Wasnt the HOLOCAUST just practical implementation of the teachings of Martin Luther ?

Question

Why blame Hitler when Martin Luther told people to do the exact same thing ?


Adolf Hitler: I believe that I am today acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew I am fighting for the work of the Lord " [ Mein Kampf ]

Martin Luther: [ in his last sermon, four days before he died, ] called for practical measures: burn their synagogues, confiscate all books in Hebrew, prohibit Jewish prayers, force them to do manual labour, but, best of all, drive them out of Germany.


Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?---Martin Luther

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.” – Martin Luther

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

YES OR NO , PLEASE

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Answer 1

The first European country to deport all the Jews from their borders was England under King Edward I. This all was done for financial reasons to win the favor of the people:
1. By throwing out their creditors (Jewish lenders who had no problem with usury with non Jews) and absolving the people's debt. It is also suspected that the King probably owed creditors money and benefited from the expulsion.
2. Throwing out prominent merchants and disrupting an influence the Jews had on trade.

This all happened a good 200 years before Martin Luther! It wasn’t because a Pope told him to do so, it wasn’t because Martin Luther wrote a book about it, it was because early Europe and Europe of the Middle Ages was anti Semitic and suspicious of the Jews. I guess the Roman Emperors like Vespasian and Titus brought back their anti Semitism to Rome, Europe and transplanted it. Again, it wasn’t the Pope (Rome at this point was staunchly anti Christian) and it wasn’t Martin Luther’s writing that prompted the Roman Emperors to destroy Jerusalem, and exile the Jews.

I would content that the majority of Anti Semitism in Europe was perpetrated more out of Political, Social and Cultural reason than religious. But hey, Europe has never had a problem with separating these factors with religion.

You (Arians) all need to think before you spam Yahoo! Answers and try to Character Assasinate Martin Luther and the Early Church Fathers.

My question to the Questioner (Yes or No Please) have you stopped beating your wife? Yes or No only!

Answer 2

"No slander in opposition to Luther has ever long past unanswered. As the bills in opposition to Luther have grow to be stereotyped, so the rejoinder can not desire to deliver ahead any new details. But it kind of feels indispensable that each and every iteration within the Church Militant be placed via the historic drills, and study its fruitful courses of religious adversity. Thus even those polemical exchanges among Catholics and Protestants grow to be advantages in conceal. But they don't have an impact on Luther. The chic determine of the brave confessor of Christ that has stood towering within the annals of the Christian Church for 4 hundred years stands unshaken, silent, and grand, regardless of the foam that's dashed in opposition to its base and the lightning from irritated clouds that moves its best."

Answer 3

NO. Martin Luther was a douche, for sure, but that does nto excuse Hitler. I doubt Hitler was thinking to himself "i must implement the will of martin Luther" as the holocaust was happening.

are you implying that heinous acts are excused because someone else had similar thoughts years later? By that logic any one who commits any crime is blameless because someone else had similar thoughts in the past.

Answer 4

The Holocaust was attempted after the immigrant Jews disobeyed Hitler's deportation orders.

Answer 5

Christians killed and persecuted Jews long before Martin Luther my friend.

Answer 6

but martin luther never done any of these things....hitler did....thats the difference.

Answer 7

Everyone is responsible for their own actions and ideas.