The Nuremberg trials were nothing but victors justice. If the allies were actually interested in justice, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower and others would have been prosecuted for crimes against humanity. After all, it was the British who first used bombs against civilians and it was the allies that carpet bombed German cities in the same manner as the Germans carpet bombed British cities. If Nuremberg stands for justice, why weren’t the Soviets prosecuted for their murder of Polish officers? If justice works one ways then it ought to work both ways. In reality, Nuremberg was nothing but a political show trial.
I’m not a Lutheran, I’m reformed. However I see no point in demanding various Lutheran denominations apologize for statements made by Luther 500 years ago. Just because National Socialists used several works of Luther to further their cause is not evidence that Luther had anything to do with the Jewish Holocaust. His writings have context and the National Socialists were never the sort of people who placed much value in context. The National Socialists invented an ideology around Luther, particularly that he was a nationalist. He was no such thing. While he hated the Jews, his was for religious reasons more than anything else. I see no reason for anyone to apologize for Luther because his writings have context. We shouldn’t apply modern sensibilities to artists, writers, theologians and thinkers of the past.
It seems to me I know enough from your comments to form an opinion. Thank you for being so candid about your beliefs.