This is one of 50 remaining "Judensau" sculptures adorning churches in Germany. The statue on the Stadtkirche of Wittenberg dates to 1305. Many wanted these vehemently anti-Semitic symbols removed after WWII, but the compromise in Wittenberg was to have a very powerful Holocaust Memorial placed directly underneath, with an extensive explanation of German anti-Semitism, in particular in the Wittenberg region.
![The lettering says: Rabbini: Schem HaMephoras," intended to mean "The Rabbi," who is the man holding the leg of the Sau. The other words are slightly inaccurate but are meant to say, "The Explicit Name [of the Hebrew God]," or, "The Tetragrammaton."](https://photos.smugmug.com/SummerTravel/Summer-2019-Germany/Wittenberg2019/i-2wQsfVm/0/1724172a/Ti/7A301900-Ti.jpg)
