Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas | The American Library Association Archives
Title:
Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas
Date:
1942
Description:
World War II poster with quote about books from Franklin Roosevelt, depicting several Nazi soldiers burn books in front of a wall, which is a book with the quote printed on the cover.
Poster text reads: Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man’s eternal fight against tyranny. In this war, we know, books are weapons. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas.
Found in RS 12/3/12, Folder: World War II
Phys. Desc:
Poster with Red and black printing on white paper, 28 x 20 in. Tiff digital surrogate.
ID:
ALA0001268
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The American Library Association Archives
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