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Court Case for Wittenberg "Judensau" in early April

The process around the obnoxious sculpture "Judensau" at the Wittenberg town church will be conducted at the earliest in about five months. The hearing was scheduled for April 4, 2019, said a spokesman for the District Court Dessau-Roßlau on Thursday, on request, the Evangelical Press Service (epd).

A previous appointment had been postponed because of the illness of one judge, another at the request of a party to the proceedings, said the spokesman. Michael Düllmann, a member of a Jewish community, had complained about the removal of the 700-year-old sculpture on the facade of the church. The civil suit, which was initially heard before the Wittenberg district court in May 2018, was based on insults under section 185 of the Criminal Code, as the stone sculpture defamed people of Jewish faith. The city church community, however, argues that it intends to commemorate history in a responsible manner with the original object in its original location.

The district court had declared with reference to the excessive amount in dispute not responsible and referred the proceedings to the next higher instance. The District Court may only bargain to 5,000 euros negotiate, it said. In the case of the "Judensau", the value is about twice as high according to the then competent judge.

The sandstone relief from 1305 shows a rabbi looking at a pig under his tail and Jews drinking at the teats of the sow. In the Middle Ages Jews were reviled by such pictures, which are also to be found at other churches in Germany, Jews. 

The debate over the Wittenberg "Judensau" had again sharpened in the past year for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546), who came to Wittenberg at the beginning of the 16th century as a monk and in 1517 struck his famous 95 theses with criticism of the church of his time at the Wittenberg Castle Church, especially in his late work against Jews.