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Heinrich Heine on Books

1797–1856 Germany

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Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.

I owe my conversion simply to the reading of a book.

Memory plaque Marktplatz Neustadt an der Weinstrasse: "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn humans."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Heinrich Heine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.