Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Martin Luther: Definitely Not a Jew

In Wittenberg, Germany, right now, walking around without a city map in one hand and camera in the other makes you stand out. The Protestant Reformation began, one could argue, 500 years ago this month, and tourists have been coming in droves to its birthplace. Martin Luther did not begin the Reformation but gave it a major kick in the pants here, and just about everything here is named after him, including the city’s official name, which in 1938 became Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Outside the central train station, a billboard advertises the Luther-Hotel’s “Luther Burger and Käthe Nuggets”—Käthe for Katharina von Bora, Luther’s wife. Shops lining old town Wittenberg’s cobblestone streets sell cookie cutters shaped like Luther’s head and Playmobil’s special-edition Luther figurine. The city’s free public Wi-Fi network pays tribute, too: +LutherWLAN.

3 comments:

  1. there is no hava minah that martin luther would be jewish, i don't understand the headline. i guess mr. eidensohn has been rendered completely mindless by his G-d-given stroke

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  2. It was the headlne of the article i di didnt make tu

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  3. And what's your excuse?

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