The Jews And Their Lies By Dr. Martin Luther (audiobook)

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(German: Von den Jüden und iren Lügen; in modern spelling Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a 65,000-word anti-Judaic and antisemitic treatise written in 1543 by the German Reformation leader Martin Luther (1483–1546). Luther's attitude toward Jews took different forms during his lifetime.Martin Luther's final published book. He also did a sermon on the subject. Basically it's Luther's take on German-Jewish relations, and particularly their relationship to Christianity. While friendly and gracious toward the Jews in his early life, as evidenced by some of his earlier published works and sermons, toward the end he had become burnt out from decades of trying to deal with them. He was finished, and believed the princes should be as well. This work details his arguments, trying to convince the German princes to either exile the Jews or otherwise put them to work so that they could earn their keep, believing the Jews to be highly exploitative.

As many Jews have correctly pointed out, this work certainly influenced the attitudes of Germans before the rise of the NSDAP and laid a groundwork for the rise of Party. And indeed, Hitler himself was also familiar with this book.

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