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Martin Luthers Werk ?ber die Juden.

On the Jews & Their Lies is notorious as a diatribe - and even as a call to arms against - the Jews in Germany at the time. In one of the most infamous chapters of the book, for example, Luther urges the German people to "raze and destroy [the Jews'] houses." But if one looks... Read Full Overview

Martin Luther's historical rant against the Jewish people.

I had made up my mind to write no more either about the Jews or against them. But since I learned that those miserable and accursed people do not cease to lure to themselves even us, that is, the Christians, I have published this little book, so that I might be found among those... Read Full Overview

On the Jews and Their Lies is a 65,000-word anti-Jewish treatise written in 1543 by the German Reformation leader Martin Luther. Luther's attitude toward the Jews took different forms during his lifetime. In his earlier period, until 1537 or not much earlier, he wanted to convert... Read Full Overview

MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) was one of the greatest religious thinkers and reformers of all time. Founder of the Lutheran Church, his Protestant movement against the dominant Catholicism altered the course of European history. His fortitude in confronting and overcoming corruption... Read Full Overview