Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Oft-banned book -
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Book Burning: Through the ages, governments have
exerted control over people by burning books
Censorship in America: Examples of banned books in the
United States
German Book Burning: On May 10, 1933 German professors
encouraged their students to burn university books. The event was a precursor to
Nazi terror, recalling the 1821 words of Heinrich Heine: "Wherever they burn
books they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
Hus, John: Burned at the stake for his writings
Luther, Martin: Translations into German,
burned
Mayan Books: Burned, causing loss of historical
records
Prior Restraint: Concept of preventing publication of
written materials
Nazis and Book-Burning: Destruction of classic
books
Roger Williams: Banished from Massachusetts, he started
Rhode Island
Tyndale, William: Burned at the stake for translating
Bible
Wycliffe, John: Fourteenth-century books banned; body
exhumed and burned
