was Martin Luther . And Luther and his followers were to play a central role in the Protestant world that was to emerge from the Reformation process , both in Germany and the wider world .
In all senses of the term , this religious pioneer was a huge figure in European history . Yet there is also the very uncomfortable but at the same time undeniable fact that he was an anti-semite . Written by one of the world ' s leading authorities on the Reformation , this is the vexed and sometimes shocking story of Martin Luther ' s increasingly vitriolic attitude towards the Jews over the course of his lifetime , set against the backdrop of a world in religious turmoil .
A final chapter then reflects on the extent to which the legacy of Luther ' s antisemitism was to taint the Lutheran church over the following centuries . Scheduled for publication on the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation ' s birth , in light of the subsequent course of German history it is a tale both sobering and ominous in equal measure .
Women in the Holocaust Zoë Waxman [ 2017 ]
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Offers a comprehensive study of women ' s lives during the Holocaust . Uses witness testimony to attempt to understand the Holocaust through the eyes of the women themselves . Covers women ' s experiences in the ghettos , in hiding , in the concentration camps , and in the Displaced Persons camps . Forces the reader to rethink our relationship to the gendered nature of knowledge .
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