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Should Germans remove medieval hate sculpture?

October 21, 2016 12:07
SUGARMAN

ByDaniel Sugarman, Daniel Sugarman

1 min read

Campaigners in Germany are calling for the removal of an antisemitic sculpture ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Christian Reformation next year.

The Judensau, or “Jewish pig”, is on the façade of Wittenburg’s main church.

It shows Jews suckling at the teats of a sow, while another lifts the tail of the animal to look up its backside.

Sister Joela Krüger, a member of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, a Lutheran group, is leading the campaign for the removal of the sculpture. She told website Christianity Today: “The Judensau grieves people because our Lord is blasphemed. And also the Jews and Israel are blasphemed by showing such a sculpture.