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“An insightful analysis of the ways in which Protestant reformer Martin Luther’s anti-Jewish writings were used by German Protestants during the Third Reich.” —Contemporary Church History Quarterly   The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and Judaism to reinforce the racial antisemitism and religious anti-Judaism already present among Protestants. Focusing on key figures, Probst’s study makes clear that a significant number of pastors, bishops, and theologians of varying theological and political persuasions employed Luther’s texts with considerable effectiveness in campaigning for the creation of a “de-Judaized” form of Christianity. Probst shows that even the church most critical of Luther’s anti-Jewish writings reaffirmed the antisemitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews.   “A valuable contribution to our understanding of the churches under Nazism.” —Lutheran Quarterly   “An insightful account of the convol

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Author

Christopher J. Probst

Publisher

Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253001009

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Philosophy

Rating

3.29 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13