German federal court rejects bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
Berlin, GermanyAP A German federal court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man’s bid to have a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue removed from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The Federal Court of Justice upheld rulings by lower courts on the “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg – one of more […]
German federal court mulls bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
Berlin, GermanyAP A German federal court on Monday mulled a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached, and said it will deliver its verdict in the long-running dispute next month. The “Judensau”, or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg […]
Bavaria to leave medieval anti-Jewish sculptures on churches
Berlin, GermanyAP Authorities, churches and Jewish communities in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria have agreed that anti-Semitic statues and carvings dating back to the Middle Ages shouldn’t be removed from churches, an official said Tuesday. The Bavarian Government’s point man against anti-Semitism, Ludwig Spaenle, said that relics such as the “Judensau”, or “Jew pig”, sculptures […]