(via google translate) In Wittenberg, there is an argument about an anti-Semitic relief. A plaque in the ground has for years shown the depiction of the "Judensau" on the façade of the city church, but a panel in the ground is no longer sufficient, say critics. By Matthias Drobinski At the city church at Wittenberg, where Martin Luther once preached, a relief is emblazoned on the outside: a sow sucks Jews, a rabbi looks at her butt, which can be seen. The message: Therefore the Jews draw strength and knowledge, from the teats and the anus of the impure animal. The "Judensau" belongs to the anti-Jewish repertoire of the Middle Ages, it is found in many churches in the country. Martin Luther wrote about Wittenberg, who said that she had "made someone who was hostile to the idiotic lies of the Jews." There it is, the antisemitic legacy of the reformer, whose thesis was fought 500 years ago on the 31st . October. In Wittenberg this heritage has been worked through since 9 November 1988a bronze tablet in the ground in front of the church points to the murder of the Jews, which also had its roots in Christian anti-Judaism. There are still disputes. A Jewish-Christian initiative around the education scientist Micha Brumlik calls for the monument to be more striking and clearer. "I have great respect for those who have fought for the record in the GDR," he says, "but it is no longer enough." His suggestion: a duplicate of the relief on the ground, with a clear refusal to any anti-Semitism, "as the Protestant Church has already formulated," Brumlik said. The church community and the city council, on the other hand, want to preserve the monument, which they once demolished the GDR leadership. Brumlik and his colleagues now want to read from Luther's anti-Semitic writings on Saturday in the Wittenberg marketplace, in order to clarify their concerns: "There should be a memorial for every representation of the Jews."