In the early morning of November 9th to 10th, 1938, the Nazis used the Jewish youth Grishpan to kill a diplomat at the German Embassy in Paris as an excuse to destroy 7000 Jewish shops and burn 200 synagogues on that day. In addition, about 30,000 Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps. This night is called Crystal Night , and it marked the beginning of the Nazis' organized slaughter of Jews. The choice of time for "Crystal Night" was not accidental. November 9 was the eve of Luther's birth, and it was a generous Nazi tribute to Luther. One of the influencers. He was also the initiator and promoter of anti-Semitism in modern Germany, and provided a theoretical basis for the Nazi Party's attacks on Jews.
is most famous for his article "About the Jews and Their Lies". This essay also became the basis and blueprint for the Nazis to attack the Jews in the future.
In the 1920s, the pathological anti-Semitic Hitler often cited Luther's anti-Semitic remarks and developed them. He listed the crimes of the Jews in "My Struggle", and anti-Semitic thoughts continued to develop.
But Martin Luther was not against Jews at first.
In the Middle Ages, the relationship between Jews and Christians was also very tense. However, the rise of the religious reform movement, whether it is Hussites, Lutherans, and Puritans, tried to revitalize Christianity with the spirit of the Apostle (Apostel), returning to the original intention of Christianity and returning to the Old Testament. , Is to return to Jewish spiritual value. It should be noted that whether it is Jesus, Jehovah, or the founder of the Christian church, they are all citizens of the Jewish nation.
Therefore, in the early days of the Reformation, Martin Luther adopted a friendly and tolerant attitude towards Jews in order to unite the Jews against the fallen Holy See . Luther himself pointed out to Christians that God did not give the grace he gave to Jews to other peoples in the same way, and God only gave revelation to Jews. In 1532, a leaflet "Jesus Christ was born a Jew" appeared in Germany. Luther himself also strongly criticized the anti-Semitism policy pursued by the church for a long time.
However, the reason why he criticized the church’s anti-Semitism policy was based on the recognition that the anti-Semitism policy hindered the conversion of Jews to Christianity. He hoped that through criticism of the church, Jews would be attracted to Protestantism , thus strengthening the power of Protestantism.
Once the Jews refused to convert to Christianity, he turned his face on his face and began to attack the Jews in various ways. The initial fuse of
was 1533, when Anabaptists launched a rebellion in Münster, claiming that Christ returned to the earth in order to establish a righteous kingdom on earth. And John, the leader of the rebels, declared himself the Messiah and the new king of Israel. Under his instructions, Munster changed its name to "the new Jerusalem ".
Luther hated the Anabaptists in Münster, because they were copying ancient Israel and recognizing John as the savior. Luther believes: the root of heresy (he thinks Anabaptists is heresy) is in Judaism! The Jews are still waiting for their savior and do not recognize Jesus as their savior.
Finally Luther published an anti-Semitism "About the Jews and Their Lies" in 1542, which made his anti-Semitism reach its peak. This anti-Semitism article
is quite long and mainly consists of two parts. In the first part, Luther explained that the reason why the Jews were waiting for their savior was because they regarded him as the monarch of the world, hoping that he would eliminate Christians, distribute the world to the Jews, and let them be the masters of the world. As a result, the wishful thinking of Jewish Freemasonry to rule the world has emerged all over the world!
In the second part of the message, Luther accused the JewishPeople are loan sharks, greedy, dishonest, and parasites.
Next, with sufficient anti-Semitism reasons, Luther offered advice to the rulers of Germany, and put forward eight specific suggestions on the persecution of Jews
1. Burning Jewish synagogues and schools, razing unburned buildings to the ground, so that no tiles exist;
2. Destroy the houses of the Jews so that they have nowhere to hide, deport them, let them live in corrals like gypsies, and let them know that they are not the masters of our country like they boast;
3. Confiscating all the scriptures of the Jews, allowing their bookstore staff and Jewish Bible historians to lie, curse and blaspheme in prison;
4. It is forbidden for Jewish rabbis to teach the people under the threat of death;
5. Completely deprive the Jews of their protected rights and let them live on the streets;
6. The Jews are forbidden to lend usury, and their cash and gold and silver treasures are confiscated. This is regarded as a warning to them;
7. Let every young and strong Jewish man and woman have flail, axe, shovel, spinning wheel, and spindle in their hands, and let them support themselves through the sweat on their faces (meaning hard work);
8. Deport Jews in provinces where Christians live.
Luther's eight-point proposal to persecute the Jews was not only adopted by the rulers of Germany, but also adopted by the Nazi leaders.
On January 20, 1942, in order to "finally solve" the Jewish problem, the Nazi leaders convened the Wanhu Conference to Exterminate Jews. In one of the plans, the murder data drawn up by the Wanhu Conference appeared impressively:
Empire: 131, 800;
total jurisdiction: 2, 284, 0000;
Ukraine: 3, 3,000, and 3,300, Biya Westok (Poland city): 4, 000, 000;
Protectorate Czech Republic and Moravia: 74, 000;
Estonia: no Jews stay;
Latvia: 3 3, 3zzz
, Lithuania : 34, 000;
France: 700, 000 (unoccupied area), 165, 000 (occupied area);
United Kingdom: 330, 3,000;
8, Switzerland, Albania: 3,30, 0, 0, 3, 3, 0, 0
Hungary: 742, 800;
Romania and Bessarabia: 342, 000;
Soviet Union: 50, 000, 000.
If the Wanhu Conference is the cause, then the subsequent establishment of a large number of concentration camps is the result, and then the real Jewish massacre began.
