“Do not treat me in this fashion. Don't leave me out. Have I not
Always spoken the truth in my books? And now
You treat me like a liar! I order you:
Burn me!”

—  Bertolt Brecht

A response to the Nazi book burnings, "The Burning of the Books"

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German poet, playwright, theatre director 1898–1956

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