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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Luther and Antisemitism
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Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 22:23:51 EDT
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In article <1226@bunker.UUCP> rha@bunker.UUCP (Robert H. Averack) writes:

>In article <755@ihlpf.UUCP> cher@ihlpf.UUCP (Mike Cherepov) writes:

>>Luther was an incredible antisemite 
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 
>Wow!  Are you sure about what you said about Martin Luther?  If so, please
>follow-up with some evidence.  As a Jew married to a Methodist, I see this
>assertion as being quite inflammatory.  However, if you can substantiate
>this, Mike, please do so.

     Luther wrote a few virulently antisemitic tracts, a fact which the
Nazis later found convenient to exploit. He went through much the same 
process as Mohammmad, as I recall -- he first wanted the Jews to join
his team, and them became incensed when they declined. I didn't look
any references up, but Mike's assertion is well known.

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