Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Hard cover copy of the book, Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. published 1969. In response to the burning of copies of this book, Vonnegut wrote to the chairman of the Drake School Board, "Books are sacred to free men for very good reasons...Wars have been fought against nations which hate books and burn them"
- Title
- Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
- Date
-
publication:
1969
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
-
Books and Published Materials
- Category
-
Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
-
Books (lcsh)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The book was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:10:50
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515056
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