6. a small strip of coloured cloth signifying membership of an order or award of military decoration, prize, or other distinction. 7. a small, usually looped, strip of coloured cloth worn to signify support for a charity or cause: a red AIDS ribbon.
The books burned were Jewish, Marxist, Bolshevik, or other disreputable or non-German books. These included the works of Heinrich Heine, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, Albert Einstein, Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Jack London and Margaret Sanger.
In 1930s Nazis burned works of Jewish authors and other works considered âun-Germanâ in several public spectacles in different cities in Germany. For example, Richard Euringer, director of the libraries in Essen, identified 18,000 works deemed not to correspond with Nazi ideology, and these books were publicly burned.n 1930s Nazis burned works of Jewish authors and other works considered âun-Germanâ in several public spectacles in different cities in Germany. For example, Richard Euringer, director of the libraries in Essen, identified 18,000 works deemed not to correspond with Nazi ideology, and these books were publicly burned.