إحراق المكتبات و مخازن المعرفة عبر العصور : جرائم في حق الذاكرة و الحضارة و التاريخ

Abstract EN

Libraries are the most important source of human knowledge that can register and preserve the heritage of civilizations throughout the centuries and the foundations of cultures and knowledge that remain entrenched over time and generations.

these libraries have suffered from wars and cultural, racial and political conflicts.

given the importance of libraries, the gravity of the crime it suffered and the serious damage endured by humanity in erasing their memory and source of knowledge ; the study dealt with crimes of burning libraries, destroying knowledge, documentation and memory-related crimes across different times.

this study addresses the role of writers and libraries in preserving memory as well as the main causes and motivation that led to the phenomenon of burning books and libraries, from personal, political, military and religious reasons.

the study also demonstrates the gravity of these criminal acts against the values and cultures of peoples and refers to the French colonizer's crimes in Algeria relating to the burning of books and libraries, in particular the crime of burning the Algerian university library in 1962, through which rare, old and valuable books were destroyed, with the aim of denying intellectuals and students access to the knowledge and science they contain.