Night_of_Shame_Monument.jpg|Monument to the May 10, 1933 Book burning
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