Some would venture to say that Adolf Hitler was just a madman with a chip on his shoulder for the Jews, but he had the inspiration to this act well before “The Final Solution”. The first of these inspirations were the Jewish legends told throughout Europe. They covered many different stories, but the overarching theme was the carelessness and ignominy of the Jewish people toward Christians. Most of the stories involved Christians selling their children to Jews in exchange for money, and Jews sacrificing the child they had just purchased like devils, but the most important legend is that of the "Wandering Jew." . It was also said that it had been told throughout Germany. The story is about an aimless Jew who wanders the countryside. He says, “I must travel the world forever.” He does not eat bread but asks, and he comes and goes wherever he stays for refuge. This story coincides with the legend about the fate of Jesus' betrayer, Judas Iscariot. According to legend, Judas was sentenced to a punishment more severe than the most painful torments of hell. God ordered him to travel the world without being able to go higher or lower, and every day he sees his body hanging in the place where he committed suicide. These two stories go together so well. If Judas Iscariot is the “wandering Jew,” then he is the wickedest person in the world. Because it is obvious that Jesus Christ was the greatest human being to ever set foot on Earth, and if you wanted to destroy him, you would effectively be the most evil. So now Christians who hear and tell this legend equate the worst person in the world with the Jewish race. Blaming not only Judas for the betrayal of God's only son, but the entire Jewish race. Pro...... middle of paper ...... people prayed at Auschwitz. Of course, he says it's not that Christians don't sympathize with victims, but how can a relationship thrive if it's been broken for so long? He says that only if we have a dialogue between Christians and Jewish victims can we truly understand each other. However, he argues that Christians may need to completely change their theology to maintain a full and lasting relationship with the victims and the Jewish people in general. He states that Christians should remember that they too were persecuted under Roman rule and that they are not so "above" the Jews as they tend to believe. Finally, Metz summarizes that Christian theology can never be the same after Auschwitz and that to achieve a change of religion, everyone must aim for a concrete and fundamental revision of their conscience...