The Pete Quiñones Show Pete Talks About What Books The Germans Burned w/ Justin Campbell of 'Fact Check This'
Oct 11, 2026
Justin Campbell, a commentator and podcast host focused on history, politics, and culture, joins a wide-ranging discussion of Nazi book burnings. Topics include Weimar Germany’s collapse, communist and internationalist writings, Helen Keller, Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexology, Bauhaus, Freud, Margaret Sanger, Einstein, and the preservation of controversial books for future generations.
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The Crisis Behind Nazi Book Burnings
- Pete Quiñones argues that postwar starvation, reparations, inflation, and cultural upheaval formed the backdrop to the Nazi movement.
- He says book burning erased evidence that could have explained which ideas the regime opposed and why.
What School Lessons Leave Out
- Justin Campbell observes that education often teaches Nazi book burning without identifying the targeted works.
- He says some teachers even imply Bibles were burned, while the discussion presents communist, socialist, and sexual-science texts as central targets.
Why Communists Became Nazi Targets
- Pete Quiñones distinguishes National Socialism’s nationalism from Marxist internationalism as a major reason Nazis targeted Marx, Engels, Kautsky, and Trotsky.
- He frames fascist movements across Europe as reactions to perceived communist expansion rather than as a single identical ideology.
