Discuss: While at a Nazi book burning ceremony, Liesel and Rudy are bullied into throwing books onto the bonfire by Franz, but Liesel is upset to see the books being burned. When the bonfire ends and everyone but she has left, she grabs a book that has not been burned. 1. Why do the Nazis burn the books? Why is Liesel upset to see the books being burnt? 2. What does her foster father decide to do when he finds Liesel stole a book? 3. Compare with Burning of Books and Burying of Confucian Scholars alive in Qin dynasty