The statue, originally built in 1305, was updated after the reformation to include an antisemtic inscription from Martin Luther in 1570 Germany’s high court was set to rule on Tuesday regarding a Jewish man’s bid to remove a 700-year old antisemitic statue from the side of a church in the eastern city of Wittenberg. The decision from the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ends a long-running dispute over the relief on the side of a church where Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther once preached. The sculpture depicts the medieval antisemitic trope of a “Judensau” or “Jewish pig,” and shows Jewish...
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