Martin Luther, Anti-Semitic side of (1543)On the Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den J???den und ihren L???gen; in modern spelling Von den Juden und ihren L???gen) is a 65,000-word treatise written by German Reformation leader Martin Luther in 1543.In the treatise, Luther writes that the Jews are a base, whoring people, that is, no people of God, and their boast of lineage, circumcision, and law