The Nazis exploited Martin Luther's legacy as part of their propaganda campaign. They were not inspired by it.
That's not what you originally implied:
Nazis killing millions of Jews, gypsies, handicapped because of protestant leader Martin Luther's criticism of Jews few centuries back. Yeah, right.
So, you just went from being completely wrong to being partially right.
Martin Luther had religious prejudices against the Jews, which evaporated instantly if they converted to protestantism and became christians themselves.
Are you trying to be funny? That's like saying that Conserative Christians will embrace homosexuals as soon as those homosexuals become heterosexuals. Those are wonderful choices indeed. In any case, later in life he was no longer a fan of conversions:
Martin Luther and antisemitism - Wikipedia
On the Jews and Their Lies he deplores
Christendom's failure to expel them.
[1]Moreover, he proposed "What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews":
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- "First, to set fire to their synagogues or schools … This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians …"
- "Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed."
- "Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them."
- "Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb …"
Luther expressed an anti-Judaic rather than a racist anti-semitic view.
Martin Luther and antisemitism - Wikipedia
Do you expect me to read the entire article? Please excerpt those portions that you suppose support your argument.
Were you thinking about a few sentences that were rebutted with...
Ronald Berger writes that Luther is credited with "Germanizing the Christian critique of Judaism and establishing anti-Semitism as a key element of German culture and national identity."
[56] Paul Rose argues that he caused a "hysterical and demonizing mentality" about Jews to enter German thought and discourse, a mentality that might otherwise have been absent.
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Alternatively, you can post some of Luther's own comments to support your argument. Or, you could post an excerpt from your linked article that you thinks supports your comments. When you don't, we'll just have another example of your lack of credibility.
The Nazis did not have religious but racial prejudices against the Jews. The Jew or black or gypsy or handicapped could convert to protestantism and raise slogans praising Hitler incessantly, but that will not reduce the animosity of the Nazis to them one bit.
Where does racial prejudice come from? Much comes from religious prejudice. Even the racial prejudice against blacks stems from the Bible.
Even today, many Christians blame Jews for killing Christ.
The 1930s Christian Germans, primarily Catholic, by the way, knew the ethnicity of the people who lived among them. They would have recognized insincere changes
This is why I stated earlier that your knowledge of history has glaring holes and you need to educate yourself properly before posting here.
That's funny. Everything I post, I can and have supported with documented facts. I have been consistent in my comments. You have changed from your original assertion and even then you got things wrong.
I have provided support for my arguments from various different sources. You have provided none.
You have been unable to show where anything I posted is incorrect. The only thing you have done is post your unsupported opinion followed by a smiley face indicating that you know that you are continuing to embarrass yourself.