The National Committe to Aid Victims of German Fascism will commemorate the burning of 20,000 books in Berlin last May, with a symposium Thursday at the Center Church House.
Speakers will include Professor Odell Shepherd of Trinity College, Rev. Frank B. Haggard, president of the Hartford Federation of Churches, and S. G. Bloomfield of the National Committee. The talks will cover the cultural, ecclesiastical, economic and social aspects of the attempt to “purify” Nazi Germany.
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