“On May 10, 1933, the Nazi Party burned unwelcome books – Einstein, Freud, the brothers Mann, and many others – in great pyres throughout Germany, but seven days later Hitler declared himself committed to peace and went so far as to pledge complete disarmament if other countries followed suit. The world swooned with relief.”

“On May 10, 1933, the Nazi Party burned unwelcome books – Einstein, Freud, the brothers Mann, and many others – in great pyres throughout Germany, but seven days later Hitler declared himself committed to peace and went so far as to pledge complete disarmament if other countries followed suit. The world swooned with relief.”

— Erik Larson