The Judensau: The Antisemitic Carving Still on German Churches
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Jonathan Schwab and Yael Steiner confront the Judensau, a grotesque medieval motif that fuses Jews with pigs in obscene, degrading scenes carved straight into churches and cathedrals. They trace how this single vile image taught generations to see Jews not as human beings but as something filthy, animal, and disposable. From a 13th century column in Brandenburg to the choir…
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