“Everybody knew the Nazis were anti-Semites-they hated Jews. But the idea of Mass murder in our Modern Twentieth century seemed outrageous. Many Jews, my parents included, tried to wait it out. It is so difficult to leave your home for unknown country.”
Nazism is rooted in religious animosity. As a result, the non-Nazis regard the Jews as unwanted species who ought to be exterminated. The omnipresent antisemitism in Germany elicits fear in the Jews for they are at risk of murder.Accordingly, the Jews are the hunted whereas the Nazis are the hunters.
“Some of the strongest anti-Semites were also “good” Christians. Martin Luther, the sixteenth-century German who started the Protestant religion, called Jews “The Christian’s most vicious enemy.” Luther urged his followers to destroy Jewish homes and synagogues. “ Let us drive them out of the country for all time,” He said in a speech.”
Here, Ayer undermines the goodness of Christians. Although Martin Luther is predominantly idolized, he directly contributed to the Nazism agenda by sanctioning attacks against the Jews. By Biblical accounts, Martin Luther is not ‘good’ for his assertions are contrary to the core teaching of love. Martin Luther exhibits an ethnocentric attitude by implying that Christianity is the ultimate religion and Jews are evil.
