[...] if there was something that gave more power than merely destroying the word, it was owning and controlling it. There was a power in books. Words could act as weapons, resounding long after the rumbling of artillery had stopped. They are weapons not only as propaganda, but also in the form of memories. Whoever owns the word has the power not only to interpret it, but also to write history.
Anders Rydell The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance