Copies of books by German and American authors which were burned in Germany on May 10 were presented to the West Virginia University Library today by Jewish students in the name of the Hillel Foundation on the campus, as a gesture of protest against Nazi vandalism. Books by Heine, Lessing, Ludwig, Feuchtwanger, Mann, Einstein, Helen Keller, Upton Sinclai#, and many others were included in the gift.
In accepting the gift, L. D. Arnett, Librarian of the University, stated: “We are very glad to place the books in our Library, for we cannot but feel that this action of German students does not represent the best and sober mind of German scholars, and that the German people recognize the destruction of the works of such authors as a distinct loss of culture.”
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