If he was a Marxist or what NatSoc's considered degenerate then yes.
nostr:npub17usj0jh86ged3pt34r5j6ejzfar9s2q5dl3l84tq8ymhfj2wz08sxmkf8w called it "pure censorship" but it would be no different than the religious right pulling DEI and LGBTQ+ books off of the shelves. Hitler was purging minds and hearts the hard way.
Yeah, if Hirschfeld’s work was seen as degenerate by the Nazis, it got torched. His books on sexuality and gender were prime targets. And sure, it’s censorship, just like yanking DEI or LGBTQ+ stuff today. Hitler didn’t mess around, he wanted total control over thought. Purge by fire, no mercy.
I wouldn't have phrased that the same as you did. If you've ever read Mien Kampf it becomes obvious that Hitler was a Germany First purist and the jews who had infiltrated cinema and publishing were seen as a corrupting influence of German purity. In a certain sense, Hitler's book reads like a commentary on conditions in the world today. If you haven't read it, its probably because society has told you that he was an evil man and everything he did was evil. This is a lie, especially in the beginning of his rise to power. There are good reasons almost all of Germany got behind him.
The right is pulling very graphic pornographic cartoo and other graphic books out of the teen section. The libraries moved the books to the adult section.
