JEWISH USURY PLOT DURING THE CHRISTIAN REFORMATION
"Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be
abolished completely for the Jews. For they have no business in
the countryside, since they are not lords, officials, tradesmen,
or the like. Let them stay at home. I have heard it said that a
rich Jew is now traveling across the country with twelve horses his
ambition is to become a Kokhba devouring princes, lords,
lands, and people with his usury, so that the great lords view it
with jealous eyes. If you great lords and princes will not forbid
such usurers the highway legally, some day a troop may gather
against them, having learned from this booklet the true nature of
the Jews and how one should deal with them and not protect their
activities. For you, too, must not and cannot protect them unless
you wish to become participants in an their abominations in the
sight of God. Consider carefully what good could come from this,
and prevent it." Martin Luther
Extract from Martin Luther's booklet:
On the Jews and Their Lies, 1543
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Translated by Martin H. Bertram
(Found on webpage: http://www.humanitas-international.org/showcase/chronography/documents/luther-jews.htm
on July 22, 2007)
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