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To: Greg or e who wrote (38457)	7/1/2013 9:27:54 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"you believe everything Hitler ever said" I have never suggested any such thing. You are just being stupid. As the German philosopher and psychologist, Karl Jaspers wrote after studying the Nazi regime and with reference to Luther's treatise, On the Jews and Their Lies--"There you already have the whole Nazi program". [38] Dawidowicz writes that the similarities between Luther's anti-Jewish writings and modern antisemitism are no coincidence, because they derived from a common history of Judenhass, which can be traced to Haman's advice to Ahasuerus. Although modern German antisemitism also has its roots in German nationalism and Christian antisemitism, she argues that a foundation for this was laid by the Roman Catholic Church, "upon which Luther built". [52] Michael has argued that Luther scholars who try to tone down Luther's views on the Jews ignore the murderous implications of his antisemitism. Michael argues that there is a "strong parallel" between Luther's ideas and the antisemitism of most German Lutherans throughout the Holocaust. [53] Like the Nazis, Luther mythologized the Jews as evil, he writes. They could be saved only if they converted to Christianity, but their hostility to the idea made it inconceivable. [53]