Let America Honor Books Nazis Burn—sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis, America’s only Nobel prize winner for literature, on the burning of Jewish and “Marxist” books in Nazi Germany:

“Throughout the ages many of the greatest scientists and theologians have been uncomfortably honored by being burned at the stake. Apparently the Nazis are paying the same kind of honor to the noblest books that have been produced in Germany in the last twenty years. The authors should feel nothing save satisfaction at receiving this unintentional tribute from an organized mob. I trust that this action will serve to spread their reputation and glory in every land outside Germany, and that America, among other countries, will mark down for reading whatever books may be burnt.”