The US Naval Academy removed a display honoring Jewish female graduates and books about the Holocaust and antisemitism ahead of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's visit. The order to remove the books, which focused on topics like race, diversity, and gender, came at the behest of Hegseth and was part of larger anti-'woke' purges at the Department of Defense. The list of removed books with Jewish content includes works on hate in America, Holocaust memorials, sexuality in Weimar-era Berlin, and early Jewish American efforts to censor antisemitic media. The removals were notable as the first instance of 'college-level library banning' and the school has not commented on the permanent removal of the books.