What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews? First, their synagogues or churches should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered with earth and crushed so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them.
— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

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On the Jews and Their Lies

Date / Period

1543

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Shocking

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https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/martin-luther-on-the-jews-and-their-lies

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