NSDAP Reaction
When the NSDAP took power, they attacked Hirschfeld's Institut on 6 May 1933, and burned many of its books. The press-library pictures and archival newsreel film of the NSDAP book-burning seen today are believed to be of Hirschfeld's library and records.
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