For Whom The Bell Tolls

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Three attributes the Nazis found dangerous enough to censor are the books “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway, “The Call Of Wild” by Jack London, and “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. All three of these books were banned in Germany because of what they were about. From Document four it states that “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway is about “The protagonist, Jordan, fights on the side of the left-leaning Republicans against the right-wing fascists, and witnesses the brutalities of war.” This book was most likely banned because it is about the protagonist fighting against the fascists and Hitler was a fascist dictator.
The next book “The Call Of Wild” by Jack London is about a dog named Buck that is forced to work and live

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