'These Jews Are Not Jews, but Devils Incarnate': Was Martin Luther anti-Semitic?

A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as "devils incarnate" during a tirade against a former ally is up for auction, but Luther scholars warn that the man responsible for the Reformation should not be called anti-Semitic.

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