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Maschinenwaffeleisen t1_j291w34 wrote

Reply to comment by Valharja in TIL Martin Luther King was born Michael King Jr. However, his father, a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, traveled to Germany and became inspired by the Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther. As a result, King Sr. changed his own name as well as that of his five year old son. by 54_actual

His antisemitism was much worse than the norm at the time and was widely criticised. Understanding the roots of German antisemitism is a big part of confronting the history of the Holocaust. One seems to be much less popular than the other.

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