The anti-Jewish Relief on the Wittenberg Town Church and the History of Christian hostility towards Jews
Further Information on the Roll-Up Exhibition of the Protestant Academy Saxony-Anhalt
History of anti-Jewish Reliefs The defamatory Relief Sculpture on the Wittenberg Town Church The anti-Jewish relief on the Town Church probably dates from 1290 and was originally mounted on the north facade. In an obscene way, people depicted as Jews are shown sucking on the teats of a sow. One of them is looking into the sow’s anus. The motif…
History of anti-Jewish Reliefs The defamatory Relief Sculpture on the Wittenberg Town Church The anti-Jewish relief on the Town Church probably dates from 1290 and was originally mounted on the north facade. In an obscene way, people depicted as Jews are shown sucking on the teats of a sow. One of them is looking into the sow’s anus. The motif…
